Music Sowing Seeds of Cross-Cultural Understanding

posted on: Nov 11, 2014

The arts can encourage positive cultural identity and promote cross-cultural understanding. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, that’s the premise of the Philadelphia-based organization Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, open to people of all backgrounds and presenting and teaching Arab language, art, and music, which can vary among the 22 countries in the Arab world.

On Saturday, November 15th at 8 pm at Haverford College, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture presents a concert featuring guest soloist, composer, oud master, and singer Marcel Khalife with the Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble, conducted by Thomas Lloyd.

Visit the original article <a href=”http://wrti.org/post/music-sowing-seeds-cross-cultural-understanding”>here</a>to listen to the interviews in which Hazami Sayed talks with WRTI’s Susan Lewis about the many cultures in the Arab world and why she cofounded Al Bustan Seeds of Culture in Philadelphia. Also, Violinist Hanna Khoury talks with WRTI’s Susan Lewis about the differences and similarities between Western and Arab music, which varies among countries and regions.

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Susan Lewis
WTRI 90.1