Loading ...MLK Library: Understanding Arab Music
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/12/2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
MLK Library
Categories
Cost:
Free USD
Contact Person:
Email:
info@arabamerica.com
Website:
Phone:
877-272-2944
Organization:
Arab America Foundation
MLK Library, in collaboration with the Arab America Foundation, celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month during April.
Join us on Saturday afternoon, April 12th, as we feature renowned vocalist and composer, Muaz Edriss, and his Arab Music Ensemble, offering an immersive journey into the rich world of Arab music.
Explore classical, folk, and pop traditions while discovering traditional instruments like the oud, violin, kanun, and tabla. Experience tarab, the deep emotional ecstasy at the heart of Arab music.
Edriss will introduce you to vocal styles such as mawal, qasida, layali, ataaba, and muwashah, along with classical music forms such as the samai, ashraf, and muwashah. He will also touch on contemporary Arab music, bridging the past and present to celebrate Arab musical heritage.
Muath Edriss is a renowned Arab vocalist, composer, and music lecturer. Winner of Best Voice in 2000, he made history as the first to compose, translate, and perform the U.S. National Anthem in Arabic. In 2023, he became the first Arab American to sing in Arabic on the oud at the White House. A visiting lecturer at Indiana University and Bloomsburg College, he proudly serves as an Ambassador for the Arab America Foundation.
The Arab America Foundation (www.arabamericafoundation.org) is a non-profit educational and cultural organization that promotes the Arab heritage in the U.S., educates Americans about the Arab heritage and identity, and connects and empowers Arab Americans
Confirm your attendance at this email: info@arabamerica.com