the performance

 

Near East Ensemble Performance - Video Clip

Click here to download a clip compiled from the
Ensemble's live performance at the
1997 UCLA Spring Festival (size: 2.6Mb)

 

The Ensemble performs in its entirety every year during the
Spring Festival of World Music
, held in
Schoenberg Hall.
An audience of three to five hundred enjoys a night of powerful music and dance, with inspiring improvisations and performances from the thirty to fifty musicians on stage that often include numerous guest artists. The accompanying video clip from the 1997 UCLA Spring festival features the Near East Ensemble directed by Prof. Jihad Racy, with guest percussionist Souhail Kaspar and guest dancer Sahra.

 

 

The Director Metric and Melodic Modes The Instruments The Rehearsal The Performance