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Taiseer Elias in Sacramento & Davis, CA

John Erlich - 1-23-2008 at 09:29 AM

Taiseer Elias will be performing in the Sacramento (CA) area in April 2008:

Solo (?) concert April 24 at UC Davis:

Taiseer Elias, 'ūd
When: Thu, Apr 24, 12:05pm – 1:00pm
Where: Main Theatre, Wright Hall
Description: Noon Concert: Taiseer Elias, 'ūd, artist-in-residence. Free.
http://music.ucdavis.edu/Plone/events

April 26th with the (full?) Sacramento Philharmonic: http://www.sacphil.org/subscription_concerts.php

April 29th with a Sacramento Philharmonic chamber ensemble:
http://www.benarts.org/calendarinfo2.html#042908

I will attend at least the April 26th concert.

Taiseer will be at UC Davis for a week as an artist-in-residence, giving classes and lectures.

Peace,
John

eliot - 1-23-2008 at 12:07 PM

looks cool... I like his playing with Bustan Abraham quite a bit

John Erlich - 1-25-2008 at 12:29 PM

I checked the maps, and it looks like the UC Davis gig (4/24) will be reasonably accessible from the Davis Amtrak. So, I'll probably go by train and leave the car at home.

Amtrak: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Stat...

UC Davis Campus Map: http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/map/

Any Forum members want to meet before or after for lunch (Sam's Mediterranean? Ali Baba? Raja's Indian Cuisine?)?

Peace,
J

stringmanca - 1-25-2008 at 02:56 PM

John,

I don't know if you saw this, but there's also a free workshop on April 23rd at from 3:30-5:00:

Performance Workshop: Taiseer Elias, 'ūd
Wed Apr 23 3:30pm – Wed Apr 23 5pm
Room 115, Music Building
UC Davis Music Department Events

Description: 'Ūd workshop with Artist-in-Residence Taiseer Elias. Free.

John Erlich - 1-28-2008 at 12:48 PM

Thanks! It is a bit of a dilemma when you have to take vacation time off from the "day job"...:shrug:

Best,
J