Posts tagged Fall 2021
MEI Remembers Etel Adnan (1925-2021)

Throughout her six-decade career as an author, poet and artist, Etel
Adnan became known for her creative vision and sharp intellectual
insights into our complex world. Politically and artistically, she
engaged with struggles in the Middle East and beyond while
transcending all borders through the nature of her art. Her vital work
will continue to inform and illuminate our programs at MEI.

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Isabel de KatonaFall 2021
ARAB MUSIC ENSEMBLE

The Columbia Arab Music Ensemble (CAME) is a performance ensemble devoted to vocal and instrumental music from the Arab region. The group's repertoire, taught through oral transmission and memorization, includes songs and instrumental pieces from folk, popular, and classical genres of the region, emphasizing Maqam structure, rhythm cycles, genres, performance practices and poetic content. Undergraduate students may enroll in the ensemble for credit but CAME is open to both beginning and experienced musicians from Columbia's undergraduate, graduate, faculty, and staff communities. Auditions are held during the first ensemble meeting in the fall. CAME is a collaboration between the Center of Ethnomusicology in the Music department and the MESAAS department.

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