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
John
Caprara
Nareg Djabrayan
Keenan Moore
|
Philip
Murphy
Tareh Raheem
Sabina Saib
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| Violin/Viola |
Morgan
Benedict
Joshua
Bouganim
Lillie
Gordon
Anna Hennessey
|
Peggy Oki
Rachel Phillips
Jared Stein
Sachiyo Yoshimoto
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| Qanun |
|
| Cumbuş |
|
| Guitar/Bass |
|
Santur
|
Bahram Osqueezadeh
|
Areo
Saffarzadeh
|
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| Accordian |
Chris Hampton
|
| Winds |
| Nay |
Andrea
Harris
Richard
Johnson
Scott Marcus
|
Dan Reyna
Kristen Tucker
Malia Wieczorek
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| Clarinet |
Kara Attrep
Nancy Capelle
|
Kateri
McLucas
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| Sax |
Colter Frazier
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| Percussion |
| Lead
Darbuka,Dohl, Tombak |
Sue Rudnicki |
| Darbuka |
Allie
Baldassari
Sonia Fernandez
Linda Galindo
Pete Khooshabeh
Ari Marcus
Ziyad
Marcus
Mike Marks
|
Will
McClintock
Allegra O'Donoghue
Shirly Solaiki
Shane Thompson
Tomas
Patricia Zavala
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|
Riqq/Frame Drum |
Michael Benedict
Magda
Campo
Andrea
Fishman
Shirley Wood Force |
Linda Galindo
Judy
Piazza
Rob Wallace
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| Tabla |
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| Chorus |
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Cecilia
Arredondo
Monica Dedhia
Viva Rose Horowitz
Julie Huniu
Marysia
Kosowski
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Eric McAnlis
Ihsan Saib
Qing Zheng
Ruth Zhou
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