Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble + Jazz Sesh
Traditional Middle Eastern music with a belly dance performance. Followed by Jazz Sesh where BPM's house band plays jazz standards and then opens up the stage for anyone to join.
TIME
May 01, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:50 PM
BPM
ABOUT
Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble was founded in 2018 by Eric LaPerna, with the goal of preserving and performing Arabic, Turkish and Armenian music from the art, classical, folk and Sufi traditions. This music was passed on to Eric and other members of the orchestra by master musicians, Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian, Bassam Saba and Michel Merhej Baklouk.
The MMEE is made up of music faculty members from Bowdoin, Bates and Colby Colleges, as well as musicians from the world renowned New York Arabic Orchestra, DaPonte String Quartet, Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble, Seyir Duo and the Casco Bay Tummlers.
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Jazz Sesh at BPM is a community event for local jazz musicians. Our house band opens up the sesh playing their takes on standards and then opens up the stage for anyone with an instrument and a tune to join.
21+
Doors @ 6pm
Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble @ 7pm
Jazz Sesh @ 9pm
This event is donation based, bring cash to tip the musicians!