ETO rehearsals and repertoire

Upcoming performances:

• Aug 17: Edmonton World Partnership Walk: Sunday June 17, 12:30 pm - 30 min performance (~30 min); Legislature
• Aug 21: Make Music Edmonton (~45 minutes). We don’t know yet exactly where you will play, it will be on one of our 15 stage on the 124St, between the 102 and 108 Ave. Performance from 6:40 pm to 7:25 pm

Upcoming rehearsals: (times can be changed if you'd rather evenings...). Place: to be discussed some more...

• May 13 - 11 am
• June 3 - 11 am
• June 10 - 11 am
• June 16 - 11 am

13 May 2018: pieces we rehearsed

• Abdelhadi: Egyptian/Turkish piece (link to be provided)
• Corona: https://youtu.be/gpqICn6wt18 (Chinese)
• Martha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZkMFyV7FY (Gnawa/Morocco)
• Kreisha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3flK5jpJ-Q (Indigenous Filipino)
• Arsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=-w60VKIb-0M (Bashir Asim Asman Abi Shawad)
• Kreisha didgeridoo

Other possibilities...

Songs:

• Homayoun Shajarian - Shahr Ashoub همایون شجریان - شهرآشوب (Noori - Iran)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=038jmlSH3iM (Shruti - India)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZkMFyV7FY (Martha - Gnawa/Morocco)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urwhMIhFD9U (Shumaila - Pakistan/Punjab)

dhikr: group sings “Allah” and Shumaila sings on top (Shumaila - Pakistan - but maybe not suitable for outdoor venue?)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaKXnHtQJdo - Kurdish (or Dulab Hijaz?)

Qawwali?

• i) Yaar dadhi ishq aatish by Ustad Mohammed Jumman (Siraki Kalam)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwrMKVIXR5s

• ii) Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWjsimEW82w

• iii) Ant bahar di khabar na kahi by Ustad Mohammed Jumman (and many other Ustads have sung it. It's very popular kalam (poem) attributed to bulleh Shah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ZsCD9LyCQ

Sea Shanty from Hawaii (Donna)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF3U_DOyASk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qxXfh2mfQk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyLPBFXpBSE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVjfnQywy7M

Here is the lyrics and the translation for the chorus part of the song “Ay Hairathe” (Shruti)

Dum dara dum dara chashm chashme-nam chashme-nam refers to teary eyes : (Addressing an emotional person) Dum dara dum dara chashm chashme-nam chashme-nam refers to teary eyes : (Addressing an emotional person) Sun mere hum dum Listen my beloved Hamesha ishq mein hi jeena Always live in love (Always be in love)

Lead Lyrics:

Ay Hairathe Aashiqui.. jagaa Math - Oh pristine love,don't ever wake up Pairon se zameen zameen lagaa Math - Don't ever let your feet touch the ground (Don't ever come back to reality)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE9PteXQbYg (Mehdi - Iran)

Martha: Here’s another song for ETO to consider at some point: Naguye Nei by Paul Nabor, a venerated Garifuna singer from Belize. This is a paranda which implies a particular rhythm on the pimero and segundo drums (an example here, of a traditional paranda where you can hear and see the percussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0rBEywJ5NAc ). In Nabor’s song, the guitar follows the primero rhythm as well. The song is a very sad one, but many people might not think so because of the seemingly upbeat sound of it. Recording, lyrics, and English translation are here: http://www.warasadrumschool.co m/naguya-nei/ . I chose this particular one since it includes not only drumming and singing, but guitar and harmonies and hence is more inclusive of the entire ETO.

Arsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=-w60VKIb-0M Bashir Asim Asman Abi Shawad

Corona: https://youtu.be/gpqICn6wt18