2006-2009: David Cope, Karlton Hester, David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Paul Nauert, Peter Elsea, Michel Merlet 2003-2006: Chen Yi, James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, Zhou Long 1999-2003: Stefan Kostka, David Neumeyer, Forrest Pierce
MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS:
2008-2009: Sofia Gubaidulina, Narcis Bonet, Philip Lasser, Roy Howat 2007-2008: Chan Eung-Park, Ben Carson, Dan Becker, Belinda Reynolds 2006-2007: Stefano Scodanibbio, Franklin Cox, Chou Wen-Chung, Nikolay Kolev, Geonyong Lee, Francois Rose 2005-2006: John Hilliard, Zu-chiang Wu 2004-2005: Yehudi Wyner, Tania Leon 2003-2004: Mario Davidovsky, Jaoa Pedro Oliveira
Sounds Like
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES AND EVENTS:
November 24, 2008
Cultural Center of Panchevo
Panchevo, SERBIA Mirror Images, for solo piano Sylvia Silenced, for solo piano
Peformed by Maria Ligeti Balint
November 19-24, 2008
17th International Review of Composers
Composers’ Association of Serbia
Belgrade, SERBIA Soliloquy, for solo clarinet
September 11, 2008
Centro Veneto Donne in Musica, La poesia incontra la musica
Teatro La Fenice; Venice, ITALY Sylvia, for flute and marimba
August 1-10, 2008
Festival MusicAlp
Courchevel Academie Internationale de Musique
Courchevel, FRANCE
July 28, 2008
European American Musical Alliance
Ecole Normale de Musique
Paris, FRANCE Rejuvenancient, for chamber ensemble
July 24, 2008
SoundScape
Instituto Superiore di Studi Musicali Franco Vittadini; Pavia, ITALY Sylvia, for flute and piano
April 19, 2008
Beijing International Congress on Women in Music
The China Conservatory of Music; Beijing, CHINA Han-ji, for Korean gayageum
June 19, 2007
Festival for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments
Ewha Womens University; Seoul, SOUTH KOREA Han-ji, for Korean gayageum
USA PREMIERES AND EVENTS:
December 3-6, 2009
UCSC/ISIM Festival and Conference
The University of California
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA
April 26, 2009
The National Association of Composers
Foothills Presbyterian Church
San Jose, CALIFORNIA
March 13, 2009
New York Treble Singers
Christ and St. Stephens Church
New York, NEW YORK
March 8-15, 2009
9th Annual Woman Composers Festival
Hartford, CONNECTICUT
March 6, 2009
The National Association of Composers
Palo Alto Arts Center; Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA Le synchronisme, pour l'harpe en solo
February 20-21, 2009
NACUSA Texas Chapter Annual Conference
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TEXAS Sylvia Silenced, for marimba duo
December 5, 2008
New Music Hartford, An Evening of Miniatures
Silpe Gallery of Hartford Art School
Hartford, CONNECTICUT The Ragged March, for double bass
November 8, 2008
75th Anniversary Concert, National Association of Composers
Composers Performance Ensemble
Palo Alto Arts Center; Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA Sylvia, for flute and piano
August 15, 2008
New Music Forum, 6th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music
San Francisco Community Music Center
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA After Words, for solo flute
May 17, 2008
Doctoral Recital
Music Composition and World Music
University of California
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA
April 23, 2008
April in Santa Cruz
University of California
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA Rejuvenancient, for chamber ensemble
April 12, 2008
The College Music Society Composer's Concert
Rocky Mountain/Pacific Northwest SuperRegional Conference
University of Montana
Missoula, MONTANA Mirror Images, for solo piano
February 29, 2008
UCSC Composers Guild Concert
University of California
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA Sylvia, for flute and marimba
November 10, 2007
National Association of Composers, USA
Composers Performance Ensemble
Palo Alto Arts Center
Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA Sylvia Silenced, for solo piano
November 4, 2007
Monterey County Composers Forum Concert
First United Methodist Church
Salinas, CALIFORNIA After Words, for solo flute
November 2, 2007
UCSC Composers Guild Concert
University of California
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA After Words, for solo flute
September 19, 2007
New York Miniaturist Ensemble
Brooklyn Center for Contemporary Music
Brooklyn, NEW YORK Soliloquy, miniature for solo clarinet
PERFORMERS AND PROGRAM NOTES for each recording are found in "lyrics."
MONICA LYNN
Doctoral Candidate, Composition and World Music
University of California, Santa Cruz
With a lifelong passion for music composition and a deeply held belief in the power of music to enhance mutual understanding between differing cultures, my training and career as a composer is focused on exploring the music of other cultures while continually discovering and refining the individuality of my emerging voice. My music has been performed throughout the United States with recent premieres in South Korea, China, Serbia, Italy and France.
Marhaba is an Arabic word used in the Middle East as a greeting (in English Hello).
The origin of the word comes from Aramaic, the old Syrian language of Jesus Christ.
It is a combination of two words: MAR + HABA
MAR, meaning God, Lord or Master.
HABA, meaning Love.
So, Marhaba means "God is Love".
The following is the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic, recited by Majida El-Roumi:
Marhaba Monica
May you celebrate the love of God deep within your heart as Jesus brings new meaning to life... Joy, Hope, Peace... because His love is eternal.
May His eternal love shine upon you always!
Nabeel
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This Syrian village, Saidnaya, where houses are built around a rock with a very old convent at the top, is considered a place for religious pilgrimage.
A steep climb is the only way up to the convent, which is said to date back to the Emperor Justinian.
Legend has it that the Virgin Mary appeared to Justinian and asked him to found the convent.
After entering through a maze of passages, you finally reach the Chapel of the Virgin. The walls are covered with beautiful icons including one said to have been painted by St. Luke.
This chapel was very famous to Christians and at one point was the second Christian place of pilgrimage after Jerusalem, the crusaders called it "Notre Dame de Sardeneye".
Greetings and love from Syria
Nabeel
Your compositions for soloist instruments are beautiful. Your inner exploration of each instrument sound is amazing. I wish you the best! Philippe Poussard from Spiral Quartet
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