Founding a New Ensemble, Middle Eastern Music, and the Conservatory (ft. Noémie Chemali)

French-Lebanese-American violist Noémie Chemali received her Bachelor’s degree from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, her Artist Diploma from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, and her Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School. Her principal teachers include Becca Albers, Hsin-Yun Huang, and Carol Rodland.

During her time at Juilliard, she made her Carnegie Weill Hall solo debut in the UN Chamber Music Society’s Arabic Language Day concert and collaborated with dancers of the New York City Ballet. During her time at the McDuffie Center for Strings, she performed alongside faculty members of the Cavani and Ehnes String Quartets. In 2019, she also performed in “A Night of Georgia Music,” a tour the American South with violinist Robert McDuffie, guitarist Mike Mills of the band R.E.M., and pianist Chuck Leavell of the Allman Brothers Band/Rolling Stones. Some performance highlights from McGill include playing a concert with clarinetist David Krakauer in a program of Klezmer music, being selected to perform a chamber work by John Rea in a concert presented by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) alongside Schulich faculty and students, and participating in the 2018 Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival, where she collaborated with students from the Mozarteum (Austria) and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore).

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💿“Tasalsul IV,” by Saad Haddad: https://youtu.be/JuUrwUrnzCQ?si=IGij9mEv04pMrkFX

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🕒 Timestamps

00:00 Ensemble Phoenicia

04:00 LinkedIn

06:58 Conservatory

09:35 Cadenza from “The Brown Texts,” by Layale Chaker

11:30 Concert protocol

12:45 Why play Middle Eastern-inspired music?

19:50 “The Mouraba' Dance,” by Wajdi Abou Diab

29:68 “Tasalsul IV,” by Saad Haddad

38:20 Playing in orchestra