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Uçan Ruh - Taking Flight Arkadaş Ameen Mokdad (violin) Kevin Bishop ( viola) Recording Engineer: Jake Subin Mastering: Kevin Bishop Cover Photo: taken in Kapadokya Turkey |
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Sounds of the Silk Road - صنع بسحرك Improvisations recorded in a live concert on January 21, 2024 in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA Ameen Mokdad ( Violin,Daf, Tabla, Vocal) Kevin Bishop ( Viola, Daf, Zerbaghali ) Aaron Packard ( Violin ) Allan Ballinger ( Cello ) Recording Engineer: Kevin Bishop, Ameen Mokdad Mastering: Ameen Mokdad Artwork: Shajia Azhir Cover Art: Ameen Mokdad LISTEN NOW
The Curve Live from Hartford Ameen Mokdad & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble recorded live in concert with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet May 21, 2023 in Hartford, Connecticut In the spring of 2023, Ameen Mokdad came to the United States for the first time- specifically to Connecticut. His tour, titled Ameen Mokdad’s The Curve, took him all around the state to tell his story. an album recording of a live performance recorded on stage in downtown Hartford. LISTEN NOW
Ji bo sê kes çay - Tea For Three Kurdish music performed by Mücahit Poyraz, Ameen Mokdad & Kevin Bishop Take a magical, musical journey to the eastern Kurdish region of Turkey, along the Syrian border. Mardin native Mücahit Poyraz sits down for tea while singing traditional songs and playing instruments such as saz, Kurdish sitar, and santur. Two friends join him for tea: Iraqi artist Ameen Mokdad, playing violin, daff and arbane, and American musician Kevin Bishop, playing viola. Discover a language and musical genre rarely heard outside of the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran due to decades of cultural oppression. This music preservation project is made possible due to support from Cuatro Puntos. |
Wahed Hellam
واحد حلم (Someone dreamed) Available now Is our new single with the Iraqi singer/songwriter Hashem Saef Spotify |
Ma badi
ما بدي (I don't want) Available now Is our new single with the Iraqi singer Yousr Mokdad and Ameen Mokdad |
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Through The Eyes Of Children - Cuatro Puntos Ensemble & Do The Write Thing
Original music by Kevin Bishop and Ameen Mokdad
arranged for strings and clarinet
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The cycle of violence is a common fact in American families, being passed down and intensified from generation to generation. Systematic violence traumatizes our youth, and that dark cycle of violence spills out into our schools. Very few people in this world will ever dare to break this familiar cycle and set a new circle in motion: a circle of love and kindness, forgiveness and empathy. Through The Eyes Of Children is a marriage of music and spoken word that features seven insightful middle school students from around the country who are speaking out against violence in their schools and their lives. They have had enough of the cycle of violence, and they are brave enough to confront that cycle. These seven young people are among the nationally recognized writers from The National Campaign To Stop Violence: Do The Write Thing. Their powerful essays are among the few each year that get enshrined in the Library of Congress. These young scholars are a light of hope for a brighter future- a future where the youngest generation is able to stand up to a cycle of violence before it becomes enshrined permanently as a uniquely American culture of violence.
On this album you will hear seven young people from around the country read their essays, and you will hear musical responses written by composers Ameen Mokdad and Kevin Bishop and played by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble.
Help us amplify the voices of the brave young people who speak out against youth violence
Through The Eyes Of Children - Cuatro Puntos Ensemble & Do The Write Thing
Original music by Kevin Bishop and Ameen Mokdad
arranged for strings and clarinet
Spotify
The cycle of violence is a common fact in American families, being passed down and intensified from generation to generation. Systematic violence traumatizes our youth, and that dark cycle of violence spills out into our schools. Very few people in this world will ever dare to break this familiar cycle and set a new circle in motion: a circle of love and kindness, forgiveness and empathy. Through The Eyes Of Children is a marriage of music and spoken word that features seven insightful middle school students from around the country who are speaking out against violence in their schools and their lives. They have had enough of the cycle of violence, and they are brave enough to confront that cycle. These seven young people are among the nationally recognized writers from The National Campaign To Stop Violence: Do The Write Thing. Their powerful essays are among the few each year that get enshrined in the Library of Congress. These young scholars are a light of hope for a brighter future- a future where the youngest generation is able to stand up to a cycle of violence before it becomes enshrined permanently as a uniquely American culture of violence.
On this album you will hear seven young people from around the country read their essays, and you will hear musical responses written by composers Ameen Mokdad and Kevin Bishop and played by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble.
Help us amplify the voices of the brave young people who speak out against youth violence
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The Curve - Ameen Mokdad & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Original music by Ameen Mokdad powerfully arranged for strings, middle eastern percussion, and voice.
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Iraqi composer and multi-instrumentalist Ameen Mokdad was trapped in hiding by ISIS for nearly two years in his hometown of Mosul. During that time we wrote an extraordinary repertoire of powerfully emotional music. He arranged it later for the Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and himself. On this album you will hear a string quartet along with Ameen on dumbek, violin, and in recitation of poetry in Arabic.
Fear - Havoc - Hope In God - Confusion - Kholo Fajher - From Her - Lips - Secret - First Momento (The Birth) - Night in the Prince Kingdom - Sognatore - The Curve - Viaggio - Clouds - Tears of Flower - Ween - Over the Mountain - Yoqaal - Yosur
The Curve - Ameen Mokdad & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Original music by Ameen Mokdad powerfully arranged for strings, middle eastern percussion, and voice.
Spotify
Iraqi composer and multi-instrumentalist Ameen Mokdad was trapped in hiding by ISIS for nearly two years in his hometown of Mosul. During that time we wrote an extraordinary repertoire of powerfully emotional music. He arranged it later for the Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and himself. On this album you will hear a string quartet along with Ameen on dumbek, violin, and in recitation of poetry in Arabic.
Fear - Havoc - Hope In God - Confusion - Kholo Fajher - From Her - Lips - Secret - First Momento (The Birth) - Night in the Prince Kingdom - Sognatore - The Curve - Viaggio - Clouds - Tears of Flower - Ween - Over the Mountain - Yoqaal - Yosur
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Sounds of Persia - Dariush Saghafi & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Music for Persian santur (hammered dulcimer) and string quartet
Be transported into another sound world as you listen to a traditional improvised solo by the world's leading master of Persian santur, Dr. Dariush Saghafi. Then hear a string quartet by Dr. Reza Vali using ancient Persian and Dastgâh modes, and finish with a rousing piece by Vali for both string quartet and santur.
Improvised santur solo in Ashur mode - Reza Vali: String Quartet No. 4 "Ormavi" - Reza Vali: Ashoob for santur & string quartet
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From The Countryside - string quintets based on folk music
Enjoy music for string quintet (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos) based on folk tunes from the countryside. Performed by: Annie Trépanier, violin; Aaron Packard, violin; Steve Larson, viola; Kevin Bishop, viola; Allan Ballinger, cello
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Antonin Dvorak: Quintet for Strings Op. 97 "American"
Kevin Bishop: Fantasy on Kurdish Themes for string quintet
