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The
UCSB Middle East Ensemble is
an official “Ethnomusicology
Performance Ensemble” in the
UCSB Music Department. Founded
in 1989 by ethnomusicology
professor Scott Marcus, the
Ensemble’s repertoire reflects
the great diversity of
cultures found in the Middle
East. The ensemble performs
music and dance from Arab,
Turkish, Persian, Armenian,
Greek, Sephardic and Oriental
Jewish, Kurdish, and Assyrian
cultures. Performance items
range from classical pieces to
religious, folk, popular, and
children’s songs, as well as
folk, classical, and
cabaret-style dances.
The
Ensemble has performed
widely throughout California
and in Tucson, Arizona,
Washington D.C. and Albion
and Dearborn, Michigan. In
Fall 1999, seven members of
the Ensemble performed in
the Central Asian country of
Uzbekistan representing the
U.S. at the biannual
International “Melodies of
the East” Festival in the
city of Samarkand. In July
2010, the Ensemble traveled
to
Egypt to give a series of
concerts sponsored by the
Egyptian government’s
Ministry of Culture. With a
group of 54
musicians, singers, and
dancers, the Ensemble
presented nine concerts over
a two-week period, the
highlight being four
performances at the Cairo
Opera House, the premier
performance venue in Egypt,
with additional performances
at Cairo University and
in the cities of Ismailia,
Helwan, and Beni Suef.
We also performed for the
Nevada Museum of Art in June 2011 on
the occasion of the museum’s
80th-year celebration.
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Follow
us on Twitter: @ucsbmee
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The UCSB MEE
offers CDs, DVDs, booklets and
t-shirts at the store
section. There
you will find more detailed
information about each product and
how to purchase it.
The store
helps to buy new instruments,
costumes and to fund scholarships
for our students.
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The Friends
of Middle Eastern Music
Association (FOMEMA) is an
association formed to promote
interaction between the Santa
Barbara community and the UCSB
Middle East Ensemble, explore ways
in which the Ensemble can support
the larger community in the
presentation of Middle Eastern
culture, and ways in which the
community can support the
Ensemble's goals of an expanded
role at UCSB for study and
research in Middle Eastern music
and culture.
Click here
to find out how you can become a
member of FOMEMA.
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