Al-Bustan: May Announcements

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture May 2010	Register Today for Al-Bustan Camp! Classical Arab Music Concert: May 26 Adult Music Course deadline: June 1 Poet Nathalie Handal: June 4

Al-Bustan Camp

Register your children and teens for Al-Bustan Camp --
the fun way to learn Arabic and meet cool new friends
and real artists!

July 5-23, Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm
Springside School, Chestnut Hill

Henna

Click here to register!

Click here for photos from last year's camp and see our music, art, poetry, drama, science, and Arabic language offerings for all ages!

New Animation Program for Teens: campers conceive, edit and produce one minute stop-motion videos to be broadcast as PSA's.
Special Deal: refer a new family that registers for Al-Bustan Camp and receive $50 off your tuition or front row seats at our next concert!
Uncertain about getting to Chestnut Hill? Al-Bustan will connect you with others from your area to carpool.

Introduction to Arab Music: Theory and Performance

A New Adult Course
June 28 - July 2
9am - 5:30pm

June 1 is deadline to register
for this five-day intensive course. Designed for K-12 music teachers, instrumentalists, vocalists and music enthusiasts, this course is taught by an experienced faculty of musicians/scholars. The condensed format combines theory and practice and ends in a culminating recital on Friday evening. Click here for a more detailed course description.

held at Springside School

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

presented in partnership with UArts

Join us for the final concert of this season's

CLASSICAL ARAB MUSIC CONCERT SERIES

Wednesday, May 26 7:30pm
Trinity Center for Urban Life, 22nd & Spruce Street

Director Hanna Khoury, with Hafez El Ali Kotain,
Adeeb Refela and
guest flutist
Maron Khoury
of the Metropolitain Opera

Come enjoy some Western classical music by Maron Khoury, and the music of "The Three Musketeers (Al-Fursan Al-Talatha)", composers who wrote songs for the legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kalthoum.

$10 admission at door

Info/RSVP: 267-809-3668 or mhamideh@albustanseeds.org

Al-Bustan Presents Poetry Reading by Nathalie Handal
June 4, 7:00pm, Rufus Jones Room
Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia

Celebrated Arab American playwright, poet, and writer Nathalie Handal will give a reading from her latest book of poems, Love and Strange Horses.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, click here.

Highlights of Simon Shaheen Concert Al-Bustan Logo

Thanks to all those who attended our concert with Simon Shaheen on April 25! It was a wonderful afternoon with the sounds of Arab music filling the decorated hall of Irvine Auditorium. We are in awe of the talented musicians and grateful to all the student performers and their directors for their amazing dedication. We thank our co-presenters, University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University for their support. Please visit our website for highlights.

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Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture is dedicated to educating youth in Arabic language, arts, and culture.