Thursday, October 4, 2018, WPR presents the premiere of The Odyssey Series Live – “Sacred World Music” produced and hosted by Jonathan Øverby. Each Public Program is world-music-centered and Designed To Explore Pathways To Increased Understanding of Varied Cultural, Spiritual, Sacred and Communal Traditions.
Øverby says “each program in the series is designed to illumine the Wisconsin Idea, inclusion,
and WPR’s commitment to edify and celebrate Wisconsin’s culturally diverse groups.”
The premiere features flutist and world-class recording artist Phippen based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Phippen has spent more than three decades playing and studying flutes from around the world. He’ll perform and discuss his insights on different culturally-centered flutes that are among the oldest instruments in the world.
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Stay connected to The Road To Higher Ground page for details on how you can attend this unique series with discussions, demonstrations, and artist performances that illumine the valued place and import of spirituality and sacredness within many groups around the globe. Each program is designed to elucidate the Wisconsin Idea, inclusion, and WPR’s commitment to edify, educated and celebrate Wisconsin’s culturally diverse groups.
Watch here for details coming soon on how you can secure your ticketed admission to The Odyssey Series Live – free and open to the public and staged in Buck Studio at Wisconsin Public Radio on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
More about the artist: https://www.wisconsinlife.org/story/musician-peter-phippen-plays-flutes-around-world/
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