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Project Showcase
Performances, informal sessions, and educational content created by our members, giving a window into how we do the work we love.
Wareed & The Polytechnic Balkan Orchestra: LIVE at Cal Poly's Davidson Music Center
Released June, 2026. The Polytechnic Balkan Orchestra is a project brought together by band leader and Cal Poly Interdisciplinary Studies student Cobalt Strahle in collaboration with Wareed and the university's Interdisciplinary Studies Department. The program's selections celebrated Romani traditions across the Balkans:
Bubamara (Ladybug) – Traditional
Dada Sali – Ferus Mustafov (1950-2023)
Gradezh (Development) – Traditional
Bergama Gaydası (The Bergama Bagpipe) – Hüsnü Şenlendirici (b. 1976)
Phirava Daje (I Travelled, Mother) – Traditional
Sat (Time) – Boban Marković (b. 1954)
Odzacar (Chimney Sweep) – Traditional
Kojak – Traditional
Productions
Studio Session: Wareed at KCPR
Released January, 2026. This production brought together KCPR-FM, a student-run, noncommercial radio station that has been part of San Luis Obispo’s cultural life since 1968, and Wareed. Licensed by the FCC and operated by Cal Poly students, KCPR has long served as a platform for emerging music, arts, and local voices on the Central Coast. Through this collaboration, students working across music and journalism came together to select, produce, and share living musical traditions through broadcast and video. Visit KCPR-FM at kcpr.org.
Spanning Arabic, Persian, Armenian, and Turkish influences, the set moves between structured ensemble pieces and improvised taqsim, where individual musicians explore maqamat freely before the rhythm enters. These moments of solo expression give way to driving ostinatos and full-ensemble textures, highlighting both the depth and diversity of the repertoire.