BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32817@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240601T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240601T193000 DTSTAMP:20240513T160011Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/cal-poly-arab-music-ensemble-spring -concert/ SUMMARY:Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble Spring Concert DESCRIPTION:SAN LUIS OBISPO\, CA\n\nThe Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble will p resent selections of classic repertoire from Arab art\, popular and folk m usic traditions and from historically interconnected cultures of Southwest Asia and North Africa. The group will feature a choir\, orchestra and sol oists with instruments that include the oud\, qanun\, nay\, accordion\, vi olin\, viola\, cello\, double bass\, riqq\, daff\, darabukka\, and more.\n \nThe programs will feature critically acclaimed guest artists whose perfo rmance skills and professional stature deepen the aesthetic and educationa l experience of ensemble and audience members alike. The Arab Music Ensemb le Dance Troupe will add further artistic dimension to the shows through i ts presentations of celebrated dance traditions\, original choreographies and beautiful costuming.\n\nThe Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble will give its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday\, June 1\, in the Performing Arts Ce nter.\n\n“This show will continue the exploration of additive and especi ally long metric modes that have become a concert theme this academic year \,” said Arab Music Ensemble Director Ken Habib. “In terms of the orga nization of time that is inherent to music making and often involves patte rns of two or three beats\, the pieces on this program will feature 10\, 1 3 and as many as 24 beats per measure.”\n\nThese works and others celebr ated across Arab society will combine in a musical suite to begin the show . Folk\, art and immensely popular songs from Egypt\, Greece\, Iraq and Ro mania will also be on the program.\nThe Arab Music Ensemble Dance Troupe w ill join the musicians for two songs\, one by Farid al-Atrash\, the Syrian -Egyptian composer\, singer and oud virtuoso\, and the other a tour de for ce by the famed Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi.\n\nRafid Yalda\, an Iraqi- American musician\, educator and master performer of the nay (reed flute) from Baghdad\, will be one of the guest artists on the program. Ishmael\, a renowned qanun (zither) player of Assyrian heritage\, and Fathi Aljarrah \, a master kamanja (violin) player and multi-instrumentalist who hails fr om Aleppo\, Syria\, will return to the stage with the ensemble.\n\nOther c omposers\, poets and artists that will be represented in the works perform ed include Abd al-Qadir al-Maraghi\, Manos Hatzidakis\, Morsi Gamil Aziz\, Nikos Gatsos\, Sayyid Darwish and Tatyos Efendi.\n\nThe Arab Music Ensemb le is an orchestra and choir with vocal and instrumental soloists. Its mem bership represents a range of majors on campus and professions off campus. The dance troupe\, directed by San Luis Obispo dance director Jenna Mitch ell\, has collaborated with the Arab Music Ensemble since its formation in 2006.\n\nTickets ($15 and $20 general\, $10 students) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/05/temp-7.jpg LOCATION:Harold Miossi Hall at Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center\, C A-1\, San Luis Obispo\, California\, 93405\, United States GEO:35.271387;-120.672503 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CA-1\, San Luis Obispo\, Ca lifornia\, 93405\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Harold Miossi Hall at Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center:geo:35.271387,-120.672503 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR