This is a prewritten post as I will be performing at the Perkfection Cafe & Bar with Ahel El Nagam, Louisville’s Classical Arabic Band, and bellydancers, Taletha, Farouza, and Mercedes. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live Classical Egyptian and Arabic music as only Ahel El Nagam can [...]
This is a prewritten post as I will be performing at the Perkfection Cafe & Bar with Ahel El Nagam, Louisville’s Classical Arabic Band, and the Gypsies of the Nile bellydancer troupe. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live Classical Egyptian and Arabic music as only Ahel El [...]
Tagged Ahel El Nagam, Arabic Music, Bellydance, Classical Egyptian music, Egyptian music, Gypsies of the Nile, Indiana, Jeffersonville, Perkfection Cafe & Bar, Turkish musicSo is it so strange that I get a kick out of practicing/playing Popper Etudes? I feel even more strongly that these little gems should be performed publicly more often. A number of them are great little show pieces–and let’s be frank, pieces like “Dance of the Elves” or “Spinning Song” are nothing more than [...]
Tagged Cello, David Popper, EtudesSo after finding another one of my composer friends, Steve Layton, on facebook (this site has got to be one of the best networking tools I’ve come across) he directed me to the new netnewmusic ning website. I put out a call for solo cello repertoire there and have gotten quite a number of responses [...]
Tagged Bibliography, Cello, NetNewMusic, solo cello worksI remember reading about a book years ago that cellist, Frances-Marie Uitti (she invented a playing technique using two bows so that she could play four part polyphonic music on the cello), that would be a technical manual on alternative 20th century cello techniques. What she ended up publishing was a chapter in the Cambridge [...]
Tagged Bulgarian music, Cello, Music, music resources, Non-Western Cello Techniques, Turkish music, World MusicWell, not technically exploring it, as I don’t actually have one yet. By the way, a Ghaval is an Azeri or Persian frame drum–the prefered instrument of Khananda (Mugam vocalist) in Azerbaijan. Why? Well, that is something I’ll have to reveal a bit later…
Tagged Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani music, Ghaval, Khananda, MugamThis is a prewritten post as I will be performing after the Muncie Gras 2009 Bellydance Competition with il Troubadore. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live world music as only il Troubadore can present. There will be live Bellydancing during this event. Show info follows: Muncie Gras [...]
This is a prewritten post as I will be performing at the Earth House with il Troubadore. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live world music as only il Troubadore can present. On top of that, enjoy the 100% organic and fair trade cafe with vegetarian and vegan [...]
Tagged Earth House, il Troubadore, Indianapolis, World MusicInterestingly, I’m getting quite a few comments, feedback, and discussion on these posts. They just happen to be over at my facebook page (you’ll probably need to be logged in to view my profile). I’ve basically imported this blog via the feed into the facebook notes so as I post here, eventually my facebook wall [...]
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