{"id":21775,"date":"2024-02-22T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=21775"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:26:42","slug":"bayati-ensemble-college-singers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/bayati-ensemble-college-singers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayati Ensemble, College Singers Slate Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Two Kalamazoo College music ensembles, the Bayati Ensemble and College Singers, will blend their instrumental and vocal talents in a unified concert this Sunday, February&nbsp;25.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bayati Ensemble specializes in Middle Eastern music. Its members range from people who grew up with Middle Eastern music and culture to others who are learning about it for the first time. The group is co-directed by Associate Processor of Music Beau Bothwell and Ahmed Tofiq. The College Singers, led by Associate Professor of Music and Director Chris Ludwa, includes about 30 students who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music majors<\/a> and non-music majors, offering a different approach to choral singing with a focus on social justice.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free concert is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Dalton Theatre. For more information, contact Susan Lawrence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/music.kzoo.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/music.kzoo.edu\/\">Department of Music<\/a> at 269.337.7070 or <a href=\"mailto:Susan.Lawrence@kzoo.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Susan.Lawrence@kzoo.edu<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/02\/Bahar-Ensemble-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Bayati Ensemble\" class=\"wp-image-21776\" style=\"width:356px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/02\/Bahar-Ensemble-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/02\/Bahar-Ensemble-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/02\/Bahar-Ensemble-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/02\/Bahar-Ensemble.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Bayati Ensemble was created from the Bahar Ensemble, a group of five professional members, who played Middle Eastern music and performed frequently at events in Kalamazoo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two music ensembles, the Bayati Ensemble and College Singers, will blend their instrumental and vocal talents in a concert this Sunday, February 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":21776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,3],"tags":[61],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-21775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","tag-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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