Som'ma Ensemble

A San Francisco based ensemble, Som'ma lives in different bodies at different times and the form which the group takes changes with each different idea and concept unique to the bands lineup of virtuoso performers and composers. Som'ma has been actively creating and performing exciting, new & otherwise avant-garde music and concepts.

The music has been anywere from strict Persian classical music to Middle Eastern fusion and even Jazz, Rock & Electronica collaborations. Using the rich Persian classical background as well as other cultures to generate the only band of its sort.

Somma's musical adventure continues bringing influential and innovative music throughout its journey. Wherever, whenever they emerge.

Meanings se-ma (semma)

Part of the inspiration of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi (1207- 1273) Sema, in Sufism, means listening to music, singing and chanting to attain a state of religious emotion and ecstasy, it is a spiritual concert.

The word for dancing was 'Raks', but today sema alone is almost synonymous with dancing (semazen in this context means 'dancer') which is an essential part of the ceremony and 'Zikr' is the remembrance of God by the repeated enunciation of short invocations.

so·ma2 (somma)

1. An intoxicating or hallucinogenic beverage, used as an offering to the Hindu gods and consumed by participants in Vedic ritual sacrifices.

2. The body of an individual as contrasted with the mind or psyche.