I just got this email from a soprano living in Park Slope. She is a faculty member of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and also
a member of the Mimesis Ensemble, a young energetic classical music
ensemble that champions the work of living composers. 

This
Friday, the Mimesis Ensemble is performing at the Brooklyn Conservatory
Concert Hall in Park Slope.  This is not a Conservatory-sponsored
event, but an event being held there. 

The concert will feature the
works of Mohammed Fairouz, a talented young Egyptian-born, London- and
Boston (New England Conservatory) -trained composer (www.mohammedfairouz.com). 

Friday's performance is in support of an important, ground-breaking
opera Mohammed is writing based on the play, "Song of Death" by
celebrated Egyptian playwright, Tawfiq Al-Hakim.  Mohammed's music is
great and the performers are stellar.

One of Mohammed's mentors, Halim El-Dabh (www.halimeldabh.com),
considered the "father of electronic music" and who is Egypt's formost
living composer (at 92 years old!), is Mimesis's composer-in-residence
this season and his works have been and will be also presented at
future concerts this season.  He will be live on WNYU radio tomorrow
between 12 and 2 pm.   www.wnyu.org   ( http://wnyu.org/2009-01-30_electrickahraba (an archive of last week's show)

This
concert is a benefit concert to raise awareness of and support for the
commission and production of a new opera by Mohammed Fairouz.  The
opera, based on a play by Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim, will be
premiered by the Mimesis Ensemble in New York City in 2010.  Please
support this exciting project by joining us for this thrilling concert
of piano and vocal works by Mohammed Fairouz!