NEW YORK ARABIC ORCHESTRA COLLABORATES WITH LIU MUSIC STUDENTS

After a sold-out performance last year, New York Arabic Orchestra (NYAO) returns to Tilles Center for the Performing Arts’ Krasnoff Theater at Long Island University on Sunday, February 23 at 3 pm with an all-new program. The Orchestra, led by Artistic Director and violinist Layth Sidiq, will perform original pieces, including one by NYAO's late founder and former Northport resident Bassam Saba, entitled Chou Kan Hilo (How Beautiful It Was) - the first time the Orchestra will perform this piece since Saba’s passing - plus compositions from the golden era of Arabic music and more recent ones. Unique to this performance is that the Orchestra will also be joined onstage by eight students of Long Island University’s Music Department. For full story, download pdf below.