UCSB Department of Music with major support from the … · Director of the Ensemble's Percussion...
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Admission is $17/general, $9/students Tickets at the Associated Students Ticket Office, 893-2064 There is a $3 parking fee in the evenings and on the weekends, payable in each lot. For further information, please call 893-7001 Visit our website: http://www.music.ucsb.edu/mee Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8 p.m. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall UCSB Middle East Ensemble Scott Marcus, Director Alexandra King Director of the Ensemble's Dance Troupe Sue Rudnicki Director of the Ensemble's Percussion Section Bahram Osqueezadeh, santur • Director of Persian Music Set Cris! Basimah, solo dance The UCSB Middle East Ensemble will present its formal Fall Quarter concert, the start of its 21st season, on Saturday, December 5. The concert will feature a set of Greek songs by the famed rebetiko singer Roza Eskenazy (thank you, Voula Aldrich!), two sets of Persian music directed by Bahram Osqueezadeh, two songs from the Gulf region (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), and a variety of Arabic songs and instrumental pieces (from Egypt and Lebanon). Melanie Hutton will continue to enchant us with a vocal solo. As always, the Ensemble’s Dance Troupe will present a wonderful variety of dances, from Persian, Arab, Greek, and Arab-American cultures. For the finale, Ensemble dancer Cris! Basimah will present a rousing solo cabaret-style dance. UCSB Department of Music with major support from the Friends of Middle Eastern Music Association, and the Center for Middle East Studies, presents Cris! Basimah (photo: Joanne A. Calitri) UCSB Middle East Ensemble photos by Tony Mastres and Randall Lamb, UCSB Photographic Services
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Admission is $17/general, $9/studentsTickets at the Associated Students Ticket Office, 893-2064
There is a $3 parking fee in the evenings and on the weekends, payable in each lot. For further information, please call 893-7001 Visit our website: http://www.music.ucsb.edu/mee
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8 p.m.Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UCSB Middle East EnsembleScott Marcus, Director
Alexandra King Director of the Ensemble's Dance Troupe
Sue Rudnicki Director of the Ensemble's Percussion Section
Bahram Osqueezadeh, santur • Director of Persian Music SetCris! Basimah, solo dance
The UCSB Middle East Ensemble will present its formal Fall Quarter concert, the start of its 21st season, on Saturday, December 5. The concert will feature a set of Greek songs by the famed rebetiko singer Roza Eskenazy (thank you, Voula Aldrich!), two sets of Persian music directed by Bahram Osqueezadeh, two songs from the Gulf region (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), and a variety of Arabic songs and instrumental pieces (from Egypt and Lebanon). Melanie Hutton will continue to enchant us with a vocal solo.
As always, the Ensemble’s Dance Troupe will present a wonderful variety of dances, from Persian, Arab, Greek, and Arab-American cultures. For the finale, Ensemble dancer Cris! Basimah will present a rousing solo cabaret-style dance.
UCSB Department of Music with major support from theFriends of Middle Eastern Music Association, and the Center for Middle East Studies, presents
Cris! Basimah(photo: Joanne A. Calitri)
UCSB Middle East Ensemble photos by Tony Mastres and Randall Lamb, UCSB Photographic Services
