Oct 24
Concert: An Evening of Palestinian Music: Songs of Resistance and Resilience; Dr. Issa Boulos: singing, oud; Majed Abu Ajamia, qanun.
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.