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or many years, this concert has been
titled “The Classical Concert” but
since the circumstances of choosing
the music to be put in this concert got out
of hand, its name was changed into “Peace-
ful Chaos”.
The concert was held on February 1st in
Imad Taher auditorium. It held a combina-
tion of many different types of music: Latin,
romantic, baroque, and contemporary. Var-
ious instruments were played including the
piano, guitar, clarinet and a lot of percus-
sion instruments.
“The audience was brilliant,” said Julien
Tavitian, a musician who sang to a packed
audience who cheered all performers.
The concert was divided into several seg-
ments according to the genre of music. The
first part was a group of random selections
sung and played by the students. It also in-
cluded a classical piece played on the clari-
net for the very first time in IC history. The
second part of the concert included several
extremely talented pianists who magnifi-
cently reflected theirmusicianship and years
of training. There was also some singing in-
cluding a duet between piano and voice and
a duet between voice and recorder.
“The music was incredible. It wasn’t
boring at all unlike what people say about
classical music!” remarked Jennifer Karam,
who was in the audience.
The third part of this concert offered
some impressing musical pianists who
played with a great deal of passion and
emotion. At the end of the concert there
were two ensemble pieces that were played
on the xylophones, metalophones, a guitar,
violin and percussion. There was also a sur-
prise ending where Mr. Wafic Itani gave a
breathtaking taking duet on his viola with
Ms. Tatiana Bondarovich, the concert’s su-
pervisor, on the piano.
By Haitham Haidar,
reprinted from The
Makhloutah, February 2008.
Campus News
Peaceful Chaos
Human Rights
Ten IB1 Students participated in the Human Rights commemoration or-
ganized by the UN office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in
the Middle East, in December at the UNESCO palace. Under the theme
welcoming the 60th year of the universal declaration of Human rights,
they performed three theatre sketches illustrating human rights.
Lebanese
Artists come
to campus
A
s part of the preparation for the
Art Festival, students across
the school have begun preparing for
this year’s theme “Art in Lebanon”.
Twenty-two Lebanese artists will
be giving question and answer ses-
sions on campus. Seven artists have
already given presentations includ-
ing Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui, Jean
Marc Nahas, Flavia Codsi, Mansour
al Haber and Jamil Molaeb. Some of
the artists are giving presentations
in their studios.
“Students know more about west-
ern artists than Lebanese artists,”
said Samia Boulad, head of the Art
Department. “And so we thought
why not have interviews between
the students and the artists so that
students can ask questions, get to
know the artist and then work ac-
cording to the artists style.”
Students and artists’ work will be
displayed in the Art Festival.