an extraordinary evening with

New York Arabic Orchestra

Bassam Saba, Music Director
Ghada Ghanem, Guest Vocalist
Naji Youssef, Guest Vocalist

Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012

Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI

6:30 p.m. Strolling Dinner & Cocktails
(Patrons and Benefactors ONLY)

8 p.m. Concert

This elegant annual fundraiser for the Arab American National Museum features The New York Arabic Orchestra, a culturally diverse group of musicians who come together around a common passion: Arabic music. Guest vocalists for this event include classically trained lyric soprano Ghada Ghanem and Naji Youssef, a Lebanese jabali tenor in the style of Wadi Assafi. The New York Arabic Orchestra was co-founded by Bassam Saba, a world renowned multi-instrumentalist virtuoso, conductor and teacher of Arabic music; and April Centrone, the orchestra's lead percussionist.

Bassam Saba	Ghada Ghanem	Naji Youssef