Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Music
- 2025-01-25
- In-person in Concord Hall and on Youtube
- 2:00p
The University of California Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble will present a lecture/demonstration celebrating the cultural diversity of Middle East music traditions. Directed by UCSB Professor Scott Marcus, the Ensemble will present a three-part program.
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
2:00–4:00 pm (PST). Free event
Live webcast (details below) and In Person at
Concord Hall, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Presenters: Scott Marcus and the UCSB Middle East Ensemble
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The University of California Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble will present a lecture/demonstration celebrating the cultural diversity of Middle East music traditions. Directed by UCSB Professor Scott Marcus, the Ensemble will present a three-part program: First, music representing religious traditions from Tunisia, Turkey, and Yemen. Second, examples of shared traditions (Lebanese/Persian; Syrian/New York; Azerbaijani and its neighbors). Third, they will conclude with two songs, Armenian and Egyptian, celebrating gatherings of family and friends. Join us for an afternoon of exciting music and celebration with one of Santa Barbara’s most loved musical groups! |
Live webcast begins at the same time as the in-person program at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/iwcinsantabarbara/streams
A video of this program will also be available at the same link for future viewing.
Image: UCSB Department of Music
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