2008 Fête de la Musique
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
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Special Thanks to our Donors
WIDR 89.1 - Bronson Park sound
Carol A. S. Derks - poster design
Howard Printing - posters prints
Gordon Water Systems - bottled water
Kinko's - event maps/schedules
Kalamazoo Sportswear - volunteer shirts
Heather Osterhouse - photography
Fete de la Musique - Kalamazoo
On June 21 downtown Kalamazoo will be transformed into a musical paradise. Musicians from all different backgrounds and genres will be able to share their art and love of music with the community in outdoor and/or indoor venues. Whether you’re a professional musician, amateur, or belong to a rock ‘n roll band, Fete de la Musique will inaugurate the first day of summer and celebrate the “art of the musician”.
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On June 21 downtown Kalamazoo will be transformed into a musical paradise. Musicians from all different backgrounds and genres will be able to share their art and love of music with the community in outdoor and/or indoor venues. Whether you’re a professional musician, amateur, or belong to a rock ‘n roll band, Fete de la Musique will inaugurate the first day of summer and celebrate the “art of the musician”.
Click here for more information.
How did Fete de la Musique begin?
Taken from http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr
In October 1981 when Maurice Fleuret became Director of Music and Dance at Jack Lang's request, he applied his reflections to the musical practice and its evolution: "the music everywhere and the concert nowhere". When he discovered, in a 1982 study on the cultural habits of the French, that five million people, one child out of two, played a musical instrument, he began to dream of a way to bring people out on the streets.
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Taken from http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr
In October 1981 when Maurice Fleuret became Director of Music and Dance at Jack Lang's request, he applied his reflections to the musical practice and its evolution: "the music everywhere and the concert nowhere". When he discovered, in a 1982 study on the cultural habits of the French, that five million people, one child out of two, played a musical instrument, he began to dream of a way to bring people out on the streets.
Continue reading