A concert performance of recently composed works of vocal chamber music in Farsi and English, in the classical music tradition, by rising female composers and poets from the Iranian diaspora. Texts set in the vocal works range widely from the traditional Farsi masterworks of Omar Kayyam, to Farsi poetry from 10th-century female spiritual leader, Rabia Balkhi, to contemporary English-language verse
s protesting anti immigration executive orders by the current outgoing administration. Female Composers from the Iranian Diaspora & their Works:
Sholeh Wolpé (Qazal, Tide, Where Time Abides)
Aida Shirazi (Tide, Where Time Abides)
Niloufar Nourbakhsh (An Aria for the Executive Order, Window)
Niloufar Iravani (Gift)
Parisa Sabet (Dance in Your Blood)
Bahar Taheri (In Tune)
Performers:
Anne Harley (soprano)
Gayle Blankenburg (piano)
Maggie Parkins (cello)
Amir Houshangi (guitar)
Cory Hills (percussion)
Sholeh Wolpé (speaker)
Thank you to our cosponsors:
Marian & Charles Holmes Performing Arts Endowment
Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA)
Voices of the Pearl
Scripps College Music Department
