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Turkish Ud Pieces

2008-07-18T09:38:38Z

Hi everybody, after a little hiatus I have resumed practicing me Turkish ud.

I am looking for some more beginning level Turkish saz samai, peşrevs, bestes, or similar type pieces to work on. i already play about 15- 20 things so i kinda know what i'm doing but at a basic level. Makam I am doing are rast, acemaşiran, mahur, hicaz, beyati, uşşak, hüseyni, and evcara. i would like some more of these makam, but to also start work on saba, segah, huzzam, nihavent, nikriz, and kurd.

I am looking on those couple of Turkish music websites for ideas but most of the things I am coming across seem a bit too complex for my technical level. Can any of you recommend some good simple things?

If so, please give the name of the composer(!!!) with the title of the pieces.

Thanks!

David
(Yes, I am still in Istanbul and can ask folks here, but i thought i'd put it out to ya'll as well...)

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Ah Bir Ataş Ver

2008-06-21T16:44:09Z

Hello...I'm looking for a version of Ah Bir Ataş Ver played by someone other than Turku of NC. I already own their version.

I'd prefer the instant gratification of buying an mp3 instead of ordering a physical CD from Tolumba. I belong to emusic and they don't have the song listed....

Thanks!

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looking for a Ney or Clarinet player

2008-05-15T23:48:50Z

We have a paid gig (Turkish Festival) August 2-3, 2008 for two days in Monterey, CA. We need a ney or clarinet player who knows some Turkish music.

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Kara Nomadica CD

2008-05-14T14:39:07Z

We got our master proof back last week and we liked it!
We'll be receiving 1000 CDs on May 22nd!

There are new songs on the Myspace page for you to enjoy. (http://www.myspace.com/karanomadica)
Although Bela Shah was up there before, this is the final (and much better) version.

Salaam,
Kara Nomadica

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turkish ney

2008-04-17T16:26:04Z

Hello everyone,
I'm Persian, but I really love the diversity of Turkish music. From the ecstatic sounds of the screaming zurnas and davuls to the inner peace the sound of the ney conjures. I have recently taken up the Turkish ney and was wondering if anyone in the Southern California area can offer some pointers to me.
Thanks,
Shan Ahmadi

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What do you play?

2008-04-16T20:00:58Z

Merhabalar, I'm new to the group, just saying hello. I wondered what instruments/type of music you all play? I think I see a couple of neyzens from the ney tribe here---Anyway, I play ney and baglama, and play turku, sanat music and ilahi, down in the Tucson area in an ensemble.
Hope to hear from you!

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Some cool free downloads

2008-04-12T23:50:09Z

http://www.fezaneverd.com/eng/index2.html

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Fooling around with 9/8

2008-03-29T00:10:54Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM8RwCGNSNY
We just had a fun rehearsal. Hope you enjoy it as we did!

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rebab vs kabak kemane vs klassik kemence

2008-03-15T09:40:42Z

Hi all,

I am a bouzouki player that is currently experimenting with the turkish makams on the oud.

But I am also interested in giving a try to a bowed instrument.

So I was wondering what is the difference between the rebab and the kabak kemane?

Any information on their tuning, strings used etc?

In terms of playing style and difficulty i suppose klasik kemence is the hardest one to play due to the difference in length of the second string?

thanks in advance

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Kara Nomadica CD update!!!

2008-03-03T16:08:23Z

Good morning everyone!
We are pleased to announce that we are going through the final bits of recording and editing before we send our tracks off to be mastered and mass-produced! Hopefully we will have the LP ready to sell sometime in April.

We are very grateful to those of you who have prepaid the LP for being so patient with us. We really tried to get this thing finished this winter, and we apologize that this didn't happen--we want to provide you with the best possible recordings, so instead of rushing the album out we decided to postpone it.
That being said, we are VERY pleased with the results so far and will be delivering to you a professional product.

Once we release the album we will be putting together a CD release party and will be available for touring around later this year.
If you are putting together a bellydance workshop weekend somewhere and want a great live band drop us a line!!!

Another bulletin will be sent out the day we send the tracks out with a more precice release date!
Thank you for all of your amazing support and wonderful compliments.
We couldn't do this without such amazing fans and audience!

Salaam,
Lawrence and Kara Nomadica

www.karanomadica.com
www.myspace.com/karanomadica

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Short necked saz tuning for tunes in D?

2008-03-02T14:06:17Z

I have just recently come home from Istanul with a short-necked (kisa
sap) baglama saz. I am looking for the best tuning for this instrument
that would let me play easily in the key of D. Suggestions? I am a
mandolin player and have instruments tuned GDAE and GDAD so a tuning
based on that would be an easy transition.

The other almost more important related question to this is then what
gauge strings should I be using to get to that tuning (remembering
this is a short neck 19 fret instrument)?

Thanks for any direction you can offer.
*-- Asha

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What is the Turkish term for this style of drum

2008-03-02T14:00:20Z

Please forgive my naivete but I don't know what this style of drum is called:

It is the one I see played in Turkish music that has a metal rim (on usually a
steel, brass or copper body) that is flush with the head (to facilitate finger snapping styles)

I've heard it called Tabla in Egyptian music, Darbuka, Dumbec (mostly only in America)
but this style of drum is defintely different from traditional Arabic drums.

Is there a specific Turkish word for the style of drum that you can use finger snapping techniques on?

I"ve always wanted to know because it is so timbrally different from professional Tablas in Egypt/Lebanon
and I want to be accurate in referring to it in the future.

thanks for your expertise in advance.

Rick

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Karahisar Kalesi translation

2008-03-02T12:24:51Z

Does anyone know the meaning of the lyrics? I went to the seslisozluk website and none of these words will translate. Thanks!

Karahisar kalesi yıkılır gelir
Karahisar kalesi yıkılır gelir
Kakülü boynuna dökülür gelir ,dökülür gelir
Kakülü boynuna dökülür gelir ,dökülür gelir
Yayladan gel allı gelin yayladan
Kesme ümidini kadir mevladan ,kadir mevladan
Ver elini karlı dağlar aşalım ,bayramlaşalım

Ben bir koyun olsam sen de bir kuzu
Ben bir koyun olsam sen de bir kuzu
Meleye meleye getirek yazı ,getirek yazı
Meleye meleye getirek yazı ,getirek yazı
Yayladan gel allı gelin yayladan
Kesme ümidini kadir mevladan ,kadir mevladan
Ver elini karlı dağlar aşalım ,bayramlaşalım

Yayladan gel allı gelin yayladan
Kesme ümidini kadir mevladan ,kadir mevladan
Ver elini karlı dağlar aşalım ,bayramlaşalım
Ver elini karlı dağlar aşalım ,bayramlaşalım

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Carmine and Melissa coming to DC!

2007-12-13T14:35:28Z

It's official! Carmine and Melissa are coming to DC in January!
Workshops!
A FANTASTIC show!
Jalsah!

The show, Friday Jan 25th includes the incomparable Artemis Mourat in addition to Samira Shuruk, Shems, Madirah Nasreen, Kostana and more. It's at Taste of Morocco in Silver Spring, MD. $10 cover, $10 minimum. Doors open at 10pm. Show starts at 10:30.
More info here:
http://www.jalsah.org/sites/Jalsah/Locations/DC/

The workshops on Sat the 26th are to be held at Maryland Youth Ballet in Silver Spring, MD
Baby Beginner Doumbek by Carmine
Drummers and Dancers by Carmine and Samira
ME music and Rhythms for all instruments by Melissa
More info and registration via PayPal here:
http://www.jalsah.org/sites/Jalsah/Locations/DC/

Saturday night we're hosting a Jalsah! Time and location TBA.
http://www.jalsah.org/sites/Jalsah/Locations/DC/

More Jalsah info:
www.jalsah.org

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Tuva Camp 2008

2007-11-17T18:48:58Z

Dear Friends

Thank you for your interest to our music.

Last summer we held a throat singing camp in Tuva.

We had 14 students from around the world - 8 of them were from the US, 2 from Australia
2 from Denmark, 1 from France, 1 from England.
After arriving in Tuva, the students spent 1 week in Kyzyl, the capital city.
They were able to see many tourist attractions, see a Tuvan shaman,
and attend the Naadym - National Harvest Celebration.

The students then went on to spend 1 week in the deep taiga, with members of the Tuvan throat singing group Chirgilchin,
learning various styles of throat singing, traditional Tuvan instruments, as well as the Tuvan language.

This summer, we are trying to get 2 groups to go to Tuva again, in either June or July.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Please check our photos made by Russell Roesner - our student.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertdanger/sets/72157602427847575/

Thank you
Alexander

www.purenaturemusic.com
www.chirgilchin.com

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Nomadiqa Ethnic Fusion and Arabesque Beats

2007-11-07T10:11:55Z

Hi Folks,
We recently released our debut album. It's a mix of electronic and arabian styles. Fair bit of darabhuka in there too. Just thinking it might be of interest to the folks in this tribe who like this kind of material.

There's four full tracks available to listen online.

http://www.myspace.com/nomadiqa
http://www.nomadiqa.com

Have a listen and see what you think.

Many thanks,

Nomadiqa

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6/8?

2007-11-07T05:20:37Z

Can anyone recommend some good tunes in 6/8 time? I'm getting a little bored with the 9/8 lately and am looking for something different.
Thanks!

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Shebi Arus: Rumi celebrated at UCLA's Royce Hall with Whirling Dervishes and Turkish Musicians

2007-11-05T20:45:23Z

“Wherever you turn …”
by Waliya Inayat Perkins

Annually on December 17th the Whirling Dervishes celebrate the “Wedding Night” of the great mystic poet Mevlana Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi’s passing from the circle of time—through their legendary whirling prayer-dance, one of the world’s most beautiful and stirring sacred rituals. This year Southern Californians have a rare opportunity to enter this circle of love as the Mevlevi Order of America presents the prayer-dance (sema) of Rumi at UCLA’s Royce Hall. To the accompaniment of stately yet impassioned Turkish classical music (with verses sung in Farsi, Arabic, and Turkish), the dervish dancers turn in prayerful surrender, to become vessels for bringing divine blessings to earth. There is truly no way to convey in words the moving and spiritually potent ceremony.

The whirling prayer-dance will be led by Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras, who comes from Konya where Rumi lived, and who has followed in the footsteps of his visionary father, Hz. Haji Suleyman Hayati Dede, by teaching both men and women the traditional practices of the Mevlevi Sufis. Joining MOA musicians are master Turkish musicians Necati Celik (oud and middle eastern lute), Timucin Cevikoglu (vocalist), and Celaleddin Biçer (ney). Celaleddin tours internationally as a Turkish musician, performing in the United States, Bulgaria, Malta, Italy, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. He was educated at the University of Ankara in Sinology, and speaks English, Flemish, French, and Chinese, in addition to his native Turkish. Since 1990 he has performed with the Hacettepe University Chorus as a Saz artisan, and in 1991 he joined Ankara Radio as a Saz & Ney musician. In addition to his work at Ankara Radio, he teaches nazariiyat, solfeggio, and Ney at Middle East Technical School. His previous international tours have been with the Mavera Turkish Young Musicians Group and the Turkish government’s Promotions Department.

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named 2007 as the "Year of Rumi" to mark the 800th anniversary of Mevlana Rumi’s birth [1207-1273]. Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, in welcoming remarks at a United Nations event celebrating Rumi [June 26, 2007], spoke to the universal awareness that Rumi is a panacea for our times: “Rumi's poetry is timeless. But its celebration at the United Nations is extremely timely. Events of recent years have created a growing gulf between communities and nations. They have led to a worrying rise in intolerance and cross-cultural tensions. Reversing these trends has become vital to long-term peace and stability in our world.” The New York Times wrote, "Not since the popularity of ‘The Prophet' by Khalil Gibran has a poet made such a dent in American popular culture." The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, TIME magazine, and Amazon.com affirm Rumi is one of the most loved poets in the United States.

Rumi’s father, Bahâ'u d-dîn MuHammad-é Walad [1152 – 1231], a venerated scholar of his day, took flight with his family from Genghis Khan’s armies in the Balkh region of what is now Afghanistan. Hagiography disputes whether Muhammad Ibn 'Arabi [1165 - 1240] or Farid ud-Din Attar [1119? - 1220?] one day came upon Rumi who was walking behind Bahâ'u d-dîn and observed, “What a wonder! An ocean is following a lake!” Bahâ'u d-dîn eventually settled his family in Konya and after his death Rumi assumed his father’s position at the madrassa [literally means "a place where learning/teaching is done"]. After Bahâ'u d-dîn’s death the role of teacher to Rumi passed to his father’s close friend Sayyid Burhaneddin of Balkh. Burhaneddin guided Rumi his spiritual practices and in a forty-day retreat. After nine year of training Burhaneddin pronounced that Rumi had become “a lion of knowledge” and another would come and the two would complete each other’s training. Then, one day Hazreti Shams-e-Tabrīzī appeared in Rumi’s life.

Eighty years after Rumi’s death, Ulu `ârif Chelebî, a grandson of Rumi, directed his student, Shams ud-Din Ahmad Aflaki, to recount the story of Rumi's life. In Manakib ul-Arifin [written between 1318 and 1353], Aflaki embellishes the narrative with miracles and quatrains not to be found in authorized texts. He tells of a chance encounter on the street in Konya between Rumi and Shams. As Rumi rode a donkey through the streets of Konya a wild stranger grabbed the donkey’s reins and commanded Rumi to explain who was greater, the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) or the ninth-century ecstatic Bâyezîd Bistâmî, [804-874 CE]. According to Aflaki, Rumi responded that Bâyezîd, his thirst, satisfied by one gulp of nearness to God, was incomparable to Muhammad (pbuh) whose thirst after thirst for greater nearness impelled him to say, “We have not known You as You deserve to be known.”

This relationship between Shams and Rumi was to serve as a mirror for the two mystics; they found in experiencing the other, they found themselves. Sura al-Hashr (59:19) reveals the power of remembering Allah Tallah “And be ye not like those who forgot Allah; and He made them forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!” In Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi by Annemarie Schimmel, Shams speaks of his relationship with Rumi like this, "From the day I saw your beauty, inclination and love for you sat in my heart." Shams continued, “There are many great ones whom I love inwardly. There's affection, but I don't make it manifest. Once or twice when I made it manifest, I did something while keeping company with them, and they didn't know and recognize their duty in companionship. I took it upon myself not to let the affection become cold. When I made it manifest with Mevlana, it increased and did not lessen."

Rumi emerged from this sohbet [spiritual conversation] with Shams transformed in a state of fana, or, of annihilation of the nafs [Nafs-i-ammara, ego-centered identity] in the One. Rumi’s son, Muhammad Baha'u-'d-Din Sultan Veled, wrote about his father after he had stopped searching for Shams in Syria, "he found Shams in himself, radiant like the moon." Jealousy over this mystical friendship rose up with Rumi’s students and some of his family members and they drove Shams away. Rumi sent Sultan Veled to Damascus to find Shams and bring him back to Konya but the situation escalated once more. The final chapter of Shams’ life is unwritten as no one is certain of the story. One legend explains how at the same exact time on the day of his disappearance witnesses spotted Shams leaving the city at each of its four gates.

An outpouring of verse commenced and in the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi Rumi expresses deep mystical states of realization in the voice of his teacher. These lyric poems and quatrains speak to the relationship between Sun and Moon, Lover and Beloved, between servant and the One.

Two close companions, essential as scribes in recording the bounty of poetry to come after Shams disappeared, were themselves established spiritual guides. Rumi wrote of the first friend, the goldsmith Salah ad-Din Zarkub: “Generous Saladin, let your hand be a constant necklace on my neck.” [Version by Coleman Barks, "Open Secret"; Threshold Books, 1984] One story explains the origin of the Turning stemmed from the rhythmic sound of Saladin’s goldsmith’s hammer in the bazaar. Aflaki records it was Shams who instructed Rumi in sema, which at that time included numerous spontaneous movements in addition to Turning.

Rumi claimed the second companion, Husam al-Din Chelebi, to be his inspiration for the Mathnawi. Stories relate how Rumi was unhappy when Husam was not present. Rumi tells in the Mathnawi how the work ceased for a year when Husam al-Din’s wife died and he was in mourning. Once when the two dervishes were walking outside Konya Husam posed a request for Rumi to write poetry in the manner of poets like Farid al-Din Attar [1142–1220] and Hakim Sana'i [circa 1050–1131] where mystical teachings were given with a mix of stories and adages. Rumi surprised Husam by handing him a piece of paper on which he had written the opening lines to the Mathnawi, his great work of moral and mystical teachings:

The Song Of The Reed (part one) Mathnawi I: 1-3

Listen to the reed (flute), how it is complaining! It is telling about separations,
(Saying), "Ever since I was severed from the reed field,
men and women have lamented in (the presence of) my shrill cries.
(But) I want a heart (which is) torn, torn from separation, so that
I may explain* the pain of yearning."
From "The Mathnawî-yé Ma`nawî" of Jalaluddin Rumi. Translated from the Persian by Ibrahim Gamard

Husam wrote down the spontaneous musings of Rumi until six volumes were recorded. Rumi designated Chelebi to lead the dervishes after his death. Sultan Veled asked Rumi’s senior disciple, Karimuddin Baktamor, to serve as the sheikh after Chelebi’s passing. After Karimuddin’s death, Veled stepped into the position of grand sheikh. Rumi described the Mathnawi as beyond form and, “the root of the root of the Root of all religion.” However, that does not discount the fact, as the following lines clearly show, that Rumi was an observant Muslim:

I am the servant of the Qur’an as long as I have life.
I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen one.
If anyone quotes anything except this from my sayings,
I am quit of him and outraged by these words.
[man banda-yé qur’an-am, agar jan dar-am
man khak-é rah-é muHammad-e mukhtar-am
gar naql kon-ad joz in, kas az goftar-am
bezar-am az-o, w-az-in sokhan bezar-am]
(Rumi’s Quatrain no. 1173, translated by Ibrahim Gamard and Ravan Farhadi (in “The Quatrains of Rumi,” an unpublished manuscript)

This quatrain may cause some modern day enthusiasts to scratch their heads since many who offer renditions of Rumi’s poetry streamline them until Islamic references seem to disappear. How would a novice know that when Coleman Barks writes, “There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground” Rumi is actually speaking about performing sajda, or prostration, during salaat, the five-times daily Muslim prayers? Adding more veils to the truth of Rumi’s standing as a devout and practicing Muslim are the poetic renditions attributed to Rumi that were actually written by other poets. Per Rumi scholar Dr. Ibrahim Gamard [http://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/], these oft-quoted lines are not to be found anywhere in Rumi’s original manuscripts:

“Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.
Not any religion or cultural system.”
A rendition by Coleman Barks based on the literal translation from Persian by R. A. Nicholson (1926-1934)

The good news is that Rumi is universal in his approach and this is founded in Qur’an and hadith where humanity is informed of the Divine intention for different authentic paths and that we should not hold one prophet above another. Reading in Sura al-Baqara Ayat 62 and then from Ayat 285 [translations by Laleh Bakhtiar]: " Truly those who have believed, and those who have become Jews, and the Christians and the Sabaeans, whoever has believed in God and the Last Day, and is one who has acted in accord with morality, then for them, their compensation is with their Lord; there is neither fear in them nor shall they feel remorse." “The Messenger has believed in what has been sent forth to him from his Lord as do the ones who believe; all have believed in God, His angels, His Books and His Messengers: We separate and divide not among anyone of His Messengers; and they said: We heard and we obeyed; so grant Your forgiveness, Our Lord! To You is the Homecoming. The injunction Sura al-Baqara 256 [translation by Yusuf Ali]: offers is clear, “Let there be no compulsion in religion.”

Encouragement to respect others and to engage in dialogue to overcome differences is clear. Hadith points the way: “Whoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hands; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart- and that is the weakest of faith.” [Muslim quoted in An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith, tr. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies, Holy Quran Publishing House, Damascus, 1977, p110]

On December 17, 1273, Rumi was called home by his Beloved Allah and laid to rest beside his father in Yesil Turbe or, “the green Tomb.” A calligraphy near his tomb reads: “after my death, don’t seek my tomb in the earth, for my grave is in the hearts of the men of mystical knowledge.” [Ibrahim Gamard translation] The sema or, whirling ceremony, of the Mevlevi Sufis is held each year in honor of Shebi Arus, or, Rumi’s great return. The ceremony portrays humankind’s spiritual unfoldment towards a state of perfection, or kemal. The lessons in taming the nafs [the greater jihad or struggle] bring one to the love and service of all creation for, as the Whirling Dervish knows, “wherever you turn is the face of God.”

No wonder Rumi’s poetry sells so well “right here in River City!” Hazrat Inayat Khan [1882- 1927] wrote "The original words of Rumi are so deep, so perfect, so touching, that when one man repeats them hundreds and thousands of people are moved to tears. They cannot help penetrating the heart. This shows how much Rumi himself was moved to have been able to pour out such living words.” Coleman Barks, underlining the universal appeal of Rumi, renders one line as, "What was said to the rose that made it open was said / to me here in my chest." Rumi wrote about Truth and Truth is timeless.

This December 17 the poetry and Whirling of Rumi will grace the University of California Los Angeles’ Royce Hall in celebration of the anniversary of Rumi’s Shebi Arus, or Wedding Night. In the spirit of the universality of Rumi’s poetry, prior to the sema a stellar group of interfaith activists will step up to the microphone with offerings from the Mathnawi. A glimpse at the list of readers confirms the diversity of Southern California’s “pursuers of peace”:

• Swami Atmatattwananda, Vedanta Society of Southern California
• Rev. Noriyuki Ito of Temple Higashi Hongwanji
• The Reverend Dr. Gwynne Guibord, Officer of Ecumenical and Interreligious Concerns The Episcopal Diocese Consultant for Interfaith Relations The Episcopal Church USA
• Imam Bilal Hyde, founder, The Hilal Institute, California Institute of Integral Studies, and Qur’anic reciter on CD accompanying Approaching The Qur'an by Michael Sells
• Rabbi Steven Jacobs, founder, Progressive Faith Foundation
• Khalil Momand, Board of Directors, Islamic Center of South Bay
• Waliya Perkins, founder, Three Cousins a dialogue group for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women, member the Southern California Committtee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, authorized representative of the Sufi Order International
• Yoland Trevino, MFCC, indigenous Mayan and United Religions Initiative’s Global Council Chair.

December 17, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
UCLA’s Royce Hall
340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095

For more information, you may contact Waliya Perkins
at <hagars_tent@yahoo.com>
or go to the Mevlevi Order of America website at:
http://www.hayatidede.org/events.htm

Get your ticket before we are sold out!
In 2003 we brought the dervishes to the Glendale Civic Auditorium and sold out. We turned away a crowd of over 300 people who came to get tickets the night of the sema.

Tickets available from the UCLA Ticket Office (310) 825-2101
Or thorugh Ticketmaster:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B003F3B00867A89?artistid=804440&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=32

Come early to shop the Sufi bazaar and
to speak with representatives of local interfaith groups.

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Balkan Music Workshop in NYC - cross post

2007-10-18T03:52:16Z

in case you are interested and haven't contacted me. something seems to be wrong with list posting thing on tribe.

Balkan music workshops - now voice, too!

Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:00 PM
at Salsa International Studios
701 7th Avenue (entrance @NE corner, on 47th Street) 5th floor New York, NY

For info & pre-reg:
206-339-3833
www.thebalkanbrothers.com/institute.aspx

beginner dumbek with Kazuki 12:00 - 1:00pm $15 pre-reg / $20 @door
Balkan guitar technique with Brad Shepik 1:00 - 2:30pm $30/35
int/adv dumbek with Seido Salifoski 1:00 - 2:30pm $30/35
Balkan voice with Carol Freeman 1:00 - 2:30pm $30/35

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New KAVAL Tribe

2007-10-03T04:23:40Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/kavals

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Lead female vocalist needed for Balkan folk band, Richmond, VA ...

2007-09-03T04:06:06Z

BALKANIZE!, Richmond’s only Old World TurkoBalkan folk music ensemble, is currently looking for a lead female vocalist. Interested singers must be willing to sing in Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Romany, Serbian, Turkish, and other Balkan, Eastern European and Middle and Near Eastern languages; ability to play a musical instrument a definite plus. We rehearse at least once each week, and we perform live for belly dance and international folk dance occasions but are looking to expand our live performances to other venues soon. For more information, please email Geoff at stupidroom@verizon.net .
[S]he who is late may gnaw the bones. – Bosnian proverb

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new tribe for Mizmar and Zurna

2007-07-06T15:18:08Z

I invite you to join a new tribe, tribes.tribe.net/mizmarzurna, for players and lovers of these loud but fun instruments.

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WHIRLING DERVISHES of RUMI

2007-04-06T18:13:39Z

Live Performance - Live Classic Turkish and Sufi Music

Irvine Barclay Theatre
Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 PM
www.whirlingworld.org

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Simplified Middle Eastern Songs for Learning and Practice

2007-03-08T09:00:23Z

Hi everyone!

If you or a loved one are interested in learning traditional Middle Eastern music and the rhythms that accompany those songs, well look no further!

Carmine Guida and I (Melissa Murphey) have recorded an instructional CD that has 12 plain straightforward songs that will enable drummers or musicians to learn to play the traditional tunes.

This CD includes such classics as Layla, Misirlou, Shisheler, Fire Dance and Sulukule. There are no distracting vocals or excessive ornamentation here, just the plain songs for learning purposes. The MP3s are available for immediate download at www.dorku.com. they are only 1 dollar each!

All soundfiles are in the same key as the sheet music available at www.dorku.com.

In addition, GUITAR TABLATURE is now available for select Middle Eastern songs at www.dorku.com. Sheet music is available for key of C instruments, B flat instruments (trumpet, clarinet , soprano and tenor sax) and Bass clef instruments (cello, trombone, baritone)

www.dorku.com - for all your Middle Eastern Music needs!

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Burhan Ocal

2007-02-23T19:25:45Z

Check out Burhan's homepage, he's my favorite Turkish drummer.
http://www.burhanocal.com
-Eric

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Jalsah NYC

2007-02-21T22:57:01Z

Hey everyone!

Bring your instrument (ANY intrument goes - we mean it), drum, hipscarf....this community event is designed for everyone's participation, musician, drummer and dancer.

The dance floor is open to all dancers all night. Get your groove on!

Melissa and Carmine will coach everyone thru the songs and we will have sheet music available as well. It will be fun!

Jalsah NYC at 324 Lafayette St 8PM on Feb 23

www.carmine.com/events/showevent.asp

For those of you who live in points west (not THAT far west) , Jalsah Pittsburgh III is March 2.

pittsburgh.tribe.net/event/J...19266ad4

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Tarama Yar

2007-02-06T18:57:29Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_3erAtGKWA

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Los Angeles: Turkish Events (this event was held on the 3rd.

2007-02-05T07:38:39Z

I was sent this from a nother list:

Some may be interested in this website. There are film screenings
and an event this Saturday at USC and more on their calendar.
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~turksa/experience_istanbul.htm

Sorry I dod not get this on here sooner.

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Drumming Workshop with Issam Houshan

2007-01-08T20:10:06Z

Saturday February 17th 2007
Norfolk, VA

Presented by
BodyWorks By Chandani
(757) 313-8000
chandani@cheerful.com
www.chandani.net

ABOUT ISSAM HOUSHAN
The union of music and movement is the essence of dance. The union of a musician and a dancer to create a seamless artistic expression is the ultimate manifestation of such a union. Issam Houshan does exactly that. Call him the “Wassan Pharaoun,” “King of the Drum,” or “Mr. Magic Fingers” and you only tell the half of it. His connection to the dancer is the essence of his magic, a merging of egos serving a mutual and identical goal. Issam is now recognized as the ultimate master of this art. An international music star, his past credits include touring with Sting in 2000, performing at the Grammys on the hit single Desert Rose, as well as performing and recording with countless Arab stars. In addition, he has toured with the Mile Copeland-produced Bellydance Superstars, the world’s premiere professional touring bellydancer performance group since 2003, with whom he has appeared in over 1000 shows in 16 countries over the past three years.
A highly accomplished percussionist on assorted Arab hand drums, Issam was formally trained at the Damascus Academy of Music and is the only remaining disciple of the legendary Arab drum master Mahmood Salahadeen. An accomplished and sought-after music instructor, he taught at the Damascus Music Institute for nine years and continues to teach workshops and private lessons around the world. Unequaled in his field, Issam is known by fellow Syrian musicians as the Wassan Pharaoun (Pharaoh of Rhythm) and his al assaben al Sahriha (magic fingers) are currently insured for 10 million dollars (1 million each).
His drum solos with the Bellydance Superstars are major features of each show, as captured in the films American Bellydancer, Solos from Monte Carlo, Bellydance Superstars, 30 Days to Vegas, Behind the Shimmy, and the instructional DVD The Art of the Drum Solo. His CD releases include his own Wassan Pharaoun, The Dancing Drum and Tabel Ya Issam, as well as percussion on the Galactic Caravan albums. For more information, please check out Issam Houshan’s website: www.tablabyissam.com

Workshop Schedule and Description

11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Beginning Drumming workshop for Drummers. Essential Techniques & Rhythms for the Tabla: This class is geared for musicians and will cover basic techniques & drills for the tabla as well as an introduction to Middle Eastern Rhythms. All levels from novice to intermediate and advanced will benefit from Issam’s detailed teaching style.

1:00 – 2:30 pm: Intermediate/Advanced Drumming workshop for Drummers. Issam will teach intermediate/advanced strokes and techniques for the tabla. Issam will also teach a formula for creating drum solos for dancers. ***Attendees of this workshop must possess basic drumming skills***

3:30 – 5:00 pm: Middle Eastern Rhythms and Drumming for Dancers This workshop is geared primarily toward the dancer. Issam will teach the rhythms that are most common in Middle Eastern music so that the dancer may understand the structure of the rhythms and the sounds of the tabla. This knowledge will improve both your choreographed and improvisation performances. ***Attendees do not need drums for this class.

***A limited number of drums will be available on a first-come basis for individuals who do not have their own drum otherwise please bring your own drum.

***All attendees are encouraged to eat a good breakfast and to bring water and snacks to maintain their energy throughout the workshops.

Hafla Saturday Feb. 17th
8:00 – 10:00 pm at the
VA Youth Symphony Orchestra Building (Same location as the workshop)

Featuring Performances by:
Master Musician - Issam
Award Winning Belly Dancer - Samira
All the way from LA - Sorsha
and many more!

Workshop COSTS AND DISCOUNTS:
Beginning Drum Workshop ($35 by Feb 3rd - $45 after Feb.3rd)

Intermediate/Advanced Workshop ($35 by Feb 3rd - $45 after Feb.3rd)

ME Rhythms for Dancers Workshop($35 by Feb 3rd - $45 after Feb.3rd)

Two Workshops ($60 by Feb 3rd - $90 after Feb. 3rd)

All Three Workshops ($95 by Feb 3rd - $135 after Feb. 3rd)

Hafla ($7 for workshop participants)
($10 for non workshop participants)

Workshop held at the:
Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra (VYSO)
2618 Colley Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23517
(VYSO is the yellow building)
(The old Contes Bicycle Shop)

Click here for the registration form:
www.chandani.net/Issam.htm

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER PLEASE CONTACT:
Chandani @(757) 313-8000
chandani@cheerful.com
www.chandani.net

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Looking for Oud, Saz (Baglama), Klarnet and Kanun players in LA,CA

2006-09-06T02:47:33Z

Hi,
I play Darbuka (Doumbek) and i'm looking for Oud, Saz (Baglama), Klarnet and Kanun players to make music.

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Baba Zula - Çöl Aslanları (Desert Lions)

2006-09-01T00:21:25Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjRokAijvS4

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Rare L.A. Performances - Som'ma & Selim Sesler / 8-10-06 / Los Angeles, CA

2006-08-08T16:22:50Z

Unless you go to Turkey this may be the ***ONLY*** time you will EVER get to see the wonderful musician Selim Sesler!!!!!!!!! And a trip to turkey to see him would probably be worth it.

Here is information about one of his CD's and you can hear a little of him playing on the web site..
- The Road to Kesan
Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace Featuring Selim Sesler (clarinet, voice) * Nusret Sute (violin) * Bulent Sesler (kanun) * Turan Gumus (cumbus, voice) * Selahattin Kocan (darbuka, daire) * Ramadan Borozan (davul) on Traditional Crossroads Records:
http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com/catalog.htm

(the wesite wont let me link directly to this CD's page so you half to surf to it. Go to the site, select turkey and it's the 6th CD down)

Please come & Enjoy.............
~Donavon

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http://www.levantinecenter.org/pages/aug10flyer.html

Aug. 10 (Thurs), 8 pm—"Levantine Worldbeat" Features Persian electronica with Bay Area-based Som'ma, and the Istanbul-based Greek-Turkish Gypsy master Selim Sesler &
Friends, Live at Fais Do-Do

SELIM SESLER's music fuses the driving improvisational energy of Thracian (Northwestern Turkish) Roman (Gypsy) wedding bands with the expressive power of Balkan Turkish folk songs. He recently appeared in director Fatik Akin's "Crossing the Bridge" documentary about musicians bridging east and west in Turkey. Selim is a descendent of a family of professional zurna players from Drama, Greece. They emigrated from Greece, settling first in Kesan's Übriktepe village as a result of the 1923 population exchange, and then relocated to Ke{an's Yeni Mescit neighborhood. Selim began by playing zurna, but took up the clarinet in his early teens, just as many younger members of davul-zurna families began to adopt çalge wedding band instruments in the 1960s. He began playing village weddings at age 14 and also performed in regional fairs, called panayers. In the 1980s he moved to Istanbul to develop his musical talents, joining the many regional town Roman musicians who gravitated to larger urban centers. In Istanbul he played Turkish light
classical fas?l music in restaurants, provided music for Ferhan }ensöy's musical theater, played Roman and non-Roman weddings, and made many recordings of Roman
dance music Roman oyun havasa). He has performed internationally in Germany, France, Romania, Israel, and Canada, representing Roman, light classical and his own Rumeli (Turkish Balkan) musical styles. During these experiences, he has maintained his vast regional repertoire and playing style, serving as a living regional archive, as recorded on the Kalan cd, Roads to Kezan. He is renowned among Roman and non-Roman for his improvisational virtuosity, and as a premier interpreter of wedding and Roman dance tunes. This is a rare performance of Selim and friends in Los Angeles.

http://www.sommamusic.com/
Som'ma is Shirzad Sharif, Jef Stott and friends. Shirzad studied the Tonbak under the supervision of Ostad Bahman Rajabi in Iran. Since then he has adapted his own unique
style of playing enabling him to play melodic rythyms on the Tonbak while accomponying various instruments, (Melody-Navazy). His skillful presentation and comprehensive teaching technique has lead to him performing and conducting seminars at prestigious
institutions such as the University of Maryland, University of Utah, UCSF, San Francisco State University UCLA.

http://www.sommamusic.com/music.htm
Listen. Shirzad is among the first Tonbak players to have researched & performed other Middle Eastern, Arabic & non-Persian techniques, rhythms & compositions on the
Tonbak, accompanying instruments such as the Riqq, Mazhar, Darabuka and Indian Tablas while preserving the unique technique and sounds distinctive to the Persian
Tonbak.

He has composed and performed many percussive compositions using Arabic, Persian and Indian drums thus connecting and creating a triangle within the three ancient regions of Persia, India the Middle East. He is also the founder of Som'ma and pioneer of a new sound he refers to as avant-garde Persian music that has its roots in Persian classical music and abstract avant-garde ideas.

Advance reservations are suggested. Tix are $15 general admission.
Purchase your tix online by clicking below to access our Verified and secure Paypal checkout, or call 310.559.5544:
https://www.paypal.com/us/verified/pal=LevantineCenter%40levantinecenter%2eorg

http://www.faisdodo.com/
Levantine Cultural Center @
Café-Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016, a few blocks east of Fairfax Ave., south of the 10 freeway. For more information contact Levantine Cultural Center, 310.559.5544.

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Anyone in DC

2006-06-26T22:44:37Z

Looking for Turkish musicians in the DC area who like to work with dancers. Anyone close by?

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Turkey Trip

2006-06-20T18:44:16Z

greetings to all our dance and music friends!

We are back from our best US Camp ever and are excited to announce some good news about our upcoming 3rd Annual Alaturka! Dance and Music Intensive in Istanbul Sept 2nd - 10th, 2006 - http://folktours.com/camptur.html

We are pleased to announce the addition of Sahra Saeeda to our Alaturka master teaching staff - our other dance teachers include Artemis Mourat,Birgul Berai, Reyhan Tuzsuz, Semra Su, Sehnaz, Bulent Kurtisoglu and Tayyar Akdeniz. More Turkish teachers than ever before and more class hours than any other Turkish tour!
Music teachers are Necati Celik, Halil Karaduman, Adil Celebi, Husnu Tuzsuz and his Roman Orkestra, additional Romany band TBA and Tayyar Akdeniz.

In appreciation of all our artist friends on a budget we are offerering an "early bird special" our COMPLETE Alaturka Istanbul dance and music package for only $1390. That includes all classes with master teachers, 3 star hotel accommodations in the heart of old Istanbul, shows, concerts, boat cruise with Romany musicians, party at the historic Turkish Baths with live music, dancing and optional massage, sightseeing, lectures and more! Early bird deadline is July 10th - please see website http://www.folktours.com for more details.

As an added incentive, if you have 2 or more students, friends and/or family members who join our Festival and/or optional tours, you are entitled to a special discount on your festival package! You will recieve a 5% discount for every person you have referred. That is USD $69.50 for each person (excluding yourself) if you are all paying our early bird special price, $84.75 if you are all paying full price! This offer applies to full time festival attendees and does not include children or significant others. Please contact us for more details at danceinfo@folktours.com

Happy dancing and Hope to see you in Istanbul!
Artemis, Tayyar & the Folk Tours Family

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Live Turkish Music in Long Beach,CA

2006-04-29T23:25:41Z

http://www.turkla.com/csulbtnight.php

Date: 5/5/2006, Friday

Time: 8 pm – 1 am

Price: $40 Regular
$25 Students

Location: The Grand at Cal State Long Beach (Former Chartroom)
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840

Map of 1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-0004

Web Site: www.csulb.edu/org/tsa

Program: Live Music by Anatolian Folk Assembly
DJ Performance by DJ V
Belly Dance Performance
Folkloric Dance
Live Music by Emrah, Guitar
Live Music by Emin and Caner,

Menu: Appetizers; Kisir, Eggplant Salad, Cerkez Tavugu (Chicken with Walnut)
Sis Kebab, Sultan Resat Rice and Sheppard Salad
Baklava, Ayran and more…

Waited table service. RSVP required.

For Tickets

CSULB Contacts:

Ahmet Ari ahmetari@yahoo.com (562) 277 5159
Ali Sener asener@csulb.edu (562) 685 5470
Secil Oz secoz@hotmail.com (562) 276 3406
Kubra Guruz kubrag84@hotmail.com (714) 333 6036

USC Contact

Vahit Yalcinkaya yalcinka@usc.edu (213) 477 4925

UCI Contact

Vuslat Demirkoparan vdemirko@uci.edu (951) 323 0470

Attendance is limited. Please purchase your tickets early.

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Check this out

2006-04-07T18:07:51Z

http://www.turkishmusic.org/index1.html

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Anyone in Pennsylvania?

2006-04-07T17:49:59Z

I'm from Pittsburgh and I've been playing Turkish music on clarinet for nearly 5 years. I love it.

Anyone from near my area?

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Musicans in the North State of California

2006-04-02T16:32:00Z

I am looking for musicians in or around Redding, Shasta County, California.
If anyone is in the area, please cintact me. We need musicians for a local 'bellydance' troupe. stvalerius@hotmail.com
Thank you!

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