"Prelude to Persian New Year Concert"

"Prelude to Persian New Year Concert"

School of Music guests, students, and faculty, celebrate Persian New Year with traditional and contemporary Iranian musical collaborations.

There will be a pre-concert talk facilitated by Persis Karim (Iranian Diaspora Studies) at 7:00 pm

Music will begin at 7:30 

Performances by Pezhham Akhavass (tom bak); Bay Area Persian Music Ensemble (Faraz Minooei, director); Samandar Deg Han i (tar, daf); Mimi Go Odarz (voice); Nasim Gorgani (daf); Sirvan Manhoobi (oud); Hafez Modirzadeh (saxopone); John-Carlos Perea (cedar flute, vocals, drum, bass); Farin Sardari (tar); Shahin Shahbaz! (tar); Mona Shahnavaz (piano); Ramin Zoufonoun (Persian-tuned piano).

Co-sponsored by the Diaspora Studies Center and Poetry Center.