Suraya Mohamed
Suraya Mohamed is a three-time Peabody Award-winning producer, sound designer and editor. She currently serves as the project manager for Jazz Night In Americaand isa contributing producer on the Alt.Latinopodcast.She also produces NPR's holiday specials package, including Tinsel Tales, Hanukkah Lights, Toast Of The Nation, Pink Martini's Joy To The World: A Holiday Spectacular and most recently Hamilton: A Story Of US.You'll also find her work on the Tiny Desk series as either a producer or engineer.
A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music's with degrees in Viola Performance and Recording Arts and Sciences, Mohamed specializes in music and technology. Her Tonmeister (German: "sound master") classification is punctuated by her experience working as both an engineer and a producer in many genres.
With a wide range of musical interests and experience, Mohamed played bass in a high school go-go band, has worked as a substitute violist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and currently performs with a Washington, D.C., indie-rock band.
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Surrounded by mountains, the band plays its biggest hits at 8,000 feet. -
The sweet harmonies of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig fill a man-made cavern in the historic Smuggler Mine. -
So much more than a singer and songwriter, Connie Lim is a talented storyteller and activist who uses her music to inspire advocacy. -
A dynamic performer con carisma y fuerza, Daymé Arocena sings the blues in a field of inflatable flowers. -
John Oates and John Michel, two Aspen locals, came down the mountain to share a set of easygoing songs among the sage brush. -
While in Tokyo, we happened across this energetic band featuring the unique vocals of Yu Sakai, so we had to bring them to Tiny Desk. -
With a wide range of talents and influences, IDK's music reflects a broad range of his life experiences. -
Watch as Common and Aspen Music School students take Toto's "Africa" and make something spontaneous, yet memorable. -
Watch Alynda Segarra tell personal stories through songs as wide-screen as the Elk Mountains in the background. -
Watch the mandolinist play solo and in collaboration with violinist Sofia Hashemi-Asasi and students from the Aspen Music school. -
Watch the steelpan-led funk group perform amidst the trees at the Aspen Ideas Festival. -
Watch the guitarist and songwriter perform outside on the idyllic Aspen Ideas Festival campus.
