The orchestra, which made its national debut in 2014, is led by founder and conductor Michael Ibrahim, a maestro of the nay, a wooden Arabic flute whose origins date back 5,000 years. Join 30,000 ...

PARKER, Colo. — Music can bring people from all walks of life together. That’s the message and mission of an ensemble performing in Colorado for the first time. The National Arab Orchestra will ...

As Michael Ibrahim was finishing up his musical performance studies at Eastern Michigan University in 2009, he says he was struck by the fact that there was "no real avenue" for Arab music in America.

SOUTHFIELD (AP) — A Michigan-based orchestra with a mission of reviving Arab music is tuning up for its annual gala concert. The National Arab Orchestra holds its event March 18 at the Regency Manor ...

The world-renowned National Arab Orchestra returns to Concert of Colors for its second year. Ahead of the orchestra’s performance, One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ sat down with ...

For anyone who’s been moved by the arts, the power within creative expression is profoundly understood. Art holds the capability to heal, to inspire, to educate, to connect and to transform. It serves ...

At a time of great unrest in both the Middle East and United States, symphonic ensembles from the two largest Arab population centers in Michigan – Dearborn and Flint – will use the universal language ...

When tickets for the Sterling Heights-based National Arab Orchestra's inaugural performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts became available in late January, they sold out within ...

The New York Arabic Orchestra presents "Mosaic" فسيفساء (Fusaifisa), a concert embodying the rich tapestry of Arabic culture. With a palette of diverse sounds and rhythms, the orchestra will navigate ...

Fear may take a different shape or form with age, but it remains a profound inhibitor in response to uncertainty. Health and employment status are anxiety-provoking stimuli, particularly in a time ...

It's the same, only different. While the American movie musical was turning heads and making toes tap across the U.S. from the 1930s through the 1950s, the Arab world was also enjoying a golden age on ...

The hope of peace through separation is driving Israel's pullout from Gaza. But for some time a group of young Israeli and Arab musicians have sought to foster peace together. They're members of the ...