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"What Is Makam?"
Free Public Presentation - Before the concert, at 4:00 pm, Stevig and Harrist will offer a free workshop titled "What Is Makam?" (Short answer: a system of melodic types or modes). They will introduce the concept of modal music in Turkish makam and other Eastern traditions.
March 15, 4 PM
Acclaimed global music masters and multi-instrumentalists Tev Stevig and Michael K Harrist will lead a presentation about Modal Music in Turkish makam and other Eastern modal traditions. The presentation will include a demonstration and discussion about the key elements in both traditional and contemporary modal music. Whether you are a musician or simply a lover of music and world culture, this will be a wonderful offering.
An Evening of Global Music
Tev Stevig with Michael K. Harrist
March 15, 7:30 PM
Stevig is an acclaimed Boston-based musician and educator who works with contemporary modal music, and traditional styles from the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, and other Eastern modal traditions. He composes and performs on a variety of plucked-string instruments from around the world and is the founder of Labyrinth New England. The Boston Globe writes: “he initiates something new by connecting and combining seemingly disparate cultures.” Tev is also a freelance jazz musician with a focus on traditional jazz from the 1920s-30s as well as more contemporary styles. Joining Tev will be Harrist, a master in his own rite of a wide array of world traditions, including Ottoman court music and Turkish folk music, jazz, Western art music, Hindustani music, and American roots music.
Presented with the support of the New England Foundation for the Arts New England State Touring Grant.
With the Labyrinth Ensemble in Toronto: https://www.youtube.com/@
About the work of Labyrinth New England:
https://labyrinthnewengland.com/about
Michael K. Harrist is a New York City based multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator, specializing in contrabass, yaylı tanbur and sarangi. Michael works in a wide range of traditions including Ottoman/Turkish music, Jazz, Western Classical, Hindustani and American roots music.
