Skirball Cultural Center
Music: Program Details
Sunset Concerts: Element Band
Sunset Concerts
Thursday, August 16, 8:00 p.m.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Taper Courtyard
APPROPRIATE FOR: Family
ADMISSION: Free
No reservations necessary
Limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis
Under the direction of multi-instrumentalist Ara Dabandjian, Element
Band performs traditional Armenian melodies that invoke the warm
sounds of the Mediterranean. The band’s first album, Yev O Phe,
garnered the 2006 Armenian Music Award’s Best Newcomer title. The
sextet features male and female vocals, accordion, guitars, lutes,
violin, bass and percussion.
Element Band "bring[s] a refreshing, and long-awaited sound to
Armenian music." -Armenian Music Awards 2006
PRE-CONCERT TOUR:
Take a thirty-minute "express tour" of the Skirball galleries before
each concert, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Free. No reservation needed.
Thursday, August 16
Synagogue Gallery (in Visions and Values)
Note new parking fees:
$5 for cars carrying three or more people; otherwise $10 per car
Cash only
Carpooling encouraged
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