As my last post with QC Voices, I thought I would end on a note that summarized what I’m all about. I love to write, I always have something to say, I’m politically active, I always have something to say, I like to sing, and I care very much about empowering women. For those of […]
A boy was born in Istanbul, brought into a world that wasn’t welcoming to his existence. An Armenian boy in 1915 Turkey. Two years into beginning to learn his native languages of Turkish and Armenian, he and his family were forced to run. As refugees, they were taken in by Romania, and that’s where they […]
My friend Abram Korsunsky had his recital this past Monday and it was quite amazing. He memorized ALL his music and I gotta say it was pretty epic. Two of the most epic pieces on the program were Brahms’ Variation on a Theme by Paganini (you know it’s going to be epic when you see […]
Today the percussionists had a mini ragtime music concert outdoors (with only 2 marimbas and one xylophone as the instrumentation!). The idea of having it outside was cute and the music was cute, however the weather was not as cute as they probably expected from a Spring day! It was extremely windy and chilli. In […]
So I recently found a great new artist to listen to. His music is a mix of balkan and jazz. What a perfect combination of genres for the heavy brass music of Ibrahim Maalouf. He’s an Arabic trumpet player/composer who lives in France. So there is a great mélange of culture that also comes out […]
On this Valentine’s day I would like to express my new love for the clarinet. It started with Balkan music. Never knew such an orchestral instrument could sound so exotic and soulful. Recently my friend posted this awesome clip from an Albanian film of a man playing the clarinet, and it stuck with me. The […]
Le Petit Pepinot is the name of my small instrument band I formed with my best friends from the Aaron Copland School of Music. The instrumentation consists of a toy piano, melodica, ukulele, cello (acting as the bass) and small percussion like doumbek (middle eastern drum) and the rik (egyptian tambourine). Our influences vary, from […]
2013, the year I’m supposed to be graduating in but…NOT. Double majoring is a lot more work than I thought it was going to be..However I am basically done with my music degree so I will be having my own recital (for the first time ever!!). I am super excited for it! I plan on […]
This weekend is going to be intense. Both tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon I will be singing in QC’s Choral Society/QC Orchestra’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No.2! This piece is amazing from beginning to end. Made up of five movements, the piece starts with a furious first movement which catches your attention. It’s filled with […]
I was never a big fan of the clarinet. In high school, the clarinet players in my school put off an unattractive sound: it was either screechy or monotone. Then I came to Queens College and met my dear friend David Valbuena. From his participation in orchestra and Balkan ensemble I learned that the sound […]
