ARTIST OF THE WEEK: COLIN STOKES

COLIN STOKES:

I just got back from an exciting three-week stay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. While I was there I had the opportunity to perform with three wonderful Oud players at Beit al Oud, the Arabic music conservatory, work with the cello students at NYU-Abu Dhabi, and learn some Oud myself. Back in New York, life is busy! On May 2nd alone, Arts Fusion Initiative's Lincoln Center residency brought us to the Bronx to perform Into the Sun, and later that evening I performed with the jazz quartet Petros Klampanis Group at Subculture in Greenwich Village. 

Learning Oud at Beit al Oud in Abu Dhabi. 

Colorful everything, everywhere! 

Post-dinner coffee at a wonderful Saudi restaurant in Abu Dhabi. 

Decorative lattice work on a bridge in Abu Dhabi. 

On stage at Beit al Oud. 

Making a new friend in Dubai.