DIVERSITY by Apollo Chamber Players

In concert with the Persian New Year of Nowruz, we celebrate the multicultural beauty of Houston, the most ethnically diverse city in America. We also reflect on the rarity of a country born with freedom of speech and religion – and diversity of thought – as an integral part of its democratic DNA. Will America ever realize the promise of a truly pluralistic society living in harmony?

WORLD PREMIERE
-Reza Vali: Bandari
Commission for string quartet & percussion

-Daniel Bernard Roumain: String Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks”

-Muyassar Kurdi: Lullaby for the Children of the Sun

-Gilad Cohen: Three Goat Blues

Guests:

Reza Vali, Composer

Pejman Hadadi, Percussion

Shaheen Rahman
Board President, Islamic Arts Society