SONGS OF RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE, an evening of Palestinian music, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in Kracum Performance Hall on Thursday, October 24.
Issa Boulos is a Palestinian international award-winning composer, lyricist and songwriter. His works have been performed by various groups and orchestras around the world. He studied piano, ‘ūd and voice at an early age and later pursued music composition with Gustavo Leone, Athanasios Zervas, and William Russo at Columbia College Chicago and with Robert Lombardo and Ilya Levinson at Roosevelt University. He earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Leiden University. Majed Abu Ajamia is a Palestinian qānūn and oud player who started his studies in Jerusalem with William Hagopian. Since arriving in Chicago in 1991, he has performed Middle Eastern music in public and educational settings, including the Chicago Cultural Center for a reception hosted by Mayor Daley in honor of Arab Heritage Month, at events at the Egyptian Consulate, and at The Oriental Institute. He has also performed with the University of Chicago’s Middle Eastern Music Ensemble.
The concert is sponsored by Middle East Studies and Arts@Carleton.