Open World Program Offers Rare Glimpse of Unique Musical Art

NEW YORK, Tuvan throat singing group Alash -- one
of the world 's foremost practitioners of this rare musical art form -- will be
performing in the New York City area in early March.S.com
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musicians is sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of
Congress with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Throat singers use their voices to create
multiple notes simultaneously.
The recent Academy-award nominated documentary "Genghis Blues" brought
international attention to the art of throat singing by highlighting American
blues musician Paul Pena, who taught himself how to throat sing and eventually
traveled to Tuva to take part in a music festival. Alash's artistic director ,
master throat singer Kongar-Ool Ondar, helped Paul Pena to learn the technique
and was also featured in the movie.

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Throat singing was developed among Tuva's semi-nomadic sheepherders
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Santa Fe, New Mexico in February.

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Throat singing is a challenging musical discipline that has not been
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Some have compared the chant-like sound to
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Support for the cultural program is provided through
partnership and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Open
World Leadership Center funds the administrative portion of the program.com, the leading lifestyle
portal for networking online, announced today the exclusive U.
Beginning at 10 AM PT on April 5th, music fans have access on MySpace to
hear "Lyla. With over 200,000 artists who upload songs, promote concerts and
connect with fans through blogs, postings and messaging, MySpace's viral
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"This album feels like it's going to be huge as you can already feel the
buzz on our site," said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace.

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Alash's visit to New Hampshire, Connecticut
and New York for three weeks of performances and collaboration with U.
The Tuvan throat singers' visit is part of a unique exchange program for
the Open World Program that focuses on cultural leaders from Russia. cultural and community life and to collaborate with their
American counterparts.
The Open World Program is a unique, nonpartisan initiative of the U. Over 10,000 Open World participants
have been hosted in all 50 U. The
website's uniquely networked music environment has become a favorite for both
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LOS ANGELES, MySpace." MySpace will have the exclusive stream of the single in the U.
Through their partnership with MySpace, Oasis and Epic Records are
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This will be an
opportunity to hear and witness a musical craft born in the remote mountains
of southern Russia and Mongolia.

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The music of throat
singing carries over long distances, important for the rugged and mountainous
terrain of Tuva . states since the program's inception in 1999.
It is their sixth studio album, with the previous five releases selling over
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Alash will be performing in New York City at St. The remote location and Soviet-era travel limitations
restricted visitors , but also allowed Tuvans to preserve their unique musical
traditions. "Lyla" is the first single from Oasis' new CD, "Don't
Believe The Truth," which will be released in the U.

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Alash has won a number of awards at international
folk music festivals, and in 2003 won first prize at the international
symposium "Khoomei," the world's utmost competition in throat singing, held in
the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. "Lyla" is the group's first new single in 3 years, and
will be heard on MySpace before any other outlet in the U. The single will be accessible at http://www.

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Famous Tuvan Throat Singing Group 'Alash' to Perform Concerts in New York City and New Haven

CEC ArtsLink, through a multi-faceted program of cultural exchange , serves
to create and sustain constructive, mutually beneficial relationships in the
arts between the United States and Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia. Having great new music
breathe its first breath within their active music community will lay a
significant base for this project," said Cory Llewellyn, Vice President of
Epic Records Online.

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Luke's Church in lower
Manhattan on March 11th and in Middletown, CT at Wesleyan University's Crowell
Concert Hall on March 9th. Tuva, a small , autonomous Russian Republic in southeastern
Siberia bordering Mongolia, was a part of China until 1921, when it became an
independent country.com

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Open
World's Cultural Leaders Program aims to forge better understanding between
the United States and Russia by enabling emerging Russian leaders in the arts
to experience U.5 million users who look to MySpace for "what 's next" in
music. As the 7th most trafficked web domain on the Internet*, MySpace.