Mina Salama
Got a Bachelor in the Music Education with a Very Good degree from the University of Alexandria -Egypt in 2000 and became a teacher assistant on the same Faculty.• Rsearcher and lecturer at the University of Huddersfield.• A multi-instrumentalist for many instruments like piano, keyboard, nay,kawala, Armenian Duduk, oriental violin, qanun, mandolin, saz and the oud.• Worked as a nay, piano principle player in the "Egyptian Opera House" from 2004 to 2012. Also worked as an Assistant Maestro, Music. Also as a Music Arranger for many music pieces and songs which played in the Opera House from 2004 to 2012.• Music director and a vocal coach for many choirs such as the Opera Choir and many choirs of the Coptic Church.• A manager for Ava Takla Sound Studios and the principal Sound engineer from 2008 to 2012• Composed and arranged many music pieces and songs for many albums and projects for the Coptic Churches and TV Channels.• Contributed in the recordings of the choir's first music college seminary in Cairo, and the supervision of the music department at the Institute of Coptic Hymns Coptic Studies in Cairo.• Has performed at Edinburgh Festival 2014, Celebrating Sanctuary Southbank 2013 & 2014, AHRC Connected Communities Festival Cardiff 2014, Journeys Festival 2014 Leicester, Manchester Bridgewater Hall 2013, Platforma Festival 2013, and is currently working on Haymanot Tesfa‘s solo recording project with Arian Sadr, on MIRO’s debut CD, and on Rafiki Jazz‘s 3rd album project.• Participated as a nay soloist player specialist musician with saint Kyrl trust Orchestra and Choir at all The Coptic music concerts in many countries like England,Sweden &France.• Some of his music pieces have been played many times on the BBC radio Sheffield & BBC 6.• Performed at the biggest Music Festivals in the UK such as Shrewsbury Folk Festival and Womad before an audience of 4000 people in two years 2017 and 2018.• In 2017 contributed in the music score recording and filming for Disney new movie Alladin Casts Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott.• Have been chosen to introduce the nay to be recorded and documented in the British Museum web site about Islamic Civilization project.• Performed as a soloist musician for celebrating The united Kingdom of Emirates National day in 2017 in The National History Museum, also in 2018 in Victoria and Albert Museum 2018.• Contributed in Civilizations BBC TV program in 2017 and demonstrated the 30,000 years Isturitz Vulture Bone Flute.• Have been chosen to lead many workshops in deferent universities and Music colleges in the UK such as The northern Royal Music College in Manchester, York Music College, Sheffield and Leeds Universities.• Have been chosen to be one of the leaders to put the Arts Council funded program for Manchester International Roots Orchestra for 2019.• Contributed to many international projects as a musician or composer or advisor, or an actor-musician such as “Aladdin” Disney movie in 2019 which contributed in recording the nay on its soundtrack and also as qanun player actor, and also The Music Project for people who are suffering dementia in the UK, and as an advisor for The Educational Project “Shabti” which is teaching the UK students about the Ancient Egyptian Civilization.• Contributed to many Masters and PhD research.