Tomorrow night at Cal State Fullerton: Persian Music and Dance
http://www.geocitie s.com/darvaksd/ events

Just added: Ostad Omoumi's concert Nov 9 at UCLA Royce Hall!

Also Mehr concert, Nov 8 in LA.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/centerforworldmusic

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2008 Fall Concert Series:
*Nov 7 Zimbeat, Bluefoot
*Nov 9 North Indian home concert
*Nov 12 Dornob / SWC African Drummers, SWC
*Nov 15 Eastern Exposure, 4569 30th St
*Nov 18 SDSU Latin Ensemble, Cuyamaca College
*Dec 5 Zither Traditions of the World, SWC
*Dec 12 Jim Stoynoff, 4569 30th St

Oct 31 Persian Music/Dance, CSF (714) 278-3371
Nov 6 Hot Pstromi, Dizzy's
Nov 8 Mehr Concert, (310) 312-8708
Nov 9 Tribute to Neydavoud, UCLA
Nov 17 Song/Dance of West Africa, www.sdbalboa. org
Dec 5 Epiphany, acousticmusicsandie go.com
Dec 12 African Drum/Dance, SWC

www.centerforworldmusic.org
www.geocities.com/darvaksd/events
www.myspace.com/centerforworldmusic

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From: mehrdad naghibian <naghibian@yahoo. com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:53:26 AM
Subject: Cal State Fullerton Concert

Dear all,

On Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, Sina Bayat (Najva Ensemble) will be
performing at Cal State Fullerton along with an exceptional
performance of Mr. Bahram Khayat (Santoor), Amir Etemadzadeh
(Tombak) and Golsanam Fazel (Choreographer- Dance). Tickets have been priced unbelievably low by the university making this event
affordable for everybody. Please show support so that the university
can continue organizing cultural events of this sort.

http://s262. photobucket. com/albums/ ii86/fbahrami/ 2008Khayat. jpg

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> Mehr Ensemble Concert
> Nov 8, LA
>
> -A night of melodies
> -Virtuoso solos and ensemble performance
> -Persian Classical and modern lyric poetry
>
> Shahla Sarokhani: Vocal
> Fariborz Azizi: Tar
> Saeed Kamjoo: Kamancheh, Gheychak
> Hamidreza Maleki: Santur, Barbat
> Pezhham Akhavass: Tombak, Daf
>
> Morgan-Wixson Theatre
> 2627 Pico Blvd.
> Santa Monica, CA 90405
> 310-828-7519
>
> Tickets Available at:
> Music Box: 310-473-3466
> Reservation: 310-312-8708
> $20-$40

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From: "ydows" <ydows@yahoo. com>

The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm
At the Historic Balboa Theatre

"Fantastic! Never before has such a rich and colorful ensemble
visited the UK from the shores of Africa."—London Times

With traditional sounds and rhythms, powerful acoustics, excellent
dancers, and colorful, inventive costumes, The Song and Dance
Ensemble of West Africa performs shows filled with graceful
movements and virtuosity. Founded in 1985, this group of
percussionists, musicians, and dancers transports audiences to their
native land of Mali (West Africa) in accomplished and respected
performances. Walking a line between tradition and modernity, the
groups' repertory is rich and varied. Inspired by traditional music
and shaped by their own identity and personality, they create
original yet authentic musical experiences.

Directed by Bamba Dembele, the Song and Dance Ensemble of West
Africa's rhythms, songs dances and acoustics are powerful! The
Ensemble performs all of the musical styles of Mali: peul, malinke,
sénoufo, bambara using varied percussion instruments from the djembé
to doundouns and other balaphons. The Song and Dance Ensemble of
West Africa is an authentic musical experience featuring West
African ballets, songs and dances.

Presented by San Diego Theatres.
Tickets: $50/$40/$25
7:30 pm, Monday, November 17, 2008
Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, 92101

EVENT/TICKETING INFO: www.sdbalboa. org or call

(619/858/760) 570–1100 or Ticketmaster (enter the word BEAT in
special promotions to receive 35% off)

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> > Nov 22 Eastern Exposure Band @ Dancing Unlimited 8PM
> >
> > Marie Hayes - vocals, bass
> > Mary Ann Downs - vocals, tambura
> > Mary Marshall - percussion
> > Marci Phelan - accordion
> > Sanna Rosengren - vocals, violin
> >
> > Eastern Exposure is a home-grown band playing music from the
> > Balkan peninsula and Eastern Europe. They have played in a
> > variety of venues in San Diego, Los angeles and for the
> > Statewide Festival in Oxnard.

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From: Carey Driscoll <CareyDriscoll@ Cox.net>

www.AcousticMusicSa nDiego.com
4650 Mansfield Street
San Diego (Normal Heights) CA 92116
(619) 303-8176

Epiphany Project - December 5 @ 7:30
http://www.booking. epiphanyrecords. com

Listen to EPIPHANY PROJECT @ above website

TICKETS: $15 / $20
http://acousticmusi csandiego. com/December. html

"Epiphany¢s live show has a wild and haunting energy. The rhythms
are mesmerizing and Bet¢s 4 octave voice is stunning." ~
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

"Based in Armenia and New York, Composer/Pianist John Hodian and
Singer/Songwriter Bet Williams led an ensemble of piano, voice,
percussion and cello in a performance of high and soulful energy." ~
NEW YORK POST

"Williams has been rightly compared to Loreena McKinnitt and Tori
Amos for both the sheer beauty of her instrument and the passion
with which she sings." ~ SING OUT! MAGAZINE

"With the improv piano of Emmy Award-winning film score composer,
John Hodian... the work of this duo is a musical marriage that
blends traces of Clannad's mystic airs, Tori Amos' lovliest
emanations and, inexplicably there's even a bit of Kate Bush..." ~
ALMANAC

For the first time in six years, Bet Williams and John Hodian will
bring the Epiphany Project to U.S. stages, including a show at
AcousticMusicSanDie go. The band will perform music from their latest
CD, Hin Dagh, a work rooted in ancient and sacred texts, set to
vibrant and exciting new music. Hin Dagh breaks ground in its
origins and sound, as well as in its unique packaging, which
presents the CD in a hardbound book format, including the ancient
text, poetry and prayers that inspired the lyrics, along with
artistic insights and illustrative art.

Bet Williams and John Hodian have been performing and recording as
Epiphany Project since 1992, creating music that the Washington Post
calls "a unique hybrid of world music, art song, Americana and avant-
garde folk; utterly uncategorizeable, but always transcendently
beautiful." Hin Dagh takes that music to a new level, with a sound
that seems to reach through time, drawing on the beauty of ancient
languages, cultures and philosophies, to create musical compositions
that are at once timeless, primitive, worldly and contemporary.

Hin Dagh was conceived as Williams and Hodian were traveling through
the ruggedly primitive and beautiful countryside of the Caucuses and
Armenia, John¢s ancestral homeland. While exploring many of the
rites and rituals of the area¢s dying cultures, they discovered
intriguing ancient sacred texts from some of the world¢s mystical
dead languages, including Aramaic, Sanskrit, Avestan and Ancient
Welsh, as well as ancient and not-so- ancient poetry. They began
working and recording with a variety of local master musicians
playing santur, kamancha, duduk, zorna and many forms of hand
percussion. The CD was developed over a period of one year, as the
musicians experimented and improvised. Many of the initial raw
instrumental performances and vocals become the final work presented
on the CD.

A fearless vocalist, Bet Williams¢ stunning four-octave- range voice
has mesmerized audiences across America and Europe with what Sing
Out magazine calls "the sheer beauty of her instrument and the
passion with which she sings."

John Hodian¢s free-flowing piano playing has been
called "impassioned and evocative" by the Philadelphia Inquirer
and "pure genius" by Applause magazine. An intense performer and
Emmy Award winning composer, Hodian¢s intricate rhythms and haunting
melodies reflect his Armenian heritage and his formal classical
training, as well as years as a jazz improviser.

Over the past six years, the pair have consistently toured Europe
with their ensemble Epiphany Project, but have not performed in the
United States in that time. Their U.S. shows will be a unique
opportunity to hear the ensemble in its new configuration. For
music previews, visit www.booking. epiphanyrecords. com.

TICKETS: $15 / $20
http://acousticmusi csandiego. com/December. html

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> > Jim Stoynoff renown clarinetist from Chicago backed by
Dromia -
> > Dec 12 @ Dancing Unlimited 8:00 pm
> >
> > 7-8:00 Sani Rifati teaching Roma dances from Bosnia
> >
> > JIM STOYNOFF (Dimitri Stoyanoff)—BRIEF MUSIC BIO
> >
> > Jim is a native Chicagoan who began studying the clarinet in
> 1962.
> > Since that time he has specialized in the research, preservation
> and
> > performance of Greek Folk Music, with particular emphasis on the
> > regional folk clarinet styles of Epiros, Macedonia, Central
Greece
> > and Turkey.
> >
> > He studied with such masters of Greek Folk clarinet as
> Anestopoulos,
> > Stamelos, Halkias and Saffet Gundeger of Istanbul Radio. They
not
> > only taught him the "secrets" of their artistry, but also
provided
> > deeper insight into the historical context and subsequent
> evolution
> > of these musical genres.
> >
> > Since 1965 Jim has performed regularly at major functions within
> the
> > Greek and Turkish communities and has appeared with various
groups
> > throughout the U.S. He also gives lecture/performance s and
authors
> > articles on the Balkan clarinet for various publications. Since
> 1986
> > he has appeared annually at various events sponsored by the
> Chicago
> > Cultural Center, and performs with the Chicago Immigrant
Orchestra.
> >
> > From September 2006 through September 2007 his ensemble
performed
> as
> > part of Yoyo Ma's Silk Road Chicago residency, and he recently
> made
> > two appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for the
> opening
> > of the Chicago World Music Festival.
> >
> > In 2007 Jim designed and curated the Hellenic Museum & Cultural
> > Center's exhibit Road to Rembetika and is actively building
> HMCC's
> > archive and permanent exhibit of discography and instruments for
> > it's new facilities.

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