The Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, in partnership with the IUPUC Division of Liberal Arts, will present the Bluegrass duo Giri and UMA Peters. The public is invited to this free event scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, between 7 to 8 p.m. in the Columbus Learning Center, Student Commons.
Giri and Uma Peters, brother-and-sister duo from Nashville, Tennessee, are award-winning multi-instrumentalists who astonish audiences with their refreshing, soulful blend of old-time, roots, and bluegrass music. Giri and Uma may be young, but their musicianship and vocal harmonies showcase creativity and originality beyond their years. Their musicianship has attracted the attention of roots music star Rhiannon Giddens and banjo greats Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck, among others. Lotus audiences know great Americana roots music when they hear it – and the Peters will not disappoint.
Educational Outreach
Lotus Blossoms is the cornerstone of Lotus Education & Arts Foundation’s year-round educational outreach and a key component of its mission to create opportunities to experience, celebrate, and explore the diversity of the world’s cultures through music and the arts.
Lotus Blossoms’ focus on K-12 programming bridges cultural differences between children and artists through engaging, informative, and often interactive learning experiences in schools and community organizations. This year, Lotus Blossoms will impact and inspire children during nearly 50 scheduled school visits and events in south-central Indiana.
Through a new partnership with the regional juvenile-detention system, Lotus Blossoms will also bring together artists and incarcerated youth for the first time in recognition of the ample evidence supporting the value of arts programming in correctional environments.
Blossoms’ educational outreach also reaches into higher-education settings with artist visits to IU classrooms and engagements across several schools, departments, and student organizations.
Lotus Blossoms is made possible by the generosity of individual donors and the following community sponsors and grantors: Arts Midwest, Brown County Community Foundation, Daily Leadership Studio, Eskenazi Health Foundation, Indiana Arts Commission, IU African Studies Program, IU Arts & Humanities Council, IU Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, IU Institute for European Studies, IU School of Education, Ivy Tech Community College, National Endowment for the Arts, Sandra Clark Counseling + Consulting, and Vibe Yoga.
For full artist bios, links, and work/video samples, and a list of public events visit www.lotusfest.org .