Guest Artist Series Recital – Layale Chaker & Sarafand

Layale Chaker and Dr. Andrea Shaheen Espinosa (FFSoM DMA ’12) will discuss navigating national and musical borders, life as an Arab musician in the U.S., and the impact of Edward Said’s musical initiatives. Chaker was a longtime member of Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and recently debuted her composition, En Présence de l’Absence, an homage to Said and his work as a scholar, activist, and musician. The conversat...