Meet April Centrone, Founder of ACEarts.

Education & Music Therapy. Founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra in 2007, April has dedicated her career to teaching and sharing Arabic music. She created a specialized music therapy program incorporating Arabic music training and healing practices, which she implemented in the U.S. Embassy of Malaysia Music Therapy Tour for Rohingya youth and young women in safe houses, and Lincoln Center’s Moments music therapy program for dementia patients. As an educator of Arabic music and percussion, she has led workshops at universities around the world and has taught with Carnegie Hall: World Explorers, Carnegie Hall: Summer Music Educational Workshops (SMEW), Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Connect and Paul Simon’s Music Fellowship.

Performance. April has toured with iconic Arab artists including Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, Bassam Saba, Emel Mathlouthi and Saint Levant.  She has appeared in Coachella, Summerstage, Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors, Celebrate! Brooklyn, Globalfest, Festival Musicas Do Mundo in Portugal, New Zealand World Music Festival, Festival Du Monde Arabe in Montreal, Marciac Jazz Festival in France, Taipei Silk Road Conference, and venues such as United Nations, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and NYC Opera House.