Wednesday 3 January, 6 - 8pm
Gondwana Sound's Jill Turner: world-wide music adventures. Broadcast of interview with Reem Kelani at Musicport Festival, October 2006
Listen live at: Gondwana Sound
Saturday 6 January, 8 - 10pm
BBC London's DJ Ritu: world music programme. Live interview with Reem Kelani
Listen on the radio at 94.9FM or for a week after the broadcast on: BBC London
Wednesday 10 January, 7pm
SOAS, London
SOAS Concert Series
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL CONCERTS - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
Venue capacity is limited and SOAS operates a first come first served system. You are advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Enquiries: Tel: 020 7897 4500, e-mail: musicevents@soas.ac.uk
SOAS Music Department
Saturday 20 January, 12 midnight
Perder el-Norte's Brigitte Vasallo: World Music radio programme, Badelona, Spain. Broadcast of interview with Reem Kelani
Listen live at: Rŕdio Ciutat de Badalona
Saturday 20 January - Thursday 1 February
Syria
A British Council sponsored trip, where Reem will be working with local musicians on the relationship between Arabic music and Jazz and on the collating and arranging of traditional songs.
Thursday 25 January, Syrian National Opera House, Damascus
Sunday 28 January, Syrian National Opera House, Damascus
Wednesday 31 January, Directorate of Culture, Aleppo
Invitations can be obtained from the British Council offices in Damascus and Aleppo and from Dar Al-Assad for Arts and Culture. See website: British Council Syria
Monday 19 February
Sheffield
Community Mental Health Day centre
Burngreave, Sheffield
With Zoe Rahman on piano
Official opening of the new Community Resource room: recital of Arabic and Palestinian music.
Saturday 24 February
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Winterdrum 2007
A festival of drum, song and dance
Workshops on Arabic and Palestinian music.
Contact:
Tel: +44 (0)1494 883 163
Email: info@arts4every1.info
Website: www.winterdrum.co.uk
Wednesday 7 March
Chelmsford, Essex
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshop.
Contact: Su Lupasco Washington
Friday 9 March, 7pm
London
Live performance with band
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
78 Bishopsgate
London EC2N
Tel: +44 20 7496 1610
enquiries@stethelburgas.org
Website: St Ethelburgas.org
Wednesday 14 March
London
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshops for Lambeth schools (Key stage 2 - 5 children).
Battersea Arts Centre Grand Hall, Lambeth
Tuesday 20 March
Manchester
Press launch of the Manchester International Festival
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Website: Manchester International Festival
Reem has been commissioned to compose a piece of music for the Beating Wing Orchestra, featuring musicians from Manchester's refugee communities.She will be working alongside Community Arts North West (CAN).
Monday 23 April
BBC Radio Manchester
11.40am
The Eamonn O'Neal and Dianne Oxbury show, on which Reem will be talking about her commission for the Manchester International Festival and the orchestra of refugee musicians.
Website: BBC Radio Manchester
Tune in live or via the Listen Again facility for one week after the original broadcast.
Monday 23 April
BBC Radio 3
23:15 - 01:00 hours
The Andy Kershaw show: interview and studio session
Website: Radio 3 Andy Kershaw show
Tune in live or via the Listen Again facility for one week after the original broadcast.
Sunday 29 April
BBC Radio 4
18:15 - 19:00 hours
Pick of the Week, presented by Quentin Cooper, featuring an excerpt from Reem's interview and performance on the Andy Kershaw show
Wednesday 2 May
Coleridge School, Cambridge
As part of the Heart of the World Festival, Reem will be leading a series of workshops and taster sessions on Arabic and Palestinian singing with schools, youth and community groups in the local area.
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Thursday 3 May
Cottenham & Swavesey Village Colleges, Cambridgeshire
As part of the Heart of the World Festival, Reem will be leading a series of workshops and taster sessions on Arabic and Palestinian singing with schools, youth and community groups in the local area.
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Friday 4 May
6.30 - 8pm
Ely, Cambridgeshire
A workshop in Arabic and Palestinian singing, in partnership with Arts Development East Cambridgeshire in the Kempen Room, The Maltings. This workshop is open to all.
Website: Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Monday 7 May
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Heart of the World Festival
Live performance with band.
The Maltings, Ship Lane, Ely
Tickets on sale from ADeC, Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely. Tel: 01353 616991
Website: Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Tuesday 8 May
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshops for community groups, in partnership with Cambridge City Council.
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Wednesday 9 May, 6pm - 7pm
Cambridge
To The Heart of The Matter discussion event, chaired by Nigel Williamson
Venue: Michaelhouse Café
Categorising music can be a contentious issue, what do we actually mean by the term "world music" and how useful is this in the context of our increasingly globalised culture? This event will provide a thought-provoking discussion and informative introduction to this year’s Heart of the World.
Website: Heart of the World Festival
Monday 21 May, 6.45 - 7.15pm
Barbican, London
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshops for local school choirs, culminating with a performance by the choirs on the Free Stage
Sunday 17 June, 4 - 5.30pm
London
Leighton House
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
London W14 8LZ
Recital.
With David Beebee on piano
Booking essential: call 020 7602 3316 or e-mail museums@rbkc.gov.uk
Website: Leighton House
Sunday 1 July, 2.30 - 4.30pm
Holland Park, London
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshop
With Milo Fell on percussion
Sing in the Park festival will consist of a series of open-air singing workshops for anyone and everyone to get involved in, primarily just to enjoy the sensation of singing in the park with lots of other strangers, but also to learn more about different cultural traditions through song.
Sunday 8 July, 7pm
Manchester
Reem Kelani with the Beating Wing Orchestra, featuring musicians from Manchester's refugee communities, will perform a premiere of a composition by Reem which was commissioned by the Manchester International Festival.
Manchester Club Academy
Website: Manchester International Festival
Monday 9 July, 6 - 7pm
Manchester
‘In Conversations’ series. Reem will be discussing her work with the Beating Wing Orchestra with a member of MIF's senior management team
Manchester Central
Website: Manchester International Festival
Friday 27 July, 5.30 - 6.30pm
WOMAD Festival, Charlton Park, Wiltshire
Workshop in Arabic and Palestinian singing.
Meadow stage
Website: WOMAD
Saturday 28 July, 4 - 5pm
WOMAD Festival, Charlton Park, Wiltshire
Live performance with band.
BBC Radio 3 stage
Website: WOMAD
YOU CAN LISTEN TO REEM'S WOMAD CONCERT ONLINE AT:BBC Radio 3
Sunday 29 July, 4 - 5pm
WOMAD Festival, Charlton Park, Wiltshire
Taste the World: an introduction to Palestinian cuisine.
"Participants will have the chance to savour the taste of Palestinian cooking, influenced in this case by Reem's maternal Galilean roots. Nazarene women are renowned for their culinary skills, and Reem has had to live up to the reputation of her mother, sisters and aunts all her life. She will be aided by organic and fair-trade props such as Palestinian olive oil, herbs and spices, as well as her mother's favourite worn-out pinny!"
Taste the World stage
Website: WOMAD
Sunday 26 August, 3 - 4pm
Newcastle
Newcastle Mela - live performance with band.
Exhibition Park, Claremont Road
Newcastle
Website: Newcastle Mela
Tuesday 18 September
Chelmsford, Essex
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshop.
Contact: Su Lupasco Washington
Ridgecot, Mill Lane, Little Baddow
Chelmsford, CM3 4SB
Tel: 07775 1524 078
Wednesday 26 September, 6.30pm
London
Short recital
With Bruno Heinen on keyboard
Palestine Solidarity Campaign's 25th Anniversary Event: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Saturday 6 October, 2.30 - 4.30pm
Sheffield
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshop, hosted by Sheffield PSC.
You can listen to extracts from this workshop at: Sheffield PSC.
(Look under 'Recording of Events' and go to 'Reem Kelani Singing Workshop').
Sunday 7 October
Interview with Reem on Sheffield Live!
YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW WITH REEM AT: Sheffield Live!
Wednesday 17 October
Sheffield
Live performance with band
City Hall
As part of Sheffield PSC's campaign to promote Palestinian culture, and following on from last year's successful Concert4Palestine,
Reem will be giving a charity concert, with all profits going to children's projects (see Sheffield PSC).
For details of the concert, go to: Sheffield City Hall
You can listen live to the concert which is being broadcast on Sheffield Live!: Gondwana Sound
Thursday 18 October, 11.30 - 12 noon
BBC Radio 4
Dance Of The Seven Veils
Diaspora Palestinian singer, musician and broadcaster Reem Kelani explores the history of the Dance Of The Seven Veils, from its supposed origins as a dance of the goddess Ishtar, to its notorious transformations in the 1890s onwards, as it began to reflect major changes in politics, culture and attitudes to women.
Presenter/Reem Kelani, Producer/Megan Jones
Saturday 20 October, 7.30pm
Plymouth
Recital
With Bruno Heinen on piano
Venue: the Barbican Theatre
The event is part of the Plymouth Respect Festival.
For details of the performance, go to: Plymouth PSC
Sunday 21 October, 6.15 - 7pm
BBC Radio 4
Pick of the Week
Kirsty Lang presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio, including Reem Kelani's 'Dance of the Seven Veils'.
Website: BBC Radio 4
Saturday 27 October, 2.15 - 4.15pm
Mytholmroyd, near Halifax
Arabic and Palestinian singing workshop, hosted by Halifax Friends of Palestine.
Venue: Church of the Good Shepherd
Website: Halifax Friends of Palestine
Friday 9 November, 5.30 - 6.30pm
Senate House, SOAS London
A recital of Arabic and Palestinian music as part of the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum.
With Bruno Heinen on piano
Advance booking is requested. There will be a nominal charge of Ł5 to include tea and coffee and the forum presentations during the day.
Attendance for students is free.
Contact Dr. Laudan Nooshin: l.nooshin@city.ac.uk
Thursday 15 November, 2 - 2.45pm
Central Library, Phillimore Walk, London, W8 7RX
Palestinian folktales: as part of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's "Across the Street, Around the World" programme, Reem will be telling stories and singing songs from her native Palestine.
Free but booking essential on 020 7361 3844 or arts@rbkc.gov.uk
Tuesday 27 November, 5.30pm
Goldsmiths College, London
A lecture as part of the Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures seminar series
See: Goldsmiths College
Room 137a, Richard Hoggart Building
Admission is free to all events, unless indicated otherwise.
Friday 30 November, 8pm
Halifax
Live performance with band
Square Chapel - Centre for the Arts
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Tel: 01422 349 422
Organised by Halifax Friends of Palestine
For details, go to: Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Tuesday 4 December
Elizabeth Garret-Anderson School for Girls (Islington), London
Workshop on Arabic and Palestinian singing
Organised by Serious, in association with the Barbican
Friday 7 December
City of London School for Girls
Workshop on Arabic and Palestinian singing
Organised by Serious, in association with the Barbican
Monday 10 December
Oaklands School, Whitechapel, London
Workshop on Arabic and Palestinian singing
Organised by Serious, in association with the Barbican
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