3 Dots turned 5 this year and we’re throwing a birthday party during Centre Gives to celebrate!
Join us on May 8 for cupcakes, party hats, prizes, balloons, music, and lots of lighthearted fun as we get festive with our community in true 5-year-old style. The whole class is invited and we hope you can make it!
Presented by: 3 Dots Community Partner Gorinto Productions
La Perla is an all-female trio of researchers, singers and instrumentalists focused on the traditional musical heritage of the Colombian Caribbean. Karen, Giovanna and Diana began playing in 2014 after years of individual experience in the interpretation of gaitas, hand-drums and folk singing.
“La Perla have spent several years perfecting their craft of fusing traditional Bullerengue rhythms with a contemporary twist. They have toured heavily across Europe and delighted crowds with their non-stop energy that hits you like a train.”
$20 Presale/$25 Day of Show
Presented by: 3 Dots Community Partner Gorinto Productions
QWANQWA – Psychedelic Roots from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“QWANQWA uncovers lesser known traditional sounds from East Africa regions of Ethiopia and beyond—a trance-like chant of the Eritrean tribe of Blen, a psychadelic Somalian cover, an extended Amhara wedding medley, a Mahmoud Ahmed sing-a-long. With Selamnesh Zemene, the Azmari diva powerhouse, at the helm, QWANQWA is a conversation of virtuosos through tight arrangements and extended experimental moments. The live show ranges from intimate to wild, from whispery conversations to full blown rock show, and it is hard to believe these psychedelic sounds are coming from traditional harps, one string fiddle, and violin. Driving, powerful, QWANQWA proves we are living during another Golden Age of Ethiopian music.” – qwanqwa.net
This performance will take place offsite, at Webster’s Cafe and Bookstore.
$20 Presale/$25 Day of Show
ALASH ENSEMBLE
The ensemble Alash is a throat singing band from Tuva, Russia, that performs traditional Tuvan music with some non-traditional influences.
Tuesday February 13th 7:00PM
$20 Presale/$25 Day of Show
Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture. At the same time, they are fans of western music. Believing that traditional music must constantly evolve, the musicians subtly infuse their songs with western elements, creating their own unique style that is fresh and new, yet true to their Tuvan musical heritage.
“Sometimes you see a performance so singular, so extraordinary, that you know the experience is going to live with you forever. This was such a performance.” — Behind the Scene Gloucestershire, UK
“It’s one of the most astonishing sounds a human body can produce.” — Washington Post
“Alash … pretty much knocked everybody’s socks off.” — Pegasus News, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
“This is some of the most beautiful and haunting music I have heard. If you have not heard them, you have no idea how incredible they are.” — JamBands (interview with Jeff Coffin of the Flecktones & Dave Matthews Band)
This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In conjunction with 3 Dots & Gorinto Productions Secret Planet series, join us for an Outdoor Artist Market! There’ll be food, drinks, clothing, jewelry, prints, tarot, original artwork, community groups, and more! This is a perfect time to support local artists & creatives while getting your loved ones one-of-a-kind gifts for the holiday season.
The market is free to attend. For more information about the Secret Planet show, click here.
Presented by: 3 Dots and Community Partner Gorinto Productions
ORCHESTRA GOLD – African Psychedelic Rock
A kaleidoscope of sound deeply rooted in the Malian tradition while introducing a genre-bending nod to the future through their rare and artful fusion: African Psychedelic Rock. The music represents this powerful intersection, transcending borders and boundaries to be a force of healing within the community.
$20 Presale/$25 Day of Show
This Performance Co-Presented by The Center for Performing Arts//PSU Presents
“Behind Oakland CA-based ensemble Orchestra GOLD’s
original sound is a decade-long story of knowledge,
respect, and collaboration between Mariam Diakite of Mali
and Erich Huffaker of Oakland. Blending the traditions of
Mali and American Rock/Funk with a retro feel, OG
represents a world of powerful cross-cultural experience.
The group transcends borders and boundaries to be a
force of healing within the community. OG offers a
kaleidoscope of magical sound deeply rooted in the past
while boldly blazing towards the genre-bending future:
African Psychedelic Rock.”
Orchestra Gold’s vibrant sound is spearheaded by the dynamic Mariam Diakite, whose raw, hypnotic vocals deliver heartfelt and thought-provoking lyrics in the highly symbolic Bambara language. While paying homage to Malian musical traditions, this fierce new sound thrives with heavy swinging rhythms, a funky fresh brass section, and cosmic guitar licks. With the January 2023 release of their third album, Medicine, this profoundly spiritual and dance-inducing ensemble continues their pursuit of spreading healing and community through the universal gift of music.
“…pure fire… I want to see this band so bad”
— BOB BOILEN, HOST of ALL SONGS CONSIDERED / NPR TINY DESK
Gorinto x 3 Dots Present Secret Planet: International Sounds in Rural Spaces will establish a landmark series of diverse global music performances in rural Central PA, connecting a decentralized consortium of curators, musicians, and producers presenting international performances across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
When Pernett appeared in 2003 with his first work called “Musica para Pick Up”, an interesting musical movement was growing in Latin America: an awakening of its roots.
In Colombia, Pernett was the pioneer of a new market characterized by the creation of independent labels and original music based on the traditions. He mixes electronic music with traditional Colombian Caribbean sounds. Now his are the sounds of many bands in Colombia. His writing talks about many things but in particular talks about the protection of the environment and the expansion of consciousness, all this mixed with a touch of humor and Caribbean flavor. His sixth album Siembra Solo Amor is a clear reference of this. Pernett mixes different skills, like singing, composing, producing, and playing traditional instruments from Colombia like his “Gaita”, a traditional instrument created by the native indigenous of the Colombian Caribbean coast, and playing the synthesizers all this mixed with drums and percussions. (via Worldwide Music Expo)
Opener DJ Elbow Knee Knee is a Central PA based DJ who has been digging in crates since their teenage years growing up in Ohio. Their all-vinyl sets span many genres and moods, elevating an event into unknown territories. With a deep interest in global sounds, you can be sure to catch grooves spanning multiple continents. DJ Elbow Knee Knee works closely with revered record labels including, Electric Cowbell, NYCTrust, Peace and Rhythm, Barbės, and We Are Busy Bodies. Their commitment to the craft keeps new sounds constantly flowing in each and every mix.
Gorinto x 3 Dots Present Secret Planet: International Sounds in Rural Spaces is a landmark series of diverse global music performances in rural Central PA, connecting a decentralized consortium of curators, musicians, and producers presenting international performances across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gorinto//Secret Planet//3 Dots Present: El Khat
Tuesday, November 14
7:00 pm
Gorinto x 3 Dots Present Secret Planet: International Sounds in Rural Spaces will establish a landmark series of diverse global music performances in rural Central PA, connecting a decentralized consortium of curators, musicians, and producers presenting international performances across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
“It creaks and rattles, the screws are loose, but it holds together and it moves magnificently. It’s the sound of El Khat, an international deconstruction squad led by Eyal El Wahab, a son of the Yemeni Jewish diaspora on a mission to recover his roots.
He found his epiphanous mojo in a collection of Yemeni folk and pop records of the 60’s, sparking a bout of instrument building from bits of wood, saucepans, wire and rope, and the formation of the band with three friends from Polish, Iraqi and Moroccan backgrounds adding trumpet, guitar, disco-keyboards and hybrid jazz/junk percussion to El Wahab’s heartfelt vocals and slippery inventions on his homemade bass.
As undulatingly stimulating as the eponymous plant, El Khat mix trash and tradition in a timely urban reclamation of a disenfranchised culture. ” (Womex.com).
“A true original … El Khat is fascinating and disconcerting,unlike anything else you are likely to hear.” -Songlines
This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gorinto//3 Dots Present: ZOH AMBA + CHRIS CORSANO with Open Music
Saturday, November 18, 2023
7:00 pm
A dauntless saxophonist who has rapidly become a focus of the NYC creative music community, Zoh Amba was the first performer to headline Solar Myth with a gripping trio concert last November. She’ll make her welcome return in a duo outing with drummer Chris Corsano, a drummer based in upstate New York who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and noise music since the late 1990s. Having toured with Björk throughout 2007 and 08, Corsano has gone on to record prolifically with the likes of Bill Nace, Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny, Nate Wooley, Joe McPhee, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ken Vandermark, Nels Cline, Merzbow, Jim O’Rourke and others. Originally from Tennessee, Amba boasts a sound deeply informed by Albert Ayler, Frank Wright, Arthur Doyle and their fire-breathing contemporaries, and has found common ground with innovators like William Parker, Francisco Mela, Joey Baron and John Zorn. – ArsNovaworkshop.org
Open Music is an ensemble presenting works by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, improvised and original music, adaptions of theatrical pieces, and multimedia collaborations.