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Al Ruh, the Saw Peep Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, performing Baligh Hamdi's "Alf Leila Wa Leila" at Louisville WorldFest! This is the opening overture of the magnificent waslah composed for the awesome Umm Kulthum! September 6, 2026 Louisville Belvedere Rachel Hofmeister – violin Angela Thomas – bass Sarah Jones – cello Chelsea Getty – cello Penelope Quesada – flute Denise Collins-Martinez – oud Helen Holifield – daf, riqq Roxell Karr – dumbek Jon Silpayamanant – dumbek, musical arrangement/adaptation Video by Tim Preston #Louisville #BalighHamdi #AlfLeilaWaLeila #Waslah #UmmKulthum #Egypt #EgyptianMusic

Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble performing at Louisville Worldfest performing music from all over Asia and by Asian composers! September 5, 2026 Louisville Belvedere Saw Peep is: Rachel Hofmeister – violin Angela Thomas – bass Sarah Jones – cello Chelsea Getty – cello Penelope Quesada – flute Denise Collins-Martinez – oud Jon Silpayamanant – darbuka, vocals Helen Holifield – def, riqq, ching Roxell Karr – keyboard All musical arrangements/adaptations/transcriptions by Jon Silpayamanant Photo by Melanie Hughes #WorldFest #Louisville #AsianMusic #MongolianMusic #IranianMusic #PersianMusic #IndonesianMusic #FilipinoMusic #JavaneseMusic #TurkishMusic #Music #Oud #Cello #Bass #Violin #Flute #Darbuka #Def #Riqq #Ching #Keyboard

See you soon at WorldFest!!! 3pm today on the Main Stage!

Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble enjoying Raag Kalyaan at WUOL New Lens concert series in the 21C Museum Hotel! Meena Khan Atif – sitar Gregory Acker – bansuri Jon Silpayamanant – ghataam November 12, 2023 #RaagKalyaan #Kalyaan #Sitar #Bansuri #Ghataam #Louisville #Raag #Raga @gregory.acker @jonsilpayamanant @dr.meena.sitar

Our new string section is less than a year old now–we just welcomed Cathy (violin) and Sarah (cello) to their first rehearsal with us yesterday as we revisited some of the earliest rep we used to play from the SWANA (Southwest Asia & North Africa) region as well as some tunes from East and Southeast Asia! The video below is an excerpt from Mohamed El Mougy's "Tamr Henna" (from the 1957 Egyptian film of the same name)–also a classic bellydance tune! @hofmeister_rachel @justlifenow2026 @h.edgewalker @denisecollinsmartinez @jonsilpayamanant #EgyptianMusic #EgyptianFilmScore #MohamedElMougy #محمدالموجي #Strings #Flute #Oud #Dumbek #Cello #Bass #Violin #Def

Saw Peep always has a blast at the Juerga/Haflas at Flamenco Louisville! This one was hosted by both Flamenco Louisville and Elementals Dance. Thanks to all the dancers, musicians, and everyone who showed up for the party! Saturday, July 25, 2026 Flamenco Louisville Studio @elementalsdance @flamencolouisville

Thank you Louisville Fringe Festival, Allie, Nick, and all the other performers for a wonderfully successful inaugural Louisville Fringe Puppet Slam! Saw Peep was so thrilled to perform our short excerpted adaptation of "Hanuman Crosses the Ocean" and look forward to presenting it as part of our "Adventures of Hanuman, the Monkey King" for ArtsReach's MeX Project at Kentucky Performing Arts' MeX Theatre in May 2027! Shadow puppets and music by Jon Silpayamanant @silpayamanant_art @jonsilpayamanant Check out the photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=SawPeep&set=a.1720702290057315

We’ll see you tonight at Louisville Fringe Puppet Slam!

We're so excited to be sharing space on the Artsreach MeX Project at the Kentucky Center with these other wonderful artists this 2026/2027 Season! Original post by @kyperformingarts @kentuckycenter @kpaartsreach here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbGQZVEiAUI/