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<p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Neohiopal!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Artists throughout Northeast Ohio are invited to submit
original work for consideration for the April 5 performance of Songbook
Unbound: II, a program being created by the Tri-C Creative Arts Division and
the Tri-C Presents Performing Arts Series. <b><i>Deadline for submissions
to Songbook Unbound II is Friday, Feb. 24.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Songbook Unbound will use the world’s oldest story, “The
Epic of Gilgamesh,” and new music from the Gilgamesh on the Crooked River
Songbook as a launching point for new work. Artists throughout Northeast Ohio
are invited to submit original work including, but not limited to, dance,
music, theater, spoken word/poetry, art/photography and video.
Artists can download the Songbook sheet music and recordings for free to use as
a base to create their own work. For more information and to download
music and entry guidelines, visit <a href="http://www.projectgilgamesh.com">www.projectgilgamesh.com</a>
or call 216-987-4193. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The work selected will be presented during an April 5
evening performance hosted by New York City-based composer and violinist Daniel
Bernard Roumain (DBR). At the performance, three winners, chosen by a
panel of judges and audience feedback, will be announced. In addition to
cash prizes, winners will receive professional recording sessions, photo
sessions and professional career counseling. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tri-C commissioned DBR to compose the <i>Gilgamesh on the
Crooked River</i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Songbook, a collection of
14 contemporary songs inspired by the epic. DBR, a composer-in-residence
at Tri-C throughout the 2011-2012 school year, worked last fall with local
professional musicians, Tri-C faculty and students in various departments to
record the songbook at Tri-C’s Center for Creative Arts. Cleveland writer
Margaret Lynch provided the words, which draw from the epic and stories from
her experiences in the region. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Project Gilgamesh is sponsored by Cuyahoga Community College
and made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts
Presenters Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program, funded by the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></p>
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