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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: Sunday, March 16, 3 - 5pm
WHERE: Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
WHAT: Sawt al-Mar’a: Voice of the Woman
Malika Zarra, Shoshana Tubi, and Gaida Hinnawi, with their ensembles, sing Arab classics and folk genres of the Levant, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen, along with innovative original compositions.
This concert is part of the Elebash Concert Series: Tradition and Evolution in Arab Music made possible with major support from Baisley Powell Elebash Fund.
Throughout March 2008, BAC will present the Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival, a groundbreaking celebration of Arab musical traditions in Brooklyn. In a series of concerts, symposia and workshops throughout the month, Brooklyn Maqam will feature nearly 100 New York-based musicians and groups representing musical traditions from Egypt, Yemen, Palestine, Iraq, Israel, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon in venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, such as Alwan for the Arts, BAM Café, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC), Joe’s Pub, and more.
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Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
2001 Oriental Blvd.
Sheepshead Bay • 718-265-5343
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Sawt al-Mar’a: Voice of the Woman
03/16/08
3:00PM - 5:00PM
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