| Awards and Honors * Nagle Scholar from 2004-07 (San Francisco State University) * Iranian Student Scholarship Fund, 2006 * Second place winner of 2005 Star Musician of Iran Competition (Washington DC) * The National Deans' List * Third place winner of Swimming Competition. Karaj, Iran, 1989. * Meet the Composer Grant (2007) * MetLife Creative Connections Grant (2007) * Graduate Diversity Fellowship 2008-09 (University of California, Irvine) Degrees * Science Major (Math and Biology), High School, Iran. * AA, De Anza College, United States. * BA, World/Jazz Music (Persian Music and Santour), San Francisco State University, United States. - Seg III. Islamic Studies (Middle Eastern studies) * Masters of Fine Art. Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT), University of California, Irvine. (current) Speeches * San Francisco State University -Fall Semester 2006, Two Sessions -Room 147, Lecture: Theory of Persian Classical Music (Ethnomusicology) * San Francisco State University -Fall Semester, 2006 , One Session -Knuth Hall, Lecture, Theory of Persian Classical Music (Musicology) * De Anza college -One Session of an Introduction to Persian Music, each quarter for the year 2003. * Lecture series, Introduction to Iranian Music -"Nahaad Farhangieh Dehkhoda". (young students) 2001. * Lecture series, Introduction to music. -Payvand Farsi School, Cupertino. (young students) 2002. * Lecture Demonstration on santour -UC Los Angeles. Feb, 2007. -Seminar of Ethnomusicology (Jihad Racy) * Lecture Demonstration on santour -UC Santa Cruz. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064.Jan, 24th, 2008. -12pm- 1:45pm. * Lecture Demonstration on santour -UC Irvine. January, 9th, 2008. -Iranian music (Hossein Omoumi) * Lecture Demonstration on Iranian music - Society for Ethnomusicology Northern California Chapter - Annual Conference - Cal State University, East Bay. March, 8th, 2008 - Click here to view the schedule * Lecture Demonstration on Iranian music and santour - Park Day School. Oakland March, 21st, 2008. * Lecture. "What is Music?" - Iran, Tehran, Karaj. Sarang Music Institute. April, 2008. * Lecture on Iranian Music - De Anza College, Cupertino, California. June, 3rd, 2008. * Santour Clinic - santour workshop 1610 Berryessa rd, San Jose, Ca. Saturday, August 23rd, 2008. Papers and Projects (Many have not been published yet) * 20th Century Stylistic Development and Historical Parallels in American Jazz and Iranian Classical Music. San Francisco State University, Senior Thesis, 2006) * Wealth or Art. 2007. Read this article in Farsi. * Truth in Improvised Music (Philosophy of Nisheitani Keiji) * Iranian Music and Sorrow. 2002 (Published) * Naghdi bar aavazeh chand daghigheieh Sharaam Naazeri. 2006. Read this article in Farsi. * Translation and cataloging 500 Pages of Master Mahmoud Zolfonoun's Music Collection in 10 CDs. 2003-5 (Research Assistance between the San Francisco State University's library and SFSU's College of Dance and Music) * HumanMulation (Short Story) * Music and Islam, 2006. (Presentation) * Money Kingdom (Paper) * Some innovative ways of writing Iranian Music. Take a look at a page of this paper. * Uncovering the Similarities of Iranian Classical Music and Blues. Comparative analysis of Gusheh Oj (Radif Mirzaa Abdollah) and "Fine and Mellow", a blues tune composed by Mckay, Holiday in 1939. * The World's Order. (The First Hypothesis about the laws and designs of the World) Concerts and Performances * High School Rajai, Karaj, Iran, 1995. * Wed, Oct, 25th, 7:00pm. 2000 Almaden Branch Library, California (Solo) * Yalda Celebration, Persian Center. Dec, 20th, 2000. Palo Alto, California (Solo) * Kanoun Pedar Maadaraan, 2000, California. (Solo) * Sunday, March, 11th , 2:00pm , 2001. Nahaad Farhangi Dehkhoda, California. (Solo) * Mahmoud Zolfonoun Celebration, 2001, Cupertino, California. (Solo) * The 1st Annual International Symposium on Sey-yed Shah Nematollah Vali. Oct. 11th & 12th, 2002. San Jose State University, California. (Ensemble) * A Concert of Persian Music. Thur, Feb 20th, 12:30pm, 2001. De Anza College, California. (Ensemble, Composer) * Persian Classical Music. Nov, 1st, 5:00pm ,2002. De Anza College, California. (Ensemble, Composer) See the brochure, & the flyer. * San Francisco World Music Festival, 2002. (Duet) * Nahaad Farhangi Dehkhoda, Campbell, 2003, California. (Solo) * Zoroastrian Celebration. Alum Rock, San Jose, California, 2003. (Ensemble, Composer) * Gusheh Ensemble join by other outstanding Bay Area musicians. Sat, Apr 3rd, 7:30pm, 2004. Cubberely Auditorium, School of Education, Stanford University, California. (Ensemble) See the flyer. * Benefit Concert for Bam Earthquake Survivors. Sat, Jan 10th, 7:30pm , 2004. First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, California. (Ensemble) See the flyer. * Persian Traditional Improvisation. Thu, May 27th, 6:30pm, 2004. De Anza College, Cupertino, California. (Duet, Speech) * Mahmoud Zolfonoun Celebration, 2004. West Valley College, California. (Solo) * World Music Festival, 91.5 FM, KKUP. 19th Annual KKUP World music festival. Wed, Nov 26th, 5:00pm, California. (Duet) * Jazz and World Music Nagle Scholars recital. Fri, Nov 19th, 2004. College of Creative Arts, SFSU, California. (Solo) See the flyer. * Creative World Ensemble. Wed, Nov 16th, 1:00pm ,2005. Knuth Hall. School of Music and Dance in San Francisco State University. (Ensemble) * Persian Classical Music. Wed, Dec 7th, 1:10pm, 2005. College of Creative Arts, SFSU. (Ensemble, Composer) See the program. * Persian Classical Music. Apr 15th, 1:00pm, 2005. Knuth Hall. School of Music and Dance of San Francisco State University. (Solo, ensemble, and composer) * Around the World in 80 Minutes. Listen for Life. World Music concert series, 2006. Berkeley. (Solo) * Iranian Classical Music by Bay Area Iranian Musicians. Sat, March 4th, 8:00pm, 2006. Iranian Christian Church, 740 East Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, California. (Ensemble, composer and co-organiser) * Opera Picolla. 4/14/2006. Play; "The Guests" written by Shahrnush Parsipur. 1 month tour in California. (Solo, Composer) * Kanooneh Pedar Maadaraan, 2006, California. (Solo) * Listen for Life World Music Concert series. Thur, July 31th, 5:30pm, 2006. San Francisco, War Memorial and Performing Art Center. (Solo) * Afro-Cuban ensemble and Creative World Music ensemble. Thur, Nov 16th, 7:30pm, 2006. Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University. * Three Performances for Haft Dastgah association, Hossein Omoumi. A Series of Music concerts and lectures. Los Angeles 2004, San Jose 2005 and Irvine 2006. * Senior Recital, Faraz Minooei. Mon, Nov 27th, 8:00pm, 2006. Knuth Hall,San Francisco State University. (Ensemble, Composer) * Senior Recital, Isabel Douglass. Sun, Dec 3rd, 1:00pm, 2006. Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University. (Ensemble, Composer) * Celebration Of Imam Reza, Oakland Masjid. 2006, California. (Ensemble, Composer) * Tribute to Ostad Mahmoud Zolfonoun, Jan 20th, 2007. Palace of Fine Art. San Francisco, California. (Ensemble) * Iranian Poet Gathering at Iranian Christian Church, 2007, California. (Ensemble, Composer) Watch this performance here. * Chromodal Consort. St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, Saturday, August 18th, 2007 at 7:00pm. San Francisco, California. (Ensemble) Click here to see the brochure * An Iranian concert at Iranian Christian Church, Oct, 26th, 2007 at 7:30pm.Santa Clara. (Ensemble) * Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush (Speech) Islamic Cultural Center (Oakland). Nov, 17th, 2007, 6:30pm. 1433 Madison,Oakland, California. (Composer and Poetry accompaniment) * "The Breeze at Dawn", Play. Nov, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, and 18th. 2007. Red Gate Performance Collective.Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco. (Composer) Click here to see the picture gallery of the play. * Creative World Ensemble. Fri, Feb 22th, 7:00pm ,2008. Knuth Hall. School of Music and Dance in San Francisco State University. (Ensemble) Directed by Dr. Hafez Modirzadeh * Three Nights of House Concert. April, 4th, 5th and 6th, 2008 at 7:30pm. 4597 Blackford ave., San Jose, California, 95129. Click here to see the brochure. (Front - Back). Video * South Bay Performances of Meehan Ensemble. Friday/Sunday, June 27th/29th, 2008, 8:00 pm. 125 Connemara Way, Sunnyvale, CA (recreation center) * East Bay Performance of Meehan Ensemble. Saturday, June 28th, 2008, 8:00 pm. Central Stage, 5221 Central Ave, Richmond, CA. Click here to see the poster. * Islamic Cultural Center - Saturday, July 12th, 2008. 9:00 pm. Oakland, CA. * Pezvak Ensemble - Saturday, September 13th, 2008. 8:00 pm. George Washington University. Marvin Center, Betts Theatre. 800 21 st street, NW, Washington, DC 20052. Click here to see the poster. Founder of * School, "School Of Persian Music" in Bay Area, California, 2006. * Group, Persian Musicians of California, 2006 * Meehan Ensemble (co-founder) Member of * Society of Ethnomusicology * Haft-Dastgaah Association * Persian Musicians of California * Iranian-Musicology * Listen for life (World Music) * Rahmat Non-profit Organization (mercyforall) * Shayda * Safheh Irani * Persian art music * Radif * Pejvak Ensemble People whom I have learned from * Master Behnam Mehrabi - Playing Santuor (Introduction and intermidiate) - Radif Mirza Abdollah - Faraamarz Payvar and Parviz Meshkatian's compositions - "Art of teaching" * Mr. Mahmoud Mahmoudi - Introduction to Santour * Mr. Mahyaar Firouzbakht - Introduction to Santour * Master Muhammad Reza Lotfi - Introduction to Radif and Persian music - How to think about music - Some private lessons * Master Hossein Omoumi - Introduction to Pish-Radif - Some private lessons * Mr. Alan Kushaan - Private Lessons - Playing techniques * Dr. Hafez Modirzadeh - Jazz - World Music - Philosophy of Music * Master Kalanduyan - Music of Phillipine - Kulintang * Mr. David Xiques - Ear-training and Aural skills * Mr. Jason Todrov - Western Music Theory * Mrs. Victoria Neve - Piano * Mr. Josh Levine - Early European Theory and composition * Mr. Ronald Caltabiano - 20th Century Music * Mrs. Inara Morgenstern - Piano * Mr. Cyrus Ginwala - Western Music Theory * Mr. Siamak Aghai - How to hold Mezrab Interested in * Astronomy * Dentistry * Anthropology * Religion * Spirituality * Art Works in General * Photography * Persian Colligraphy (Student of Mr. Yubert Lazar) * Philosophy and Philosophy of Art * History of Islam * Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Ecology * Math * Sports * Sociology *Traveling * Persian and "Middle Eastern" studies * Psychology *Sufism *Politics * and many more |
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