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October 10, 2006

 

Media Contact: Susan Hanson, Communications Manager, (360) 704-4507, e-mail: shanson@trlib.org

Brian Pertl to play, discuss the didjeridu at Tumwater library

Brian PertlBrian Pertl will explore the role of the didjeridu in Australian Aboriginal society and the instrument’s rise in the contemporary world music scene. Pertl’s free public presentation, “Didjeridus, Discos, and Dim Sum: How the World Fell in Love with a Termite-hollowed Log,” will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 1 at the Tumwater Timberland Library.

Through performance and audience participation, Pertl will demonstrate what goes into great didjeridu playing. He will also show the differences between traditional and nontraditional playing and explore how the didjeridu has joined the global mainstream although the instrument was almost unknown 20 years ago outside of Australia.

Pertl is an ethnomusicologist and master didjeridu player who has recorded as a member of the DidjeriDudes.

The Tumwater Timberland Library is located at 7023 New Market Street. For more information, please call 943-7790.

 

Revised 10/11/06


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