A Sunday Online Workshop with Mahsa Vahdat
11:00am - 12:15pm PST
Registration fee: $25 (a Zoom link will be sent upon successful registration)

PLEASE NOTE THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP on APRIL 26!

Springtime has been the source of inspiration for musicians, singers, poets and artists from all the world's cultures. It is the season of rebirth, new growth, rejuvenation, and renewal. Leaves are returning to the trees, flowers bloom everywhere, and the light grows every day. The miracle of spring has resulted in a huge treasury of human expressions of wonder and hope. 

In Persian culture, the arrival of spring is connected to the most important feast (“Norouz”).  Dating back thousands of years, and usually falling around March 20 or 21, Norouz marks the spring equinox and the beginning of the new year. The first month of the new year and spring, Farvardin, the beginning of spring, is reflected in the verses of old poets like Hafez, Saadi, Rumi, and Khayam, and has provided inspiration for musicians and artists for countless centuries.

In this workshop acclaimed Persian vocalist and cultural activist Mahsa Vahdat will teach a song related to spring that draws from the treasury of Persian poetry. At this moment, when everyone in the world is experiencing suffering in the face of shared fears and losses, Mahsa and students will pay tribute to the beauty and hope that nature offers us in the form of spring.