https://nickragheb.com/performance daily 0.75 2022-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571615764760-5OURFLHZY80PTAMBBQK4/FallConcert2014.jpg Performance Playing the frame drum (daff) while serving as the percussion director of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble (2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571617976382-XBU3WPXLHKAJA55O0LNU/65305691_361984984503140_3486608095310774272_n.jpg Performance Performing with Anatolian Gold, Santa Barbara’s one and only Turkish psychedelic rock band (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571616834051-QOX0NQE2PL8MIRACMLYS/885956_10101163645292723_329702524803954244_o-Nov13-2014.jpg Performance Performing at 3rd Street Gallery in Carnegie, Pennsylvania (2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571617215106-F3JNNVAS5EXFVX4DZAN5/1935795_137923876045_5093715_n+-+Sept2009.jpg Performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571616481145-ASNY18O2Y1H4DPEGE97M/BioPic04+-+drumfish.jpg Performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/6b65020b-cdd5-461f-87d3-6b58974524e3/WhatsApp+Image+2022-06-11+at+4.26.38+PM.jpeg Performance - Make it stand out Playing oud with Afro Jazz Quinteto and bandleader Zito Kaumy in Praia, Cabo Verde (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571277343743-S6P6C157XZSQ85P9D53K/BioPic05+-+nayUCSB.jpg Performance Performing as a soloist with the UCSB Middle East Ensemble (2014) https://nickragheb.com/home daily 1.0 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571102105994-F9KC9UDDX5ACQAXZDRQA/BioPic07+-+nay%26mayra.JPG Home - PERFORMANCE I am a performer of both Western and Near Eastern music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571174888607-GH54EXH44ZE5ZUEX7EI6/conferencepic.JPG Home - scholarship I am a published scholar in the field of Ethnomusicology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571174774508-YZP1QTUXKQGFHFTYD892/IMG_5936-No17-2014.jpg Home - TEACHING I am an educator with experience teaching in universities as well as in local community settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571099665711-MVF1VQFJ8GMIEGK09CPV/BioPic06+-+fogo.JPG Home - Transient https://nickragheb.com/teaching daily 0.75 2022-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571183943727-3XVGP96KWRWWVKFX8CXS/IMG_5936-No17-2014.jpg Teaching Teaching a percussion workshop at 3rd Street Gallery in Carnegie, Pennsylvania (2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1582994305144-J43TY842TRIAQ8GFK1KP/PentagramSchoolVisitJAn42020.jpg Teaching Making a class visit to Pentagrama School of Music in Praia, Cape Verde (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/66ff11e1-aee7-4b4e-8526-1fdf847ec913/Tronku+band+pic+02alt.JPG Teaching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571272858064-9QCPAREKEHC2JF3ZPVK3/DSC_0195-May10-2017.jpeg Teaching Hosting Kurdish-Iranian Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/d6d44718-ed69-4adf-9954-c0e486bb7473/Rafael+Serrallet2021Mar19.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out Hosting Spanish classical guitarist Rafael Serrallet (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/76836dc1-5ea0-4066-a270-13406bbe17f1/Pandeireteiras+Sen+Fronteiras2021.jpeg Teaching - Make it stand out Hosting Galician tradicional music troupe Pandeireteiras Sen Fronteiras (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da511937401fe62054dce62/1571272499124-KD02KH7FWPVWUSQFYF3O/11896561_10153010307316957_2837225037153824602_o-Aug26-18.jpg Teaching Working with students of award-winning belly dancer, teacher, and choreographer Cris! 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