Performed by Chicago College of Performing Arts Percussionists:
Alex Atchley, Nathan Bushley, Alex adduci and Boyan Tantchev

Zarb Ahang (percussion ensemble)

performed by Jialiang Zhu and Pei-chen Chen at  Walter Hall, University of Toronto

Arghavan for two pianos (2012)-live recording

Community Engagement Episode I: Tom Clowes, Executive Director of Crossing Borders Music

Community is a group of people sharing common experience, interest, characteristic, or geographic region.

Are you interested in getting involved in community engagement activities?

Would you like to know where and how to get started?

The following episodes will give you ideas about where to start and how to get involved.

After listening to the episodes try to answer the following questions:

1. What communities am I part of? What communities am I interested in being part of or working with?

2. What do I have to offer?

3. Are there any model of collaboration similar to what I'd like to do that I can get ideas from?

4. Do my own community members have a clear idea about what I am planning to do and the labor needs to be undertaken for the possible collaboration?



"Founder Tom Clowes has been teaching cello and Western-style music in Haitian summer music camps since 2000. Over the years, he fell in love with Haiti’s strong communities, proud history, and beautiful culture and arts. He learned of Haiti’s centuries-old Western classical music tradition, in which Haitian composers aimed to show the world that Haitians were just as capable and cultivated as any European, and that Haitian culture was just as worthy and dignified." https://crossingbordersmusic.org/about-us/our-story/


Haitian composers featured in this episode:
Sabrina C D Jean Louis: https://youtu.be/rfAefFLGdC4
Michel Monton: https://youtu.be/x_L-NLqxVpQ
Julio Racine: https://youtu.be/CorxuuaatAM

Opening and closing music:
Rastak Ensemble - Marochan: https://youtu.be/xqVNBnj2FDg

NNTV Podcast Series_Community Engagement-Episode I-Tom Clowes

Visiting Grandpa (2015) is a multi-channel soundscape based on my memories of my grandfather. It was written when I learned that the Iranian revolutionary guard demolished the historic cemetery of Baha'is in Shiraz (Iran), where my grandfather's remain, as well as many other Baha'is', were buried.
I'd like to thank my husband, Kamran Fallah, for the translation of the original text into English; Nika Khanjani, for her powerful narration of the story; and Roya Sepehri, for creating a serene atmosphere by chanting prayers beautifully in Persian.

Visiting Grandpa (2015)_Stereo Version

ShurAngiz (2014) is a short upbeat composition for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello.

ShurAngiz (2014)-live recording

When The Roses Laugh In Full - Blown Beauty (2015) is a short composition for Marimba and Harp. The composition exists in two other arrangements: 1. violin, cello, piano and 2. clarinet, cello, piano.

When The Roses Laugh In Full - Blown Beauty (2015)- live recording

The Seville Orange Tree (2016) is a duo composed for flute and piano. It was co-commissioned by flutist, James Strauss, and pianist, Andre von Frasunkiewicz. The first movement depicts an early morning breeze and serene atmosphere of a sacred land where I used to visit in Shiraz, Iran. That place used to have a Seville orange tree in its backyard. The second movement is in celebration of the divine soul lived in that place.

The Seville Orange Tree (2016)- live recording

Maku (2019) is inspired by excerpts from the Báb's letter to Muhammad Shah, the king of Iran (1808-1848). It is scored for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and audio playback.
Jacqueline Woodley (soprano), Alheli Pimienta (flute), Peter Stoll (clarinet), Alex Toskov (violin), Narmina Afandiyeva (piano), Pegah Yazdani (piano) and Samuel Bisson (cello).

World Premier: Dawn Initiative debut concert, November 23, 2019 at Meridian Arts Centre

Maku (2019)- live recording

Dance in your Blood (2014) is a song cycle based on three poems of the 13th Century Perisan poet, Rumi, translated into English composed for soprano and piano.
Brooke Dufton, soprano and Narmina Afandiyeva, piano

Dance In Your Blood (2014) - live recording

Chakameh is composed for 4-hand piano. The recording is by JunctQin Keyboard at Canadian Music Centre in 2015.

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