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
Joel Chapman
Keiko Espian
Jason Gabriel
|
Kevin
Harvey
Ziyad Marcus
Sabina Saib
Matt Wright
|
|
| Violin/Viola |
Morgan
Benedict
Lillie Gordon
|
Tina
Javanbakht
Kristen |
|
| Qanun |
Jim
Grippo
|
Tar
|
|
Santur
|
Koorosh
Haghighat-Kish
|
Bahram
Osqueezadeh |
|
| Accordian |
|
| Winds |
| Nay |
Richard
Johnson
Scott Marcus
Ari Marcus
|
Tess
Popper
Ethan Schwartz
|
|
| Clarinet
|
Nan
Capelle
Aviva Milner-Brage
|
Dan
Reyna
|
|
| Percussion |
| Lead
Darbuka,Dohl,
Tombak |
Sue
Rudnicki |
| Darbuka |
Parker
Abercrombie
Melanie Broussalian
Atahan Eryol
Jinling Huo
Javid John
Brian Karvelas
Peter
Khooshabeh
Scott Latham
Dylan Lench
Chad Makela
|
Katie
Matthews
Ivette Mendoza
Scott Miller
Ariana Ortega
Marittza Padilla
Patricia Reyes
Greg Schmitt
Tonia Shimin
Neil Subbarao
|
|
Riqq/Frame Drum |
Michael
Benedict
Magda
Campo
Andrea
Fishman
|
Shirley
Wood Force
Judy
Piazza
|
|
| Chorus |
| |
Serena
Anand
Giselle Garcia
Viva Rose Horowitz
Melanie Hutton
|
Melissa
Nilles
Sarah Pappas
Ihsan
Saib
Abby Whyte
|
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