By Dana Alomar\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah\u2019s Arabic Music Ensemble will have a virtual collaboration to perform a piece from their repertoire, according to choir soloist Sama Al Taie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The concert is scheduled to be held on April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Rotunda.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Performing Arts Program shows were canceled to follow safety precautions due to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al Taie said the group is preparing an Arabic song titled, \u201cAhbak,<\/em>\u201d which translates to \u201cI love you\u201d in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The original artist of the piece is Hussain Al Jassmi, an Emirati singer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were excited to finally showcase our talent,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assistant Professor Albert Agha emailed the group suggesting that they should download an application called \u201cAcapella\u201d from the App Store.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The software allows multiple users to add their voice or an instrument they play from a certain link that Agha will share with his students, Al Taie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The virtual performance will be a form of promotion for the AME.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Taie said the video will present the hard work and hours of rehearsals the group dedicated to the show.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Taie said that former Assistant Professor Amer El Didi initiated the AME in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, El Didi left in 2019 which resulted in a year-long absence for the group, Al Taie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After not performing for a long period of time, it was the comeback of the AME, Al Taie added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ensemble is now under Agha\u2019s supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ensemble consists of a choir and instrumentalists that under normal conditions would meet every Tuesday at 5 p.m. to practice for an hour or two depending on the pieces they were assigned to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hope we get to share and perform our repertoire next semester,\u201d Al Taie added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Taie has been a member of the AME since 2016.\u00a0 By Dana Alomar\u00a0 SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah\u2019s Arabic Music Ensemble will have a virtual collaboration to perform a piece from their repertoire, according to choir soloist Sama Al Taie.\u00a0\u00a0 The concert is scheduled to be held on April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Rotunda.\u00a0 All Performing Arts Program shows were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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