Sur Sangam concert planned at SFCC

Sur Sangam, a concert of ragas performed on wind and string instruments from India, will be presented by the South Asia Cultural Association on Friday at Spokane Falls Community College.

Featured performers will be “Surmani” V.K. Raman on bamboo flute and Nand Kishore Muley on santur, a dulcimerlike stringed instrument, along with percussionists B. Ravi Shankar and Aditya Kalyanpur.

Raman, a noted composer as well as performer, studied with A.V. Prakash starting at age 9 and has frequently performed with his guru, Dr. N. Ramani.

Muley, a German Grammy winner, has modified his instrument to create a tonal range extending over three octaves; the 100 strings play 34 notes.

Friday’s concert begins at 7 p.m. in SFCC’s Music Building Auditorium (Building 15). Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students with ID (free for Community Colleges of Spokane students, $10 for CCS faculty/staff), at the door.

The performers also will give a free workshop on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in the same location. For more information, call 467-5558.

Nawal at CenterStage

CenterStage starts its third season of World Music Dinner Concerts on Sunday with an appearance by Nawal.

Born in the Comoro Islands, in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa, Nawal now lives in France. She sings acoustic, roots-based fusion music in Comoran, Arabic, French and English, in favor of all humans, for education and for union.

Known as the “Voice of Comoros,” she is the first Comoran woman singer/songwriter to perform in public.

Sunday’s concert begins at 7 p.m. at CenterStage, 1017 W. First Ave., preceded by a four-course menu of food native to the Comoro Islands (including peanut soup and samosas) at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets are $41 for dinner and show, $19 for show only, available by calling 787-8243.