Ronnie Malley
Music From the Holy Land
Join Palestinian-American musician, Ronnie Malley, for an oud performance of sacred and secular music from the Holy Land and greater Middle Eastern and North African region. Come hear music of the holidays and support the Palestine Museum US in this season of giving.
Ronnie Malley (on the old) will be accompanied by ASWAT Ensemble (on the violin, qanoun, and percussion.
A limited number of free tickets is available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Donation tickets are also available at various levels. Please consider making a donation to help defray the cost of putting on the concert.
Sponsored by Palestine Museum US. For more information contact: info@PalestineMuseum.US or call 203/530-2248.
This event is open only to COVID-19 fully-vaccinated persons. Please be prepared to show your vaccination card to be admitted to the event. Masks are required at all times.
About Ronnie Malley
Ronnie Malley is a Palestinian multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, sound designer, producer, actor, playwright, educator, and executive director of Intercultural Music Production. He is author of the acclaimed solo play, Ziryab, The Songbird of Andalusia, co-author of the Kennedy Center Citizen Artist award-winning play American Griot, and has composed and performed in regional and international productions including Disney’s The Jungle Book, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s The White Snake, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s Macbeth. With a degree in Global Music Studies from DePaul University, Ronnie is a teaching artist with Chicago Public Schools, Global Voices Initiative, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, a faculty member at Old Town School of Folk Music, and a guest lecturer at universities. He is currentlypursuing a graduate degree in linguistics and Semitic languages at the University of Chicago.
About ASWAT Ensemble
ASWAT is the Bay Area’s Premier Arab Music Ensemble. True to Zawaya’s commitment to pluralism and inclusion, Aswat is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial music ensemble that reaches out to the diverse Bay Area community with folkloric, classical, and contemporary Arabic music. Aswat’s doors remain open to all who want to participate in the exciting, enriching exchange between Arab Americans and other communities through the universal language of music.
The Aswat Ensemble performs contemporary, classical, and folk songs from the Arab world. The ensemble plays traditional musical instruments such as the qanun (trapezoidal zither), ‘oud (lute), nay (reed flute), Kaman (violin), riqq/daff (tambourine), tar and darbukkah/tablah (goblet drum).