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Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn
Sunday, March 9 Brooklyn Historical Society 2:00-4:00pm
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Said has been playing percussion for more than thirty-five years. He has played with dancer Aida Nour and with such singers as Mohamed El Helwa, Ali Haggar, and Iman Darwish... more
Founded at Bay Ridge’s Arab American Association in 2001, Salaam Debkah promotes youth development and Arab cultural forms. Practicing weekly, under the direction of Sheren Attal, Salaam Debkah is no... more
Moroccan violinist Salah Rhani specializes in the popular musical genres of North Africa, sha’abi and Rai. At the age of 10 he began playing kamanja (Arab violin), which he learned from his brothers,... more
Ghacham hails from the village of Yaroun on the southern border of Lebanon, where families and friends dance debkah at every social gathering, from weddings to birthdays. Ghacham was particularly inf... more
Samara has spent 25 years dedicated to the dances of the Middle East and North Africa. Drawn to the dance because of her Mediterranean heritage (Greek and Turkish), she began dancing professionally in... more
Tabari is a Palestinian vocalist who comes from a family of musicians and singers. He began to learn and play keyboard at age 11 and by age 14 was performing at weddings and parties with many famous s... more
Shumays received a bachelor's degree in music composition from Harvard University before turning to Arab music. He first studied Arab violin under Simon Shaheen in New York (1998-2001), then traveled ... more
Samuel Thomas, performer and ethnomusicologist, holds two Bachelor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music in Jazz Composition and Performance, a Masters of Music from CUNY-Brooklyn College, an... more
Sawt al-Mar'a: Voice of the Women
Sunday, March 16 Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center 3:00-5:00pm
Sawt al-Mar’a: Voice of the Woman
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Sun... more
Wilson, the son of the famous Middle Eastern dancer “Serena” of New York City, grew up immersed in the music of Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Armenia and Israel, and played in the New York club scene during ... more
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Sat... more
Shoshana “Sham’eh” Tubi, a long-time Brooklyn resident, was born in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. At a young age she learned the wedding songs and dances of the Jewish women of Sana’a, in which she ev... more
Interview with NPR December 2001
Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents
*LMCC's 2004 publication "Site Matters: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Artists Residency Program in the World Trade Center, 1997-2001 is a publication which examines Manhattan as a site of creativ... more
Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Open House and Performance
Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Open House: Saturday, September 29, 1-4pm featuring Sheryl Oring performing I Wish to Say
Sudha Seetharaman and Trilok Fusion
Ms. Seetharaman is a trained dancer in Bharatanatyam, an ancient form of highly stylized classical South Indian dance that dates back to the 2nd century B.C. She performs with members of Trilok Fusion... more
Tamara Chernyakhovska - Ukranian folk dance
Tamara Chernyakhovska is a Brooklyn-based Ukrainian choreographer, teacher, and dancer. For fifteen years she was a principal dancer with the G. G. Veriovka Ukrainian National Dance Company of Kyiv, ... more
Abboushi grew up in Palestine and moved to America at the age of 16. A graduate with honors from William Paterson University with a B.M. in Jazz Piano Performance, he became more involved in Arab musi... more
Tim Moore grew up in the Midwest, and began playing drums at the age of 12. A natural percussionist, he began performing with different groups early on, gaining experience in a variety of genres inclu... more
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Thu... more
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Thursday, March 20 Joe’s Pub (Manhattan) 9:00-10:30pm
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Tue... more
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Thu... more
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Thursday, March 6 Safe-T-Gallery 6:30-8:30
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Tareq Abboushi, buzuq specialist and teacher, lead a workshop on Arab music basics. If you’re new to the music, this was the way to get an “ear up”.
Vongku Pak is a Korean-born and Brooklyn-based artist who specializes in Korean traditional folk arts, including poongmul, samulnor (drum and gong ensemble), and mask dance. He has studied with Human... more
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