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SUMMARY:Miniatures from Phoenicia — Ohio University
DESCRIPTION:Performance of Miniatures from Phoenicia (Flute Alone) at Ohio University as part of the Society of Composers Inc. Conference by Alison Sincoff.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/miniatures-from-phoenicia-ohio-university/
LOCATION:Athens First United Methodist Church\, 2 S College St\, Athens\, OH\, 45701\, United States
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T043829Z
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SUMMARY:New Chamber Music Concert
DESCRIPTION:Allentown Symphony Association performs Rhapsodic Reflections\, Version for Violin and Piano version for their New Chamber Music Concert.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/new-chamber-music-concert/
LOCATION:Easton Area High School Auditorium\, 2601 William Penn Hwy\, Easton\, PA\, 18045\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231021T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T003151Z
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SUMMARY:Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra — Shubho Lhaw Qolo | شوبحو لھاو قولو
DESCRIPTION:The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will perform Shubho Lhaw Qolo | شوبحو لھاو قولو as part of their Masterworks Series\, featuring Arturo Ziraldo as the soloist under the baton of Maestro Julian Kuerti.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/kalamazoo-symphony-orchestra-shubho-lhaw-qolo-%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%ad%d9%88-%d9%84%da%be%d8%a7%d9%88-%d9%82%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231014T140000
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CREATED:20230702T023337Z
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SUMMARY:Orientalism — EDME New Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble (EDME) will perform Orientalism for String Quartet at their Second Annual New Music Festival\, WOW Hall 291 W 8th Ave\, Eugene\, OR 97401.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/orientalism-eugene-difficult-music-ensemble-new-music-festival/
LOCATION:WOW Hall\, 291 W 8th Ave\, Eugene\, OR\, 97401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231007T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T171050Z
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SUMMARY:Ya Layl — Central Washington University New Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:Ya Layl | یا لیل for Viola Alone will be performed at the  Central Washington New Music Festival in October\, in Ellensburg\, WA. Festival will take place from October 7 2023 at 2pm in concert hall.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/ya-layl-central-washington-new-music-festival/
LOCATION:Concert Hall\, Central Washington University\, 400 E University Way\, Ellensburg\, WA\, 98926\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231002T193000
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CREATED:20230916T042437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T042518Z
UID:17151-1696275000-1696282200@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Ensemble Phoenicia
DESCRIPTION:Ensemble Phoenicia’s debut concert\, including a performance of Seif’s Syriac Fugato 2 (Version for Violin and Viola) with Charlotte Loukola\, Violin and Noémie Chemali\, Viola.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/ensemble-phoenicia/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, Elebash Recital Hall\, 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230929T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230929T160000
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CREATED:20230818T000931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T191444Z
UID:17094-1695992400-1696003200@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:CUNY Graduate Center — Art Science Connect Student Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Sami Seif will present his research on the relationship between chronometric and musical time. The presentation will be at Segal Theatre and is open to the public.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/cuny-graduate-center-art-science-connect-student-showcase/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, Segal Theatre\, 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230917T163000
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CREATED:20230914T084658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T084745Z
UID:17143-1694959200-1694968200@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:NYCC Salon
DESCRIPTION:Sami gives a presentation on Orientalism for String Quartet at the New York Composers Circle Salon.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/nycc-salon/
LOCATION:McKay Studio on the seventh floor of the National Opera Center\, 330 7th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230913
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SUMMARY:Miniatures from Phoenicia — Prague Modern Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Prague Modern Ensemble performs Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone as part of the Echofluxx 23 Festival \nProgram can be viewed here
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/prague-modern-ensemble-performs-miniatures-from-phoenicia/
LOCATION:St Clements Nové Město\, Klimentská 1245/5\, Prague\, 110 00 Nové Město\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230905T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230905T143000
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CREATED:20230903T214732Z
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UID:17114-1693917000-1693924200@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Rarescale Ensemble — Syriac Fugato 3
DESCRIPTION:Rarescale Ensemble led by Carla Rees premiere Syriac Fugato 3 for Six Low Flutes at St Mary’s Church\, Potters Bar\, Hertfordshire\, 12:30pm (London time)
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/17114/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Church\, Potters Bar\, Hertfordshire\, The Walk\, Potters Bar\, Hertfordshire\, EN6 1QQ\,\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230604T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230604T170000
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CREATED:20230530T044148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T044148Z
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SUMMARY:Society of Composers Inc. — Song for a Friend
DESCRIPTION:Society of Composers Inc. will broadcast a performance of Seif’s Song for a Friend for Bass Alone
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/society-of-composers-inc-song-for-a-friend/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230502T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230502T193000
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CREATED:20230427T041125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T041125Z
UID:16992-1683048600-1683055800@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Miniatures from Phoenicia performed by Noah Livingston
DESCRIPTION:Noah Livingston performs Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone on his Artist Diploma recital.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/miniatures-from-phoenicia-performed-by-noah-livingston/
LOCATION:Memorial Room\, Smith Memorial Hall\, 805 S Mathews Ave\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/University-of-Illinois-Urbana-Champaign-Music-1.jpg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230401
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CREATED:20230228T025203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T212002Z
UID:16942-1680220800-1680307199@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Miniatures from Phoenicia — Midwest Graduate Music Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Performance of Miniatures from Phoenicia (Flute Alone) at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium at the University of Chicago. Details regarding exact time and place coming soon!
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/miniatures-from-phoenicia-midwest-graduate-music-consortium/
LOCATION:Univerosty of Chicago
CATEGORIES:conference
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/U-of-Chicago-Music.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T103000
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CREATED:20230214T092205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T052928Z
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SUMMARY:Conference presentation about Orientalism
DESCRIPTION:Conference presentation about Orientalism (String Quartet)\, titled “How Time Passes: Some Thoughts on Musical Time” ~ 2023 New-Music Festival and Symposium ~ Pennsylvania State University\, State College\, PA \n  \nPresentation Abstract \nWe are all familiar with the standard means of measuring time (usually in minutes and seconds); however\, this manner of time-measurement is divorced from music. It is clock time\, not musical time. One of the great powers and mysteries of music is that it can leave us feeling that musical time transcends chronometric time. To view time as mere numerical data ignores the fact that although music occurs in time\, it also shapes it and our experiences thereof. Events and time therefore exist in a complex\, interactive web. \nMy presentation seeks to give a theoretical background of my work as a composer\, specifically\, as it relates to my approach to temporality. Building on the relevant ideas of  previous theorists such as Jonathan Kramer\, Karlheinz Stockhausen\, Gérard Grisey\, and Christopher Hasty\, among others\, my remarks on the passage of time will be nourished by philosophers from the phenomenological tradition\, ethnomusicologists and cultural anthropologists\, as well as some scientific literature on time-perception. \nBy investigating time manipulations in my own work from three different angles—matters of content\, matters of form\, and matters of context—this presentation describes how these parameters work together to create various experiences of time in my compositions; experiences of timelessness\, of multiple temporality\, and of extended temporality. My notation reflects this approach to time\, as rather than making my music fit into time—as if time were a canister that held events and is not shaped by them—I grant precedence to the events over their temporality. This gives us a more subjective approach to time. The goal of this presentation is to examine this rift between objective and experienced time in my own compositions.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/conference-presentation-about-orientalism/
LOCATION:Esber Rehearsal Hall  Room 121\, Music Building I\, Pennsylvania State University\, Allen Road\, University Park\, State College\, PA\, 16802
CATEGORIES:conference
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Pennsylvania-State-University.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230315T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230315T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100510
CREATED:20230222T025101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T043743Z
UID:16929-1678908600-1678915800@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at The Assembly Hall at Temple Square
DESCRIPTION:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at the Assembly Hall at Temple Square
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/ensemble-126-performs-wadi-qadisha-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b4%d8%a7-at-the-assembly-hall-at-temple-square/
LOCATION:The Assembly Hall at Temple Square\, 50 S Temple\, Salt Lake City\, UT\, 84150\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230314T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230314T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100510
CREATED:20230222T025746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T044021Z
UID:16934-1678822200-1678829400@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at Snow College
DESCRIPTION:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at Snow College
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/ensemble-126-performs-wadi-qadisha-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b4%d8%a7-at-snow-college/
LOCATION:Snow College\, 150 College Ave E\, Ephraim\, UT\, 84627\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Snow-College.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230313T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230313T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100510
CREATED:20230222T023348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T044159Z
UID:16922-1678721400-1678728600@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at Brigham Young University
DESCRIPTION:Ensemble 126 performs Wadi Qadisha | وادي قاديشا at Brigham Young University
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/ensemble-126-performs-wadi-qadisha-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b4%d8%a7-at-brigham-young-university/
LOCATION:Brigham Young University\, Provo\, UT\, 84602\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Brigham-Young-University.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100510
CREATED:20230219T104144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T104144Z
UID:16881-1677427200-1677434400@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:New Music Mosaic - Miniatures from Phoenicia
DESCRIPTION:New Music Mosaic presents new and recently composed works\, featuring Noah Livingston performing Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/new-music-mosaic-miniatures-from-phoenicia/
LOCATION:Rose Bowl Tavern\, 106 N Race St\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/New-Music-Mosaic.png
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100510
CREATED:20230218T060012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T060012Z
UID:16873-1677351600-1677358800@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:String Quartet Smack Down VIII
DESCRIPTION:The Golden Hornet String Quartet  plays Reflections\, excerpted from Orientalism (String Quartet) at their String Quartet Smack Down VIII event. \nGolden Hornet’s String Quartet Smackdown is a bracketed\, NCAA basketball style tournament competition which brings original four-minute string quartet compositions head-to-head in front of a live\, participatory audience. It’s like NCAA March Madness for the ears! \nEvery Fall\, composers from around the globe are invited to submit through an open\, no-cost entry process. Following submission\, a diverse panel of judges selects sixteen compositions to be performed live at the String Quartet Smackdown\, which takes place in February at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin\, TX. \nA professional string quartet performs the pieces LIVE* for the in-person and/or virtual audience. This performance is broken into four rounds: \nRound 1 (Round of 16): One minute of all sixteen pieces\nRound 2 (Quarterfinals): Two minutes of eight pieces\nRound 3 (Semi-finals): Three minutes of four pieces\nRound 4 (Finals) : Full four minutes of two pieces \nThe audience uses their cell phones or a mobile app to vote\, and their responses appear live on screen. The winner of each bracket moves on in the tournament! (*In 2021\, the pieces will be pre-recorded prior to the livestream to minimize technical disaster.) \nIn a riotous – and usually very close – finish\, the audience determines the String Quartet Smackdown champion!
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/string-quartet-smack-down-viii/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar\, 1120 S Lamar Blvd\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.samiseif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/golden-hornet-string-quartet-smackdown.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T153000
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CREATED:20230218T053847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T040652Z
UID:16863-1677337200-1677339000@www.samiseif.com
SUMMARY:International Conference for Saxophone Pedagogy and Performance
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Hosler performs Meanings | معاني  for Saxophone Alone at the International Conference for Saxophone Pedagogy and Performance.
URL:https://www.samiseif.com/event/international-conference-for-saxophone-pedagogy-and-performance/
LOCATION:Online only; register at: https://www.saxophonepedagogyandperformance.com/p/registration.html
CATEGORIES:conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="University of Florida School of Music Gainesville%2C Florida":MAILTO:jhelton@ufl.edu
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