Amara Farah Lecture Recital
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21st-Century Syrian Composer Identity: Representation and Sustainability” is a Thesis & Lecture Recital serving as a conjoined honors capstone and musicology thesis presented by Amara Farah and advised by Dr. Felicia Youngblood. As a Syrian-America musician, Amara’s always been curious about the music from her culture. In order to understand how Syrian identity, livingness, and experiences are reflected in music, she interviewed the Syrian composers Kinan Azmeh, Angela Boutros, and Kareem Roustom. Amara will share what she learned from them regarding genre-crossing, “uprootedness,” and the meaning of home; she will then speak on concert music representation and dive into themes of tradition, education, and perseverance.
In addition to writing her thesis, Amara wanted to represent the work of these composers in a lecture recital so the composers’ music could be listened to directly by an audience and so that she could build an educational experience performing with her friends. Amara will be joined by Ben Workman Smith, Natalie Bateman, Natalie Pleger, Luke Gavin, and Sam Zito.
Amara is very grateful to her family, faculty, and friends for their support in this research and presentation.
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