Name: Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble - Live in Concert!
Start: 2026-03-22T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-22T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Córdoba

Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble  - Live in Concert!

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Live Arab music in Córdoba with the Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble. Don’t miss this special performance!

Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Córdoba

Biography Cal Poly Arab Music EnsembleThe Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble performs the art and popular music of a wide range of Arabic-speaking societies as well as selected seminal pieces having widespread appeal in the larger region. Members learn the underlying systems of melodic and metric modes as they perform a variety of composed genres and improvisational forms that include some of the oldest continuously performed art music traditions in the world.Students may sing and/or play traditional or adapted instruments (e.g., oud, violin, qanun, nay, riqq, daff, darabukka/tabla, bass, cello, accordion, guitar, reed instruments, and additional percussion). The ensemble combines a choir and orchestra, and members may have the opportunity to perform as a soloist or in a chamber group as well.Performances include formal concerts at the end of the quarter in addition to optional shows on and off campus for special occasions. Coordination with a wonderful ensemble of dancers adds greatly to the large formal concerts.Biografía Conjunto de Música Árabe de Cal PolyEl Conjunto de Música Árabe de Cal Poly interpreta el arte y la música popular de una amplia gama de sociedades de habla árabe, así como piezas fundamentales seleccionadas que gozan de gran popularidad en toda la región. Los miembros aprenden los sistemas subyacentes de los modos melódicos y métricos mientras interpretan una variedad de géneros compuestos y formas improvisadas que incluyen algunas de las tradiciones musicales artísticas más antiguas del mundo que se siguen interpretando en la actualidad.Los estudiantes pueden cantar y/o tocar instrumentos tradicionales o adaptados (por ejemplo, laúd, violín, qanun, nay, riqq, daff, darabukka/tabla, bajo, violonchelo, acordeón, guitarra, instrumentos de lengüeta y percusión adicional). El conjunto combina un coro y una orquesta, y los miembros pueden tener la oportunidad de actuar como solistas o en un grupo de cámara.Las actuaciones incluyen conciertos formales al final del trimestre, además de espectáculos opcionales dentro y fuera del campus para ocasiones especiales. La coordinación con un maravilloso conjunto de bailarines contribuye en gran medida al éxito de los grandes conciertos formales. Conductor Ken Habib - In addition to teaching in the Cal Poly Music Department, Ken Habib has served as the associate director of the Middlebury College Arabic School, taught music at Pomona College and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), and taught Arabic at Cuesta College and Santa Barbara City College. His education includes a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology and a Certificate of Completion of Graduate Curriculum in College and University Teaching from UCSB, a Master of Arts degree in music composition from UCSB, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications studies from the University of California Los Angeles. The main areas of his research involve the art and popular music cultures of Lebanon, of the larger region of Southwest Asia North Africa, and of the U.S. An ongoing focus of his research is the iconic Lebanese singer, Fairuz, who in collaboration with the Rahbani family of composer-poets has been a preeminent force in Arab art and popular music for some 70 years. His articles appear in publications including The Encyclopedia of Islam, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, The Journal of Popular Music Studies, The Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies, and The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture as well as on NPR’s Afropop Worldwide. He also is an active performer, composer, and poet, and has released an album of original Arab art music, “Salam,” and an album of original American art song, “child in me.” Director Ken Habib - Además de impartir clases en el Departamento de Música de Cal Poly, Ken Habib ha sido director asociado de la Escuela Árabe del Middlebury College, ha enseñado música en el Pomona College y en la Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara (UCSB), y ha enseñado árabe en el Cuesta College y en el Santa Barbara City College. Su formación académica incluye un doctorado en etnomusicología y un certificado de finalización del plan de estudios de posgrado en enseñanza universitaria de la UCSB, una maestría en composición musical de la UCSB y una licenciatura en estudios de comunicación de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles.Las principales áreas de su investigación se centran en el arte y las culturas musicales populares del Líbano, de la región más amplia del suroeste de Asia y el norte de África, y de los Estados Unidos. Uno de los temas centrales de su investigación es la icónica cantante libanesa Fairuz, quien, en colaboración con la familia Rahbani de compositores y poetas, ha sido una fuerza preeminente en el arte y la música popular árabes durante unos 70 años. Sus artículos aparecen en publicaciones como The Encyclopedia of Islam, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, The Journal of Popular Music Studies, The Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies y The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, así como en Afropop Worldwide de NPR. También es intérprete, compositor y poeta en activo, y ha publicado un álbum de música árabe original, «Salam», y un álbum de canciones americanas originales, «child in me». Selections from An Arab Musical Suite after 1001 Nights<ul><li>Arji`i Ya Alfa Layla (Rahbani Brothers)</li><li>Ballighhu Ya Qamaru (Rahbani Brothers) – dance</li><li>Law Kana Qalbi Ma`i (Rahbani Brothers)</li><li>Ya Man Hawa (Rahbani Brothers)</li><li>Ja´at Mu`adhdhibati (traditional): poem recitation</li><li>Qad Atak Ya`tadhiru (Rahbani Brothers)</li><li>Law Ta`lamina (traditional): poem recitation</li><li>Arji`i Ya Alfa Layla: Reprise (Rahbani Brothers)</li></ul> A Portrait of Song Travel<ul><li>Uskudara Gider Iken (traditional)</li><li>De-ai sti sufletelul meu (traditional)</li><li>Yassen Messets Vech Izgryava (traditional)</li><li>Apo Tin Athina (traditional)</li><li>Ya Banat Iskandariya (traditional)</li></ul> Wasla in Hijaz<ul><li>Dulab Hijaz (Ken Habib)</li><li>Samai Hijaz (Ken Habib)</li><li>Something Shahnaz (Ken Habib)</li><li>Ali Pasha (traditional)</li><li>Los Bilbilicos (traditional)</li><li>Al-Hilwa Di (Sayyid Darwish)</li><li>Zayna (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) – dance</li><li>Hibbina (Farid al-Atrash): dance</li><li>Ah Ya Zayn (traditional, arr. Ken Habib) – dance</li></ul> Wasla in Bayyati<ul><li>Samai Bayyati (Ibrahim al-`Aryan)</li><li>Jadaka al-Ghaythu (Ibn al-Khatib)</li></ul>: poem recitation<ul><li>Bi-Alladhi Askara (traditional)</li><li>Hibbi Da`ani Lil-Wisal (Sayyid Darwish)</li><li>Ah Ya Hilu (traditional)</li><li>Jayib Li Salam (Philemon Wehbe)</li><li>Sa’aluni al-Nas (Ziad Rahbani)</li></ul> Wasla in Farah Faza<ul><li>Samai Farah Faza (Tanburi Cemil Bey)</li><li>Longa Farah Faza (Riyad al-Sunbati)</li><li>Wa-Laqad Dhakartuki (traditional)</li><li>Lamma Bada Yatathanna (traditional)</li><li>Fuq al-Nakhl (traditional) – dance</li></ul> Tahiyya<ul><li>Tila`it Ya Mahla Nurha (Sayyid Darwish, arr. Ken Habib)</li><li>Zuruni (Sayyid Darwish, arr. Ken Habib)</li><li>`Ala Dal`una (traditional; arrangement Ken Habib) – dance</li></ul> My Homeland<ul><li>Mawtini (Mohammed Flayfel) : vocal solo</li></ul>

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