Simon Shaheen - Benefit Concert

Date: October 15, 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00–11:00 P.M.
Place: Weston Arlington Gateway, , 801 N Glebe RD, Arlington VA 22203
Tickets: $40.00 online

Simon Shaheen, master musician and teacher, will perform a concert benefiting for End the Israeli Occupation.  He is at once a reservoir of Arabic music legacy and adventurer into new frontiers of music – honored in 1994 with an NEA National Heritage Award.  If you haven't heard him, come see; if you have heard him, you know what's waiting...!

Simon Shaheen at Sixth & I Synagogue

Date: February 7, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place: Sixth & I Synagogue, 600 I Street NW, Washington DC 20001 (directions)
Tickets: $35 general, online with TicketFly


Simon Shaheen Palestinian oud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen also goes beyond traditional Arabic music, infusing his compositions with jazz and Western classical styles.


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Sponsors: Washington Performing Arts

Freer Gallery: Simon Shaheen

Date: December 8, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: Freer Gallery, 1200 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington DC 20560 (directions)
Tickets: free on a first-come, first-serve basis, less processing charges available online

Simon Shaheen leads his Near Eastern Ensemble in a program of new and traditional music from the Arab world. Shaheen is a composer, arranger, and 'oud and violin virtuoso. The ensemble will also playnay (flute) and qanun.

Freer description: please click here.

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Sponsors: XXX Freer Gallery, 1200 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington DC 20560 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 07:30 PM