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The UCSB Department of Music & The UCSB Music Affiliates present "An Evening with the UCSB Middle East Ensemble".

Program recording date & length: 11/22/03 - 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara
Soundscape Series - Order Catalog No.: 3858
http://www.uctv.ucsb.edu

Scott Marcus - Director
Alexandra King - Dance Director

PART ONE
beginning time (hour:min:sec.)

1. A Solo Cabaret Dance - featuring Alexandra King - 0:00:45
2. Two Turkish Dances from the Silifke Region of South Central Turkey - 0:06:39
3. A Set of Ottoman Classical & Urban Songs & Improvisations - 0:11:16

a. Gözleri A™ka Gülen - a light classical Turkish song
b. Kanaryam - an Istanbul urban folk song
c. Hariklaki - a Greek urban rebetika song (the last two sharing the same basic melody)

Directed by Sonia Seeman Kanun & vocal solos: Denise Gill
Violin solo: Lillie Gordon Cümbüs solo: Eric Ederer
Greek vocal solo: Voula Aldrich Turkish clarinet solo: Sonia Seeman

4. Lebanese Dabkah Dance - presented in two styles, the first 0:32:00 theatricalized, the second a traditional line dance.
5. Tanavar, An Uzbek Classical Dance in the Ferghana Style - 0:36:18
featuring Guest Dancer Carolyn Krueger

PART TWO

6. An Upper Egyptian Basket Dance - Mizmar solo by Scott Marcus - 0:40:52
7. A Set of Three Sephardic Songs - featuring Andrea Fishman - 0:46:51

a. El Rey de Francia - known in Greece, Morocco, and Turkey violin solo by Hamid Baheri
b. La Cantiga del Fuego - a historical ballad from Salonika, Greece
c. Onde que Tope - a playful love song in the Greek rebetika tradition

8. Two Armenian Dances - a wedding dance and a line dance - 0:59:26
9. `Ala Dal`una - a dabkah-dance song popular among Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians. - 1:05:28
Directed by Ken Habib
10. Asmar Ya Asmarani, a popular Egyptian song by `Abd al-Halim Hafiz, featuring Dr. Mohamed Moharram - 1:08:45
11. A Raqs Sharqi Dance Solo - featuring Jatila van der Veen - 1:13:00
Percussion section led by Susan Rudnicki. Violin solo by Hamid Baheri, including the composition, "Ahlam," composed by Georges Lamman [used with permission from Amorfia Productions (http://www.amorfiaproductions.com).

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The CDs/booklets and DVD are available by writing to:
Scott Marcus
Music Department
UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 or by calling (805) 893-3261.
Checks should be made out to UC Regents/Middle East Ensemble and sent to the above address.

Please visit RT Productions to purchase T-shirts, VHS and also CDs.

Price and Shipping Information
The cassettes are $10 each; the accompanying booklets are each $15.
The CD is $15.
The DVD is $20.
The VHS is $25.
Please add $5 for shipping and handling per item.

Combo Deals
1) Buy a CD + Booklet - get a $5 discount
2) Buy a CD + Booklet + Cassette - get a $10 discount

(*) The accompanying booklet for the 1996 CD is near completion.

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