John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
An evening of traditional and contemporary music from South India and Afghanistan: A concert by the students of Music 157, Music 190, and the Parker Quartet
The concert will feature South Indian vocal and vina music, the music of visiting artist Dawood Pazhman from Badakhshan, Afghanistan, and collaborative performances with Pazhman, the Parker Quartet, and the mridangam player David Nelson. The concert is sponsored by Professor Richard K. Wolf’s courses on South Indian Classical Music, Music in Islamic Contexts, the Provostial Fund, and the Elson Family Fund.
Performers:
Dawood Pazhman – vocal, rubab, doira
The Parker Quartet (Daniel Chong, violin; Ken Hamao, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, cello)
Zehra Jabeen Shah – rubab
Jake Vasischev-Perl – rubab and vocal
Aliya Farmanali – vocal
Cory Maxwell – vocal and vina
Krysta Hyppolite – vocal and vina
Prazul Wokhlu – vocal and vina
Siri Neerchal – vocal and vina
Sanjna Rajagopalan – vocal and vina
David Nelson – mridangam
Richard K. Wolf – vocal, vina, rubab, saz