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Happy New Year from Gitameit

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:45:29 +0000

Dear Friends Happy New Year, 2010 May your days be bright, peaceful and happy in this year - Gitameit Music Center
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Coffee Night Concert – Original Songs by Gitameit Students

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37:06 +0000

INVITATION We would like to invite you to our third COFFEE NIGHT CONCERT – an own tune festival at GITAMEIT MUSIC CENTER. Gitameit students will present their own songs! Date: Friday, September 11th 2009 Time: 3:00 – 6:00 PM Location: Gitameit Music Center, 219 Kayathuka Lan, KanBe Bu Da Yone Street, Moe Kaung, KanBe, Yankin Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar
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Gitameit’s U Moe Naing and Htun Htun interviewed on New America Now

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:44:09 +0000

Gitameit faculty interviewed on New America Now U Moe Naing, Director of Gitameit, and Htun Htun, Manager of Gitameit Music Center, sit down with Sandip Roy on New America Now to chat about their musical backgrounds and the history of Gitameit Music Center. They talk about studying music in Myanmar, discuss Gitameit’s involvement in the [...]
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Songs of Survival: Voices from Burma

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:03:26 +0000

COMING MAY 1st IN SAN FRANCISCO On the first anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, Gitameit students will be performing in grand style at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco! Come and join Gitameit for what will undoubtedly be a very special event. FEATURING: Special guest performance by Joan Baez CONCERT DETAILS Friday, May 1, 2009 7:30pm Cowell Theater Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion, San [...]
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Gitameit Voices & The Yale Spizzwinks(?) Live!

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:34:27 +0000

Monday, April 27th at 7:30PM At Trinity Lutheran Church in New Haven, Connecticut (corner of Wall St. and Grove St.) FREE ADMISSION! Reserved Premium seating also available for $20/seat. Gitameit Voices and The Yale Spizzwinks(?) – America’s oldest underclassmen a cappella group – present the first ever visit of a Burmese choir to the United States. Also featuring a combined [...]
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Incredible video footage of Cyclone Nargis

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:19:54 +0000

This is 53 minutes of unbelievable video footage taken and edited together by Burmese citizens. The first 6 and a half minutes was filmed during Cyclone Nargis, and the rest was filmed in the days following the cyclone. The areas in the video that have been completely destroyed are Laputta and Bokalay. The [...]
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