MUSIC WITHOUT BOUNDARIES-----URI

Musaique: Music Without Boundaries

Direct from the Middle East!

Friday, March 23rd  8pm

Jewish Community Center - San Francisco

3200 California Street

Tickets $10 Students, $15 General

415/292-1233 or online at www.jccsf.org/arts

United Religions Initiative (URI) presents Musaique - Music Without Boundaries, an exciting evening of traditional and original songs from the rich cultures and great faiths of the Middle East.

Musaique members are Jordanian, Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian, Muslim, Christian and Jewish, using their beautiful and diverse traditions to musically promote interfaith and intercultural understanding. Performing sacred songs, traditional village music, and original compositions on both classical and modern instruments, Musaique continues to build exciting musical bridges of peace across the Middle East.

A Cooperation Circle of URI in the Middle East - North Africa, Musaique's mission is "to use music as a tool for healing the pain and suffering of the region, and to create a brighter future."Please join us for this exciting evening of musical exploration, celebration and sharing.

For more information, please contact  URI at 415-561-2300 or email newsdesk@uri.org

For tickets: JCC-SF Box Office  415-292-1233, or www.jccsf.org/artsFor video links, music, and other downloads, go to www.uri.org/musaique This concert is presented in association with Eugene & Elinor Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and with the support of the Koret Foundation.

Note: Prior to the concert, the JCC is offering a special Shabbat Dinner, in conjunction with National Day of Unplugging and Musaique concert.  This is a separately ticketed event.(We know that many of you receiving this email may not live close enough to attend this wonderful event, but we also know that many of you do have friends in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.  We would greatly appreciate you sharing this email with them.  We have included handy "social media" buttons right above the Musaique photo that allow for "one click" email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn sharing.  Your "word of mouth" is essential to make this great event a success.  Many thanks from your URI staff.)

                                                   Prof. John Kurakar