As Michael Ibrahim was finishing up his musical performance studies at Eastern Michigan University in 2009, he says he was struck by the fact that there was "no real avenue" for Arab music in America.

The orchestra, which made its national debut in 2014, is led by founder and conductor Michael Ibrahim, a maestro of the nay, a wooden Arabic flute whose origins date back 5,000 years. Join 30,000 ...

PARKER, Colo. — Music can bring people from all walks of life together. That’s the message and mission of an ensemble performing in Colorado for the first time. The National Arab Orchestra will ...

For anyone who’s been moved by the arts, the power within creative expression is profoundly understood. Art holds the capability to heal, to inspire, to educate, to connect and to transform. It serves ...

When tickets for the Sterling Heights-based National Arab Orchestra's inaugural performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts became available in late January, they sold out within ...

The world-renowned National Arab Orchestra returns to Concert of Colors for its second year. Ahead of the orchestra’s performance, One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ sat down with ...

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan-based orchestra with a mission of reviving and celebrating Arab music is warming up for its eighth season opener. The National Arab Orchestra performs Sunday evening ...

At a time of great unrest in both the Middle East and United States, symphonic ensembles from the two largest Arab population centers in Michigan – Dearborn and Flint – will use the universal language ...

Fear may take a different shape or form with age, but it remains a profound inhibitor in response to uncertainty. Health and employment status are anxiety-provoking stimuli, particularly in a time ...

SOUTHFIELD (AP) — A Michigan-based orchestra with a mission of reviving Arab music is tuning up for its annual gala concert. The National Arab Orchestra holds its event March 18 at the Regency Manor ...

The hope of peace through separation is driving Israel's pullout from Gaza. But for some time a group of young Israeli and Arab musicians have sought to foster peace together. They're members of the ...

AMMAN — Terrorism and extremism cannot be combated by weapons alone; instead, culture and mentalities have to be changed, with a special focus on the transformative potential of art, a musical expert ...