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Beverly Unitarian Church - SAT April 12th Concerts at the Castle: Music and Storytelling with Palestinian American Ronnie Malley

  • Givins Irish Castle 10244 South Longwood Drive Chicago, IL, 60643 United States (map)

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This concert series is held at the historic Givins Irish Castle in Beverly, on Chicago's Southwest side

10244 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL 60643, USA

Ronnie Malley is a Palestinian-American multi-instrumentalist musician, theatre maker, producer, educator, and executive director of Intercultural Music Production. He specializes in musical styles from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and medieval Spain. Ronnie performs with many global artists and ensembles and has worked on award-winning theatrical plays, films, and TV series including The Band’s Visit (Broadway, Tony Awards, Grammy Awards), Mo (Netflix), The Jungle Book (Disney, Goodman Theatre), The New Mother (Eleva Singleton), and Saffron Kingdom (Arfat Sheikh). He appears on numerous albums and has produced original and collaborative works including Ziryab, The Songbird of Andalusia, American Griot, and Omar Offendum's Little Syria. Ronnie received the 2023 Chamber Music America Michael Jaffee Visionary Award. He holds a BA in Global Music Studies from DePaul University and a MA in Languages (Arabic and Hebrew) from University of Chicago, where he is currently a PhD student in Ethnomusicology.

Ronnie Malley on oud

Beverly Unitarian Church - Concerts at the Castle