PAST EVENTS
Aladdins Magic Lamp
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Troy Webdell, Director and Conductor
March 2, 2024
Halim El-Dabh
Celebration of Life
Kent State University
2017
The Dog Done Gone Deaf
by Halim El-Dabh
March 17, 2019
Dedicated to the avant-garde music of the
East Onasis Cultural Center Athens, Greece
Tabla Tahmeel No.1
by Halim El-Dabh
Performed by: FAME Festival:
Fusion of Concert Colors
March 17, 2019 3:00pm
Grand Wayne Convention Center
www.famearts.org
HALIM EL-DABH CELEBRATION OF LIFE
4098th birthday spirit party
Saturday March 2, 2019 7pm
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Showcase Performance by
Kent State University African Ensemble
61st National Conference of The College Music Society
October 11-13, 2018 Vancouver, BC
Sonic no. 7 & 10
Qalandiya International Artists
Venue: Khalil Sakaini Center
Ramallah, Palestine
DAK'ART - Exposition of the Works
Biennial of African Contemporary Art
May 3 to June 2, 2018
Dakar, Senegal - West Africa
Piano Works of Halim El-Dabh
Performed by Mimesis Ensemble
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Halim El-Dabh Birthday Spirit Party
A Celebration of Halim El-Dabh
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Kent, Ohio - March 4, 2018
Halim El-Dabh Celebration of Life
Sunday November 19, 2017
Kent State University - Cartwright Hall
Kent, Ohio
Lilly of the Valei
Microtonal Music by Halim El-Dabh
World Premier Montreal, Canada
May 4, 2017
Halim's 96th Birthday Party
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Kent, Ohio
March 4, 2017
BBC Interview of Halim
and "Sanza Time"
Martha Graham Dance Company presents Clytemnestra (Act II)
Music by Halim El-Dabh
E. Turner Stump Theatre - KSU
October 8, 2016
Electro-Acoustic Music Performance
Halim El-Dabh & Ron Slabe
SPACES gallery
May 21, 2016
SANZA TIME CD Release Party
Featuring Halim El-Dabh & Ron Slabe
at Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Friday May 20th, 2016
Halim's 95th Birthday Party!
at Standing Rock Cultural Arts
March 4, 2016
Halim plays derabucca in the park
The Miraculous Tale
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors
Sunday October 11, 2015
Washington Pavilion,Belbas Theater - Sioux Falls,SD
Ney and LauMusica de Camara
Sat. Aug 8 2:30pm and Sunday Aug 9 2:30pm
Cook, ACT Australia
Save The Children
Concert with Halim El-Dabh's
Aria For Strings
Dartington Hall, Totnes,
Devon. England
Sunday June 14, 2015
African Expressions
Ryan Frost Recital of Halim’s works
Bloch Hall Creative Arts Center
Morgantown, West Virginia University
April 26, 2015
x + n: jessica meyer
and halim el-dabh
Spectrum (New York, NY)
March 12, 2015
Halim's 2094th Birthday Party
Standing Rock Cultural Arts (Kent, Ohio)
March 4, 2015
Halim El-Dabh African Drumming
& Story Telling
Art in the Park (Fred Fuller Park, Kent, Ohio)
September 7, 2014 - Backstage Woods
CONARTE - Composer's Forum
Videoconference with Halim ElDabh
July 14, 2014 8pm Monterrey Mexico
Centro de las Artes
Escuela Adolfo Prieto on the terrace
SCORE: Trace That Sound
Exhibition of Graphic Scores
with Canine Wisdom
by Halim El-Dabh
March 22nd - April 5th, 2014
Birmingham Central Library
England
"One Act Clytemnestra"
Martha Graham Dance Company
with Music by Halim El-Dabh
Mar. 19th GALA & Mar. 21st, 2014
The New York City Center
"The Miraculous Tale"
Composed by Halim ElDabh
Todd Oxford alto sax/ Bobby Lopez derabucca
March 21, 2014 - University of Illinois
2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
"Halim El-Dabh 93rd Birthday Party"
March 4, 2013 from 7:00 pm
The Stone Tavern, Kent Ohio
"One Act Clytemnestra
An Epic Dance Drama"
Butler University Presents a Preview
Before the New York debut
of the reimagined work
Friday February 7, 2014 8:00pm
"Sweet and Prickly Pear"
written by Halim El-Dabh
Performed by Halim El-Dabh on drums and Jameson Cooper on violin from the newly released CD "The Harlequin" w/Jacob Murphy and James Cooperman
"Music Permeates Everything"
Online interview of Halim ElDabh
Go to Mada Masr from Cairo
Peace In An Open Space
Halim El-Dabh's Expression of Zaar
DUCTAC in Dubai, UAE
Jan. 13 26 2014
Halim ElDabh Interview
by Craig Erskine
The Akron Citizen Journalist
(The Akronist) from Dec. 1, 2013
Opening of Egyptian week with
Halim ElDabh in Egyptian song and dance
Stow - Monroe Falls Library
Nov. 10, 2013
Book Release
The Arab Avant Garde
Nov. 13, 2013
Wesleyan University Presss
A Look at Lightening
The Life and compositions of
Halim ElDabh by Mike Khoury
Performance and Lecture
Kent Rotary
Kent, OH
October 1, 2013
Art In The Park
Kent Parks & Recreation
Kent, OH
September 7, 2013
Halim El-Dabh's "Aapep and Ra"
British National Museum
London, England
July 5, 2013
Haymaker Farmers Market
Under the Haymaker Bridge
Kent, OH
June 8, 2013
The Miraculous Tale
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
May 19 -21, 2013
Todd Oxford
saxophone
Bobby Lopez
percussion
The Miraculous Tale
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
April 24, 2013
Celebration of Merle's
Life and Poetry
The Kent Stage Kent, Ohio
April 9, 2013
Halim's Birthday Party
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Kent, Ohio
March 4, 2013
SCI National Conference
Weigel Hall - OSU School of Music
Columbus, Ohio
February 14, 2013
Art in the Park
Fred Fuller Park
Kent, Ohio
September 9, 2012
John Kuegeler Memorial
Tannery Park
Kent, Ohio
July 1, 2012
Acorn Plaza Lunchtime Music Series
Acorn Alley II - Kent, Ohio
June 29, 2012
Holden Elementary School
End-of-year Talent Show
Kent, Ohio
June 4, 2012
Ney and LauHalim's
Miraculous Tale
Scott Ney, percussion
and Eric Lau, saxophone
University of New Mexico in Albequerque
March 26, 2012
Holden Elementary School
Presentation, Performance and Storytelling in Kent, Ohio
March 13, 2012
Halim's Birthday Party
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Kent, Ohio
March 4, 2012
African Drumming and Dance
Holden Elementary School
Kent, Ohio
February 17, 2012
The Composers Ensemble
Director Peter Wiegold
British Embassy in Cairo
February 6, 2012
Halim's Miraculous Tale
Performed by Sabah Halabi
Artes Musicales School, University of Costa Rica
December 14, 2011
African Cultural Expressions
Class Performance
Pan Africa Studies Kent State University
November 30, 2011
Canine Wisdom
and Out of the Abyss
Performance of Halim El-Dabh:
Color Music Notation
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Australia - November 28, 2011
oA Musical Pyramid
Egyptian Music by
the Southern Symphony Orch.
Halim El-Dabh's Symphony # 3
Joplin, Mo. - November 3, 2011
Africa Meets
North America Festival
NYC Performance of Big Tooth Aspen
Laura Falzon, flute & Wilson Moorman, derabucca
October 31, 2011
Color Music Notation
Art Opening
Paintings by Halim El-Dabh
Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent
October 2, 2011
Sound, Color and Vision
Closing Celebration
Paintings by Halim El-Dabh
Standing Rock Cultural Arts in Kent, Ohio
September 25, 2011
Halim performs
Clytemnestra for piano
Featuring paintings by Frederick John Kluth
FJ Kluth Gallery 300 North Water St. Kent, Ohio
September 24, 2011
Art in the Park
Halim plays the Backwoods Stage
Fred Fuller Park in Kent, Ohio
September 11, 2011
Haymaker Farmers' Market
Halim performs with Friends
Under the Haymaker Bridge in Kent, Ohio
September 10, 2011
Sound, Color and Vision
Music and Paintings by Halim El-Dabh
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
September 3, 2011
Halim, Deborah and Habeeb
Kent Community Timebank Dinner
Fred Fuller Park in Kent
September 2, 2011
Rally for Silver Oaks
Senior Citizens
threatened with Eviction
Storytelling, Drums and Song in Downtown Kent
September 2, 2011
Halim El-Dabh
Life and Music
WHPK The Pride of the South Side
Friday Focus with Lofton Emenari
August 26, 2011
Halim El-Dabh
African Experience
Dept. of Pan-African Studies
KSU Annual Cookout
August 26, 2011
Inauguration Concert
Brunel Institute for Contemporary
Middle-Eastern Music in London, England
July 6, 2011
Halim at Starwood
Multi-Spiritual Festival
Pomeroy, Ohio
July 5 - 11, 2011
Allied Media Conference
Panel Discussion and Ceremony
Detroit, Michigan
June 24 - 26, 2011
Brooklyn New Music Collective
Songs by Halim El-Dabh and Beth Levin
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
June 11, 2011 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Haymaker Farmers' Market
Halim performs with Friends
Under the Haymaker Parkway bridge in Kent, OH
June 11, 2011 Photo by Sheila Harko
FOOTPRINTS in the SAND
The South Shore Orchestra
Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, Indiana
June 3, 2011 Photo by South Shore Orchestra
African Cultural Expressions
Class Performance
Dept. of Pan African Studies Kent State Univ.
April 20, 2011 Photo by Kent State University
Halim El-Dabh and Friends
"What Is This Thing Called Jazz?"
Hosted by Lofton A Emenari III - WHPK Chicago April 17, 2011 Photo by Kent State University
Halim's 4090th Birthday Party
Performances by Carlos Jones, Hal Walker,
the Kent African Ensemble, Phat Man Dee & more!
March 4, 2011 Photo by Mark E. Bussinger
Mekta in the Art of Kita
It Is Dark and Damp on the Front
Performed by The Composers Ensemble London
March 3, 2011 Photo by Gary Harwood
It is Dark and Damp on the Front
For Piano, Peformed by Tuyen Tonnu
and Osmo Symbiotic, duet with Joshua Russell
March 1, 2011 Photo by Gerry Simon
WKSU Interview: Egypt
Composer sees Signs of Hope in Protests
Interviewed by WKSU's Jeff St. Clair
February 4, 2011 Photo by Jeff St. Clair
90th Birthday Celebration
New York Public Library, w/ Mimesis Ensemble, Christine Moore and pianist Sofya Milikian.
February 3, 2011 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
The Weber QuartetString Quartet No. 1 (1951)
Metamorphosis & Fugue on Egyptian Folklore
Performed by the Weber Quartet
December 16, 2010 Photo by Weber Quartet
Halim at the Haymaker Farm Market
Indoor Holiday Market
11 South River Street in Kent, Ohio
December 11, 2010 Photo by Haymaker Farmers' Market
African Cultural Expressions
Oscar Ritchie Hall - Kent State University
Department of Pan African Studies
December 1, 2010
Blake Tyson and Halim El-Dabh
Sailing Wind
Music for solo vibraphone by Halim El-Dabh
Performed by Blake Tyson for PASIC
November 13, 2010
Ethnomusicology & Spirituality Sacred Light Wisdom
Voice of America - Hostess Settie Nave
October 5, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Ingenuity Festival
Detroit Superior Bridge in Cleveland, OH
Halim performing under W. 25th St.
September 26, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Art in the Park
Halim performing at the Backwoods Stage
Fred Fuller Park in Kent, OH
September 12, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Halim with Blake Tyson
Sailing Wind
Performed by Blake Tyson
Snow Fine Arts Center - Univ. of Cent. Arkansas
September 9, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
One World Music Series
Lakewood Alive
Lakewood, Ohio
July 9, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Kent Farmer's Market
Halim at The Haymaker Market
Franklin Avenue in downtown Kent, Ohio
June 5, 2 010 Photo by Sheila Harko
The Quest
Beijing Modern Music Festival
The Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra
May 24, 2010 Photo by Andy Eicher
African Cultural Expressions
Department of Pan Africa Studies
Oscar Ritchie Hall - Kent State University
April 28, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Clytemnestra Suite
WCLV Cleveland - 104.9 FM
Hosted by Mark Satola
April 25, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Concert For Peace
Musicians for Harmony
Merkin Concert Hall
April 8, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
WCLV Pomegranate Concerto
The Not Dead White Male Composers Hour
Hosted by Mak Satola
March 14, 2010 Photo by Emily Horne
Halim's 4089th Birthday Party
Halim's new vibraphone piece Sailing Wind * Premiere performance by Blake Tyson
Drums by Kent African Drum Community
& KSU School of Music African Ensemble
Diva Phat Man Dee sings Happy Birthday
Standing Rock Cultural Arts in Kent, Ohio
March 4, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
KRZA - Sunday Morning Classics
Hosted by Richard Cameron Wolfe
9:00 to 11:00 am Mountan Time
February 28, 2010 Photo by Emily Horne
Rhythms Concert Series
Massillon Museum
Massillon, Ohio
February 27, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
UCA Percussion Festival
Snow Fine Arts Center
University of Central Arkansas campus
February 13, 2010 Photo by James Vaughan
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Halim performs in the KIVA
Kent State University
January 28, 2010 Photo by Bob Christy
WPRB: East Meets West
Music from Halim's new release Piano Music
Hosted by Marvin Rosen
January 27, 2010 Photo by Khio
WCSB: African Abstract
Halim Ethnomusicology Music and Interview
Hosted by Kabir (sitting in for Charleston)
January 24, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
On the Radio: WCSBWCSB: The Mysterious Black Box
Halim El-Dabh Music and Interview
Hosted by Lisa Miralia
January 13, 2010 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
African Cultural Expressions
with Halim El-Dabh, Pan African Studies
Oscar Ritchie Hall - Kent State University
December 2, 2009 Photo by James Vaughan
Rhythm, Storytelling, & Song
International Education Week in the KIVA
Kent State University - Kent, Ohio
November 20, 2009 Photo by Deborah El-Dabh
WNYU - Electric Kahraba
Music of Halim El-Dabh with Live Interview
Hosted by Joe Namy
November 5, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Solo Piano & Chamber Works
by El-Dabh, Fairouz, Picker, w/Katie Reimer
Players Theatre - New York, NY
November 4, 2009 photo by Andy Eicher
Big Tooth Aspen
Perf. by Laura Falzon & Wilson Moorman
Africa Meets N. America, Los Angeles, CA
October 22, 2009 photo by Bob Christy
The Cleveland Arts Prize
Winners Collaborative
Convivium33 Gallery - Cleveland, OH
September 25, 2009 photo by Bob Christy
Sailing Wind
Premiere Performance by Blake Tyson
University of Georgia in Athens, GA
October 15, 2009 photo by Khio
Words and Music 2009
The Kent Stage
September 25, 2009 photo by Deborah El-Dabh
The Comfort Zone
Black Squirrel Radio
Hosted by Gabz Ciofoni, Kent State Univ.
September 23, 2009 photo by Bob Christy
Art in the Park
Fred Fuller Park in Kent, OH
Kent Parks and Recreation
September 12, 2009 photo by Deborah El-Dabh
The Pomegranate Concerto
WPRB Classical Discoveries
Hosted by Marvin Rosen
September 8, 2009 photo by Bob Christy
Starwood Festival XXIX
Association for Consciousness Exploration
Brushwood Folklore Center - Sherman, NY
July 21 - 26, 2009 photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Clytemnestra Suite
WPRB Classical Discoveries
Hosted by Marvin Rosen
July 15, 2009 photo by James Vaughan
South Shore Chamber Orchestra
Global Expressions Troy Webdell, Conductor
Summer Sidewalk Chamber Music Series
June 27, 2009 photo by Deborah El-Dabh
Halim El-Dabh Drum Workshop
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
Kent, Ohio
June 13 & 14, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Kent Farmer's Market
The Haymaker Market
June 6 and August 22, 2009
Healing Through Plants, Music,
Sound and Body Motion
Life Center Plus Hudson, OH
June 4, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Clytemnestra Suite
Mimesis Ensemble
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
May 9, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Millenium Stage
Contemporary Arts Music Festival
Washington, D.C.
May 7, 2009 small photo at left by Gerry Simon
Giving Voice
Wick Poetry Center 25th Anniversary
Kent State University
April 23, 2009 photo by Gary Harwood
Africa Day
Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan
April 20, 2009 photo by Gary Harwood
Clytemnestra in Paris
Martha Graham Dance Company
at the Chatelet Theatre
April 16 & 18, 2009 photo by James Vaughan
The Cleveland Arts Prize
The Healing Properties of Music, Sound and Body Motion
Cleveland Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute
April 15, 2009 photo by Andy Eicher
Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic
KRZA.org
March 22, 2009 photo by Gary Harwood
Drumming Workshop
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
photo by Gerry Simon
March 14 & 15, 2009
Ishense: Conscious Reggae and World
WCSB 89.3 - Cleveland, OH photo by Gerry Simon
Selections from African Melody and Beat
March 3, 2009 and August 25, 2009
African Spirituality & Ethnomusicology
WinterStar 26: Tribal Spirituality
Association for Consciousness Exploration
Feb. 12-15, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Classical Discoveries: Avant-Garde
WPRB 103.3 - Princeton, New Jersey
Egyptian Calypso, ...Death and Resurrection
February 18 & 25, 2009 photo by Emily Horne
Sounds from the Cathedral
Halim El-Dabh and Blake Tyson
February 5 - 9, 2008 photo by Blake Tyson
Stavanger Domkirke, Norway
CLYTEMNESTRA and the
Dance Dramas of Martha Graham:
Revising the Classics: The Gallatin School
September 16, 2008 - New York University
Drumming Symphony for 1000 Drums
August 22, 2008
Old Fort Collins Heritage Park, Colorado
View Photos and Beetstreet Event Info.
Giving Voice
Wick Poetry Center
2007 - Kent State University
View the YouTube video photo by Gary Harwood
Halim at Starwood and Winterstar
Association for Consciousness Exploration
1987 - 2009
UNYAZI Festival
September 1 - 4, 2005
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
View Photos Unyazi 2005 Website
Africa Meets Asia
2005
Central Conservatory of Music Beijing, China
View Photos
Home Works II
A Forum on Cultural Practices 2004
Ashkal Alwan View Photos
Lebanese Association for the Plastic Arts
Egypt 2002.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
March 29, 2002, Egypt View Photo
Performed by Kent State University and the
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra