We hope you join us for our exciting 2018-2019 Season!
Friday, March 29, 2019, 12:30 -1:30 p.m.
Queen’s Colloquium Series
Melos and Queen’s University host Alpharabius, a musical ensemble dedicated to exploring the musical interactions of the rich cultures of the Mediterranean from the 9th-19th centuries. Joining them is traditional Egyptian dancer, Angelina Thorne.
Featuring renowned Arabic music historian, Dr. George Sawa, playing qanun; percussionist Suzanne Meyers-Sawa, and members of Sine Nomine Ensemble for Mediaeval Music on period instruments, Alpharabius will perform European and Middle Eastern instrumentals from centuries of cultural exchange, and accompany traditional Egyptian bellydance by Ms. Thorne.
Location: Room 120, Harrison-LeCaine Hall, Queen’s University
Saturday, March 30th, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Open Workshop
Come learn from east-west Early Music specialists, Alpharabius and Sine Nomine. Topics include Ancient Egyptian dance (eg. Belly dance), Middle Eastern percussion; evolutions of oud, lute and guitar; Islamic medieval courtly culture, and playing recorder/renaissance instrumental music influenced by the east. All workshops are at the Quintillian School or St. John’s Anglican Church in Portsmouth Village. Click here for the Workshops & Outreach page and more information. All welcome!
Saturday, May 11th 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Early Music and Dance, from the Middle East to France, 9th-19th c.
With guests Alpharabius, presenting music, dance and readings, from eastern and western traditions.
Includes traditional Middle Eastern belly dance; Baroque dance; Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes; traditional Arabic folk tunes, Eastern and Western chant.
Location: Isabel Bader Centre
For tickets, click here
Artwork by Richard Talbot
https://thisisrichart.com/ and http://rctalbot.com/
Our first CD ‘A Star in the East’ is now for sale!
Please click HERE for more information.
We would like to extend our thanks to our 2018 – 2019 Season Corporate Sponsors
Physiotherapy Kingston and Spinal Rehab Centre
TD Bank
Kingston Ideal Weight Loss Inc
Brent Mills Chiropractic
the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul
