SOUNDS OF HEALING™ Peace Hub Gala

Genesis at the Crossroads’

SOUNDS OF HEALING™

Live, in-person
World premiere performance

Genesis at the Crossroads’ Gala
Making History with Our First-Ever

GENESIS PEACE HUB

The Adler Planetarium · Chicago
June 23, 2022

Saffron Caravan

Genesis at the Crossroads’ professional world music ensemble unites artists from Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba, Morocco, India, the Middle East, Brazil, Venezuela and the US for cross-cultural collaborative performances, music education and roundtables on music, healing, and peacebuilding. This program features:

Badi Assad

Lebanese-Brazilian Vocalist & Guitarist

Aaron Bensoussan

Moroccan Vocalist

Haytham Safia

Middle Eastern-European Oud Player

Javier Saume Mazzei

Venezuelan Percussionist

Wendy Sternberg, MD

Founder & Executive/Artistic Director, Genesis at the Crossroads

Guest Artists:

Stacy Keach

  • Actor and Author

Katherine Davis

  • Chicago Jazz & Blues Musician

Jack Zara

  • Bassist

Tony Milano

  • Chicago Keyboardist

The Genesis Academy Summer Institute Graduates

A leadership and peacebuilding educational program for high school-aged youth from Chicago and other global areas of conflict. They live and learn together in four curricular areas: Heroes and Human Rights, Music and Peacebuilding, Environmental Sustainability, and Peace Journalism. With the arts thread throughout the program, students work to explore their individual voice, collective humanity, and the daunting issues we all face here in Chicago and as a global community.

Muhammad Faran

Pakistan

Patrick Reponse

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Andrea Valentina Perez

Caracas, Venezuela

Victor Angel Araque Rangel

Bogota, Colombia

Roheena Madni

Islamabad, Pakistan

Diego Madriz

Caracas, Venezuela

Additional Student Performers:

Genesis Academy Summer Institute Graduates from 2015-2019

Ariba

Pakistan

Veronica Urbina

Venezuela

Safiyah Simpkins

Chicago/USA

Azar

Afghanistan

Andreina Conde

Venezuela

Socheata Hong

Cambodia

Atiq

Pakistan

Sounds of Healing™
Production Team

Carlinhos Antunes

  • Sounds of Healing Musical Arrangement

Felippe Jr.

  • Sounds of Healing Visual Arts Producer and Director

Badi Assad

  • Musician, Composer, Author
  • Saffron Caravan Vocalist and Guitarist

Vitor Loureiro

  • Sounds of Healing Sound Engineer, Caverno do Audio

Shuling Yong

  • Documentary Filmmaker, Media for Social Change

Wendy Sternberg, MD

  • Founder & Executive/Artistic Director, Genesis at the Crossroads