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Sunday, March 2
Brooklyn Maqam Begins
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)
Dance and music from the Arab world: Simon Shaheen, world renowned, Brooklyn-based violinist and oudist. Folk Feet Arab Traditional Dance Showcase: Egyptian zeffa, saidi and tannoura...more
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Tuesday, March 4
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Brooklyn Arts Council
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.”...more
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Brooklyn Arts Council
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.”...more
Wednesday, March 5
Oud-Off I: Oud and Qahwa
Najeeb's Place
The “Oudman” Najeeb Shaheen with his special guest Dimitri Mikelis improvised on and explained the revered stringed instrument of Arab music, the oud. The audience sipped an Arabic coffee with cardamom (qahawa arbiyya) while listening...more
Oud-Off I: Oud and Qahwa
Najeeb's Place
The “Oudman” Najeeb Shaheen with his special guest Dimitri Mikelis improvised on and explained the revered stringed instrument of Arab music, the oud. The audience sipped an Arabic coffee with cardamom (qahawa arbiyya) while listening...more
Thursday, March 6
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Safe-T-Gallery
Karim Nagi, percussionist and widely regarded workshop teacher, lead a session on Arab music basics including how a listening audience responds. Followed by:
Jam in 3-D: Dumbek, Darbukah, Derbekki...more
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Safe-T-Gallery
Karim Nagi, percussionist and widely regarded workshop teacher, lead a session on Arab music basics including how a listening audience responds. Followed by:
Jam in 3-D: Dumbek, Darbukah, Derbekki...more
Friday, March 7
Brooklyn's Maqam: Reinventing Arab Music in the Borough
BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Featuring Fahim Dandan, the renowned singer whose presence at Arab weddings in Brooklyn and across the country is virtually required! And the experimental jazzy-Middle Eastern sound of Shusmo, led by Brooklyn’s multi-talented Tareq Abboushi...more
Brooklyn's Maqam: Reinventing Arab Music in the Borough
BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Featuring Fahim Dandan, the renowned singer whose presence at Arab weddings in Brooklyn and across the country is virtually required! And the experimental jazzy-Middle Eastern sound of Shusmo, led by Brooklyn’s multi-talented Tareq Abboushi...more
Sunday, March 9
Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Historical Society
A panel of music scholars and local community representatives discussed the history and relevance of Brooklyn’s evolving Arab music traditions. Panelists: Dr. Anne Rasmussen, ethnomusicologist, Samuel R. Thomas, ethnomusicologist...more
Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Historical Society
A panel of music scholars and local community representatives discussed the history and relevance of Brooklyn’s evolving Arab music traditions. Panelists: Dr. Anne Rasmussen, ethnomusicologist, Samuel R. Thomas, ethnomusicologist...more
Friday, March 14
Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review
Lafayette Grill and Bar (Manhattan)
This evening featured Brooklyn’s Eddie “The Sheik” Kochak with his band; a reunion of 1980’s Cedars of Lebanon/ Ibis Nightclub musicians; and Scott Wilson & Efendi. Accompanying dancers included Samara, Layla, Rayhanna, and others...more
Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review
Lafayette Grill and Bar (Manhattan)
This evening featured Brooklyn’s Eddie “The Sheik” Kochak with his band; a reunion of 1980’s Cedars of Lebanon/ Ibis Nightclub musicians; and Scott Wilson & Efendi. Accompanying dancers included Samara, Layla, Rayhanna, and others...more
Saturday, March 15
Sha'abi Shake Down
Sultana
Party down to Moroccan and Tunisian popular musical traditions, such as sha’abi and rai with Mostafa El Jdidi, Salah Rhani, Noureddine, Jowad Bohsina, Reeyad El Tunsi, and others. The evening concluded with the Moroccan Sephardic...more
Sha'abi Shake Down
Sultana
Party down to Moroccan and Tunisian popular musical traditions, such as sha’abi and rai with Mostafa El Jdidi, Salah Rhani, Noureddine, Jowad Bohsina, Reeyad El Tunsi, and others. The evening concluded with the Moroccan Sephardic...more
Sunday, March 16
Sawt al-Mar'a: The Voice of the Women
Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
Malika Zarra, Shoshana Tubi, and Gaida Hinnawi, with their ensembles, sang Arab classics and folk genres of the Levant, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen, along with innovative original compositions...more
Sawt al-Mar'a: The Voice of the Women
Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
Malika Zarra, Shoshana Tubi, and Gaida Hinnawi, with their ensembles, sang Arab classics and folk genres of the Levant, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen, along with innovative original compositions...more
Wednesday, March 19
Ladies Night at Layaly
Layaly
A night with some of the Metro area’s most in-demand vocalists: Al Sarah soloing Sudanese Arabic music, Rana Beyrouti, specializing in popular Lebanese djbeli song; and Ahlem, covering the best in classics and pop...more
Ladies Night at Layaly
Layaly
A night with some of the Metro area’s most in-demand vocalists: Al Sarah soloing Sudanese Arabic music, Rana Beyrouti, specializing in popular Lebanese djbeli song; and Ahlem, covering the best in classics and pop...more
Thursday, March 20
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Joe's Pub
Zikrayat, led by Sami Abu Shumays, played a classical repertoire from the Golden Age of Egyptian cinema, and Safaafir, led by Amir ElSaffar, revived the classical urban vocal tradition of Iraqi maqam...more
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Joe's Pub
Zikrayat, led by Sami Abu Shumays, played a classical repertoire from the Golden Age of Egyptian cinema, and Safaafir, led by Amir ElSaffar, revived the classical urban vocal tradition of Iraqi maqam...more
Thursday, March 27
Oud-Oud II: All About Oud
Barbés
An evening of classic repertoire and improvisations with Brooklyn’s Palestinian oudists of distinction: Zafer Tawil and Georges Ziadeh...more
Oud-Oud II: All About Oud
Barbés
An evening of classic repertoire and improvisations with Brooklyn’s Palestinian oudists of distinction: Zafer Tawil and Georges Ziadeh...more
Friday, March 28
Coffeeshop Hafla
Tarboosh Cafe
Our hafla (party) started out Lebanese style, featuring singers Basil Touma and Rana Beyruti performing traditional Levantine songs, mawwal, jabali and debkah. Dance with local Bay Ridge debkah group and taste Tarboosh’s shisha flavors...more
Coffeeshop Hafla
Tarboosh Cafe
Our hafla (party) started out Lebanese style, featuring singers Basil Touma and Rana Beyruti performing traditional Levantine songs, mawwal, jabali and debkah. Dance with local Bay Ridge debkah group and taste Tarboosh’s shisha flavors...more
Saturday, March 29
Diverse Traditions: Arab Folk Music in Regional Expression
Alwan for the Arts
This evening featured Ahmed Alrodini, accompanied by Isaac Gutwilik, (Yemeni, Red Sea coast); Naji Youssef (Lebanese, djbeli); and Abdel Rahim with Brahim Fribgane (Moroccan, Berber)...more
Diverse Traditions: Arab Folk Music in Regional Expression
Alwan for the Arts
This evening featured Ahmed Alrodini, accompanied by Isaac Gutwilik, (Yemeni, Red Sea coast); Naji Youssef (Lebanese, djbeli); and Abdel Rahim with Brahim Fribgane (Moroccan, Berber)...more
Sunday, March 30
Answering the Call to Prayer: Arab-Influenced Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn
Brooklyn Public Library/Grand Army Plaza, Stevan A. Dweck Center
Artists included the choir of the Catholic Melkite Byzantine Church of the Virgin Mary, led by Barbara Giancola; the ensemble, Tarab, specializing in Sufi repertoire; and Yehezkel Zion, rabbi, cantor, and singer of pizmonim...more
Answering the Call to Prayer: Arab-Influenced Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn
Brooklyn Public Library/Grand Army Plaza, Stevan A. Dweck Center
Artists included the choir of the Catholic Melkite Byzantine Church of the Virgin Mary, led by Barbara Giancola; the ensemble, Tarab, specializing in Sufi repertoire; and Yehezkel Zion, rabbi, cantor, and singer of pizmonim...more
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