Clarissa Bitar biography: 13 things about Palestinian oud musician from Los Angeles, California

Clarissa Bitar is a Palestinian oud musician and composer born, raised and based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2007 to 2011, she attended St. Lucy’s Priory High School in Glendora, California.
2. From 2011 to 2015, she attended the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California where she earned her bachelor’s degree in ethnomusicology.
3. In September 2012, she started working as an oud instructor and an oud performer in Los Angeles.
4. From January 2013 to September 2015, she was a property manager at Goleta Dixon Storage Lot in Santa Barbara.
5. From September 2015 to September 2016, she was a purchasing and inventory manager at Hambones, Inc. in Huntington Beach, California. From September 2015 to July 2016, she was an administrative assistant at JMCD Properties in Downey, California.
6. From December 2015 to March 2016, she was a self-employed piano instructor in Glendora. From January 2016 to March 2016, she was a studio musician at Mountain Dog Musicworks in Ojai, California. From March 2016 to March 2017, she was a Ballparq., Inc. web developer.
7. From August 2016 to November 2016, she completed the web development immersive program of General Assembly, which is based in New York City, New York, USA. In November 2016, she joined Kawilla, Inc. in Los Angeles as a full stack developer. From November 2016 to July 2017, she was an ARTALLUS front end developer in Los Angeles.
8. In January 2019, she and Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd released a joined poetry-oud extended play titled “Bellydancing on Wounds”. In October 2019, she released an EP titled “Bayati”.
9. In January 2020, she released her song “Rannan”. In August 2020, she released her song “Leila” featuring Abby Abdel-Khalek. In October 2020, she released her song “Nada”.
10. In August 2021, she released her song “Hassan Sabi”. In November 2021, she released her song “Awtar” featuring Abdel-Khalek.
11. In February 2022, she released her song “Homeland Security”. In August 2022, she and Peter Lam released their collaboration song “The Maze”.
12. In March 2023, she released her song “Fi Kul Balad”. In August 2023, she released her song “Emerald”.
13. She was 30 years old when she released her song “Nasak” in September 2023.

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