Dr.
Scott
Marcus
Scott is the founder and director of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble and
teaches in the Music Department at UCSB. He studied Middle Eastern
music at UCLA and in Cairo, Egypt.
Susan Rudnicki
Sue has lead the percussion section since the founding of the Ensemble
in 1989. She has studied Arabic drumming with Souhail Kaspar, Persian
drumming with Mehrdad Arabifard and Siamak Pouian, the Armenian d'hol
with Sarkis Petrossian, and the Uzbek doire with Tolkin
Isakov.
| The Ensemble |
| Strings |
| 'Ud |
Voula
Aldrich
Joel Chapman
Keiko Espian
Jason Gabriel
|
Kevin
Harvey
Ziyad Marcus
Sabina Saib
Matt Wright
|
|
| Violin/Viola |
Morgan
Benedict
Lillie Gordon
|
Tina
Javanbakht
Kristen |
|
| Qanun |
Jim Grippo
|
Tar
|
|
Santur
|
Koorosh
Haghighat-Kish
|
Bahram
Osqueezadeh |
|
| Accordian |
|
| Winds |
| Nay |
Richard
Johnson
Scott Marcus
Ari Marcus
|
Tess Popper
Ethan Schwartz
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|
| Clarinet |
Nan Capelle
Aviva Milner-Brage
|
Dan
Reyna
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| Percussion |
| Lead
Darbuka,Dohl, Tombak |
Sue Rudnicki |
| Darbuka |
Parker
Abercrombie
Melanie Broussalian
Atahan Eryol
Jinling Huo
Javid John
Brian Karvelas
Peter
Khooshabeh
Scott Latham
Dylan Lench
Chad Makela
|
Katie
Matthews
Ivette Mendoza
Scott Miller
Ariana Ortega
Marittza Padilla
Patricia Reyes
Greg Schmitt
Tonia Shimin
Neil Subbarao
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|
Riqq/Frame Drum |
Michael Benedict
Magda
Campo
Andrea
Fishman
|
Shirley Wood Force
Judy
Piazza
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| Chorus |
| |
Serena Anand
Giselle Garcia
Viva Rose Horowitz
Melanie Hutton
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Melissa Nilles
Sarah Pappas
Ihsan Saib
Abby Whyte
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