Give Assyrians a night of music and song and we show up with our dancing shoes ready to party. It's our way, for after all, we're a musical people with a ready song on our tongue and a spring in our step. For Mesopotamian Night — Los Angeles (MN-LA), though, we can leave the shoes at the door and come in for an unforgettable musical experience.

This week we received a generous donation from Wolfhead Music, a publisher of music ancient and modern based in Bedford, Indiana.

It is our pleasure to announce that Mr. Fred Parhad, the renowned Assyrian sculptor, will be honored at the 7th annual Mesopotamian Night.  The event will be held in San Jose on June 21, 2014, at the California Theater.

Although he is not new to art, he is a new member of the Mesopotamian Night Family. Ninos Chammo (www.ninoschammo.com) is a scultptor, painter and jewelry maker – a worldwide renowned artist.

The Mesopotamian Night Choir Ensemble will once again be featured in the 7th annual Mesopotamian Night Concert held at the California Theatre in San Jose, CA on June 21, 2014.

The California's Seating In General 

The California Theater is an intimate, comfortable, and beautifully decorated hall, with 1,126 plush seats. No seat is more than 20 rows from the orchestra players or more than 20 seats from center. The theater's acoustics are excellent and the sound in the mezzanine is especially outstanding. There truly are no poor seats in this hall. Both the orchestra floor and balcony levels have seats in all four price categories.

The 5th Mesopotamian Night (2012) 2 DVDS and 2 CDs set is now available for sale

I first heard Rev. Samuel Khangaldy’s music at the 2009 Mesopotamian Nights production. It was the overture from the oratorio Gilgamesh and it was good stuff. The overture, about 15 minutes or so long, uses long and luscious lines in the tradition of the great symphonic poems by Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Liszt and Sibelius. “Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us,” said Boris Pasternak, and the Rev. Khangaldy’s music was such a gift.

Two Hotels in Downtown San Jose to accommodate our guests for the 6th Annual Mesopotamian Night concert on June 15, 2013

In the following article, Obelit Yadgar summarizes better than everyone else, the vision behind our Mesopotamian Night project. We are glad, he is back contributing to what he has passion for: promoting Assyrian Performing Arts.