Elder listened to rock and roll, and studied classical piano. Elder was named after the Lebanese diva Sabah, whose first name means "early morning" in Arabic. She is of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean ancestry her mother is from Lebanon, while her father is of Palestinian descent.
2.6 Dawn Elder World Media, Voices of Afghanistan (2012–2013)ĭawn Elder was born and raised in San Francisco, California. 2.2 International Friendship Festival (1996). A periodic public speaker, she continues to manage and teach at the Ultimate Music and Vocal Summit, a children's vocal and music educational program she founded in 2015. Among other events, in 20 she created the concept for and "masterminded" the When Music Matters concert as the finale of the larger Abu Dhabi Festival. She was the international talent advisor to the MasterPeace concert in 2014, also co-writing the Arabic adaptation of the Bob Seger song " Turn the Page," which was performed at the Concert of Colors. That year Elder brought together Voices of Afghanistan, an Afghani ensemble featuring vocalist Ustad Farida Mahwash, rubab master Homayoun Sakhi, and The Sakhi Ensemble, Angelique Kidjo, and other notable artists, and helped compose several tracks on the group's debut album. In 2012 Elder co-founded the label World Harmony Studios and DE Music in Santa Barbara. She founded the annual International Friendship Festival in California, Peace Through Music, Team Up America, and several other cultural festivals and conferences in the United States. Įlder has developed and directed specials by networks such as ABC, NBC, PBS, MTV, and NPR. After her work at Ark 21, Elder founded Dawn Elder World Media & Entertainment Enterprises, an entertainment firm based in California. She spent several years as the vice president of Ark 21/ Mondo Melodia starting in 1999, and she has helped produce albums with Sting, Cheb Mami, Simon Shaheen Qantara, and Cheb Khaled. In the 1980s she began working as an impresario and promoter, music producer, record executive and or representative for diverse artists. Dawn Elder ( San Francisco, California) is an American composer, pianist, impresario, music producer, and promoter best known for her efforts to fuse Middle Eastern music with contemporary rock and pop music.
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