MATT WRIGHT

Dance Band Coordinator

Matt Wright is our Dance Band Coordinator for the evening dance parties following our evening concerts.  An accomplished Middle Eastern musician and band director, Matt has attended camp for many years, recently as a member of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, and has earned high praise as our Dance Band Coordinator for the last several years.  

Each night has a theme and music from different traditions -- Armenian folk dance (with Naomi Eshoo), Arabic Debke (with Hassan Harfouche), Turkish/Turkish Romani (with Jessaiah Zure), Persian social dance (with Shahrzad), Ghawazi/Baladi (Egyptian folkloric), a Hafla with open-floor dancing of various "bellydance" faves and other traditions/styles to be determined.

If you would like to participate in one or more of these ensembles, please contact Matt as soon as possible letting him know your instrument(s), traditions in which you play, songs in your repertoire, and whether you sing. 

For more information email Matt anytime before camp: matt@create.ucsb.edu