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Welcome to the site for Labyrinth New England! We are dedicated to presenting traditional and contemporary modal music of the Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Central, and South Asia as a holistic art form that transcends national borders. We offer educational outreach, workshops, concerts, and other opportunities to study and perform this music to students and professionals of all ages and skill levels.
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Call For Musicians: the Modal Mosaic Orchestra
Calling all musicians who are interested in performing modal music from the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia! This coming fall, we will commence our community modal music project, the Modal Mosaic Orchestra. The orchestra will be comprised of community members of various skill levels and more established artists who have knowledge and skills to offer to our community.
Our monthly Modal Music Sessions will continue to be for workshopping new material and will shift to Mondays once per month at 7:30pm at Powers Music School in Belmont, MA. Exact dates can be found above in the Upcoming Local Events section of our Home page and on our Learning page.
On most intervening weeks we will meet to rehearse repertoire and play as much as possible. These rehearsal sessions are for anyone who is available and wants to play this music. In this way, we will establish repertoire to perform together as a large ensemble going forward.
If you have questions about the Modal Mosaic Orchestra, the Modal Music Sessions, or would like to attend our rehearsals, please Contact Us.
Upcoming Local Events
Tuesday, October 27th - All day event: Sound and Music in the Muslim World - one day conference at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA
Monday, November 9th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Sunday, December 6th @ 4pm: Fabio Pirozzolo's World Review w/ Tev Stevig in Cambridge, MA
Monday, December 14th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Monday, January 11th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Monday, February 8th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Monday, March 8th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Monday, April 12th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
Monday, May 10th @ 7:30pm: Modal Music Sessions in Belmont, MA. RSVP here!
If you have an event you'd like to share with our community, please Contact Us!
Modal Mosaic Concert October 2025 Videos
Video from the Modal Mosaic concert on October 22nd, 2025 is slowly being released on YouTube. This was a very special, intimate event featuring performances by Christos Barbas, Beth Bahia Cohen, George Lernis, and Tev Stevig. Unfortunately, the video from the concert was not the best, but the sounds were great, so we started a new multi-media project (featuring paintings by the artist HWS) to make it available online. The most recent video is an original tune by Christos Barbas, entitled “La Nau.” More videos are forthcoming, please subscribe to the Labyrinth New England YouTube channel for updates.
2025 Labyrinth New England Festival Concert Videos
Video from the March 1st, 2025 Labyrinth New England Festival concert is now up on YouTube. This was a really fun event with performances from Beth Bahia Cohen, Mal Barsamian, George Lernis, Michael K. Harrist, and Tev Stevig. If you missed the concert and would like to check it out online, you can view the entire playlist here. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share.