UT Middle Eastern Ensemble "Bereket"

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Huseyni taksim+Huseyni saz semaisı

Album: Bereket studio recording

Released: May 10, 2008

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Genre: Other
Location AUSTIN, Texas, US
Profile Views: 18289
Last Login: 11/30/2010
Member Since 12/4/2007
Website www.music.utexas.edu/ensembles/details.aspx?ID=57
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Bio
The ensemble was formed under the direction of Professor ..Sonia Seeman.. in Fall 2006. The goals of the ensemble are to gain experiential understanding of the music and cultures of the Near, Middle East and North Africa, to foster community outreach, to work with campus language and other classes, and to create a sense of community around musical performance. .... "Bereket" is a Turkish word with cognates in Arabic and Persian which translates as ..abundance.., ..fruitfulness.., and ..divine gift... .... "Bereket" is the result of joint efforts of the School of Music and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
...... ..Sonia Seeman....: director / ..Kelly Stedman..: teaching assistant .. ..Mohammad el-Masry .. percussion instructor..
Influences
Ottoman court; Persian classical; Sufi mystical music; Urban tarab/hal; popular genres; music of minorities (Kurds, Armenians, Roma, Jews, Berber)
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The ensemble was formed under the direction of Professor Sonia Seeman in Fall 2006. The goals of the ensemble are to gain experiential understanding of the music and cultures of the Near, Middle East and North Africa, to foster community outreach, to work with campus language and other classes, and to create a sense of community around musical performance.

"Bereket" is a Turkish word with cognates in Arabic and Persian which translates as abundance, fruitfulness, and divine gift.

"Bereket" is the result of joint efforts of the School of Music and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.