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EVENTS

George Sawa and the Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble at the Noor Cultural Centre on Saturday

November 1 at 7:30pm. With special guest the Egyptian dancer Nada el-Masria .

Ticket Information:

$20 Before Oct 30

$25 at the door

416.444.7148 ext 222

IMPORTANT: Please note, to obtain the $20 pre-Oct. 30 price, you must PURCHASE your ticket in advance.  Payment can be made by cash, credit card, or cheque.  Tickets will not be reserved without payment.

Click here to order tickets      (email info@noorculturalcentre.ca)

Please include your name, telephone number and number of tickets.

The concert will include:
· 17th-century classical instrumental pieces from the Ottoman court
· Egyptian Sufi sacred dances
· early 20th-century Egyptian dances and instrumental pieces
· popular music from the 20th century

The ensemble's CD The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun contains much of the above repertoire, and will be sold following the performance.

The Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble created in 1973 by George Sawa and the late Ebrahim Eleish to perform traditional Arabic music repertoire. The instrumental repertoire includes the sama’i, bashraf (peshrev), longa, tahmila, taqsim, folk and classical dances; the vocal includes the Andalusian muwashshah, qad halabi, and folk and popular songs of Egypt and Syria. The ensemble has recorded for the CBC, the Canadian Museum of Civilizations and performed in many venues in Canada (Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Art Gallery, CBC, Harbourfront, The Music Garden, University of Toronto) the USA and Europe. The Ensemble now includes Mr. Raymond B. Sarweh, Nabil Chehata and Suzanne Meyers Sawa.

Member Biographies

George Sawa

Suzanne Meyers Sawa

Raymond Sarweh

 

The Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble has released a new CD.

The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun.

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