Dance Choreography Podcasts

Zikrayat at Joe's Pub as part of Brooklyn Maqam

Sat September 06 2008

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Zikrayat at Alwan Nov. 17th

Mon November 19 2007

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Amir ElSaffar discusses "Two Rivers"

Wed October 10 2007

Amir ElSaffar, Iraqi-American Jazz Trumpet player, Singer and Santur player, discusses his newly released CD Two Rivers. He talks about the different ... read more

Amir ElSaffar, Iraqi-American Jazz Trumpet player, Singer and Santur player, discusses his newly released CD Two Rivers. He talks about the different ways he has combined Iraqi Music (of the Baghdad Maqam tradition) with Jazz in these pieces, and talks a little about his history with both kinds of music. The CD is available now on Pi Recordings and at amazon.com for more information on Amir and th... read more

Amir ElSaffar, Iraqi-American Jazz Trumpet player, Singer and Santur player, discusses his newly released CD Two Rivers. He talks about the different ways he has combined Iraqi Music (of the Baghdad Maqam tradition) with Jazz in these pieces, and talks a little about his history with both kinds of music. The CD is available now on Pi Recordings and at amazon.com for more information on Amir and the album, please visit the Two Rivers myspace page and Amir's Website: www.amirelsaffar.com CD release party at Joe's pub, Monday Oct. 22nd, 9:30pm read less

Anne Elise Thomas on Qanun

Thu September 20 2007

Anne Elise and I chat about The global youth village http://globalyouthvillage.org/, where we were teaching in July; and the Jefferson Center http://j... read more

Anne Elise and I chat about The global youth village http://globalyouthvillage.org/, where we were teaching in July; and the Jefferson Center http://jeffcenter.org/ in Roanoke, VA, where she is the educational programs coordinator

Anne Elise and I chat about The global youth village http://globalyouthvillage.org/, where we were teaching in July; and the Jefferson Center http://jeffcenter.org/ in Roanoke, VA, where she is the educational programs coordinator read less

Global Youth Village 2007

Thu August 16 2007

The young students at the Global Youth Village play 3 pieces (doulab bayati, doulab sikah, doulab hijaz) they learned by ear in their first week, and ... read more

The young students at the Global Youth Village play 3 pieces (doulab bayati, doulab sikah, doulab hijaz) they learned by ear in their first week, and talk about how learning arabic music is different than the kinds of music they do. For more information on Global Youth Village, please visit: www.globalyouthvillage.org

The young students at the Global Youth Village play 3 pieces (doulab bayati, doulab sikah, doulab hijaz) they learned by ear in their first week, and talk about how learning arabic music is different than the kinds of music they do. For more information on Global Youth Village, please visit: www.globalyouthvillage.org read less