The Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble created in 1973 by George Sawa and the late Ebrahim Eleish to perform traditional Arabic music repertoire. The instrumental repertoire includes the sama’i, bashraf (peshrev), longa, tahmila, taqsim, folk and classical dances; the vocal includes the Andalusian muwashshah, qad halabi, and folk and popular songs of Egypt and Syria. The ensemble has recorded for the CBC, the Canadian Museum of Civilizations and performed in many venues in Canada (Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Art Gallery, CBC, Harbourfront, The Music Garden, University of Toronto) the USA and Europe. The Ensemble now includes Mr. Raymond B. Sarweh, Nabil Chehata and Suzanne Meyers Sawa.
House of Tarab Arabic Music Ensemble based in Seattle performs classic Arabic music 40's-70's from Egypt, Lebanon and Syria as well as traditional folk songs from thoughout the middle east. Armed only with traditional Arabic instruments ney, oud, violin, double bass, riqq and tabla. H.O.T performs for a variety of local events like Folklife, Arab Festival and of course Town Hall. H.O.T also travels nationally with world renown performance dance artist, Delilah.
TARAB (pronounced Tah-Rob): The meaning of this word is close to "ecstasy." The place one gets to when you are lost in the sisha, music and dance! Pronounced incorrectly it means dirt, earth soil. But then again, both ways hold meaning don't they.
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