Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

featuring:
The Shanghai Quartet
The Knights (a string orchestra)
Michael Tree, violist of The Guarneri Quartet
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Kyle Sanna, guitar
Alex Sopp, flute
John Hadfield, percussion
Michael Potts, actor/singer

and introducing, direct from Baghdad:
Iraqi cellist Karim Wasfi
in the U.S. Premiere of "Requiem" by Mohammed Amin Ezzat, music director of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra

Additional Repertoire:
Brahms, String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Kinan Azmeh, "Sounds of Syria" and "Wedding" (world premiere)
Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself" with music composed by the performers; direction by Karin Coonrod

Proceeds to be donated to our Iraqi-American Cultural Exchange Programs.
Special thanks to Demetrius Fuller, Artistic Adviser. For more information, visit www.musicians4harmony.org