Rainbow Choir - Syria

Rainbow Choir
Damascus, Syria.
Website: http://www.lunasyria.net

Since its inception 10 years ago the Rainbow Choir with its 40 singers and 20 musicians performed over 70
recitals and concerts.
This large body of work and the choir’s impressive repertoire of close to 200 songs made it one of the most
recognized and celebrated choirs in Syria & the region.
The Rainbow Choir pioneered combining the art of choral singing of the Christian and Muslim Hymns,
A practice now copied by other choirs in the area.
This repertoire encompasses a wide range of periods and styles such as, ancient Muwashahats and Arabic
songs performed in four vocal arrangements. Some incorporate modern and contemporary instrumentation,
popular traditional songs from various regions in Syria as well as Islamic and Christian hymns.
Rainbow choir, also, performs ancient as well as modern songs in numerous languages
Such as: English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Hungarian, Chinese, Syriac, Armenian, Portuguese,
Japanese, Indonesian, Kurdish, Turkish, Greek, Ukrainian and Dutch.

Rainbow Choir is one of LUNA Choirs and is Conducts and manages by its founder Hussam Eddin Brimo the
Vice Chancellor of the Higher Institute of Music Damascus, Syria.

The choir participated in many Concerts inside and outside Syria including:
• The opening ceremony of the conference on the Women and Development Forum in Damascus at
Alomwyen Palace - 1/2/2003.
• The reception for the King and Queen of Spain in Damascus at the Alazem Palace 20/10/2003.
• The opening ceremony of the International Flower Show for three years in Damascus 05/15/2002,
06/15/2003 and 23/6/2010.
• The Festival of Arab collective singing in Tripoli, Lebanon, 22/3/2002.
• The Festival of women popular singing in Amman, Jordan and the Celebrations in Amman Cultural Capital
of the Arab world 3-5/9/2002.
• The Art Festival of Damascus International Fair 27/08/2003.
• The Silk Road Festival (Tareek Alhareer) 24/10/2007 at the Damascus Citadel.
• Francophonie Day with the French Cultural Center in Damascus 1/4/2000.
• The Festival of the first hymn by the Spanish Cultural Center in Damascus 16/5/2001.
• The Commemoration of the Laylat Al-Qader In the invitation of the Cultural Association (cultures) in Tripoli,
Lebanon 2003.
• The opening ceremony of the Conference of the Church of the Arabs on the stage of the UNESCO Palace
In Beirut, Lebanon 10/06/2004.
• The Concert for launching Ceremony of the Syrian Hungarian Friendship Association, Damascus 18/3/2006.
• The opening ceremony of the Festival of Mashta Alhelo - Syria 6/9/2007.
• The closing ceremony of International Flower Show, Damascus 2008.
• Two concerts at the French Institute of Arab Studies in Damascus (IFEAD) including a seminar on and how
to prepare for Arab music templates (secular and religious).
• The opening ceremony in Damascus for honoring the Hungarian artist Sultan Kodai. The Choir performs
songs in Hungarian.
• Composing and recording soundtracks for television programs and series.

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Rainbow Choir was a recipient of a number certificates of appreciation from local, national and Arab
institutions including:

• Certificate of Appreciation from the Festival of women Popular Arabic singing Amman – Jordan 2002.
• Certificate of Appreciation from the festival Chorus singing? (Alghenaa Aljamaee) Tripoli, Lebanon 2002.

Depending on the kind of the chosen program Rainbow Choir, singers and musicians, conducts concerts at
many levels with varying number and assortment of performers ranging from twenty to fifty artists.

Rainbow Choir Repertoire consists of more than 200 songs. They are arranged into harmonic four voices
including:
• The old Arabic songs (Muwashahat)
• Songs from different regions of Syria
• Folk songs
• Hymns and prayers from Muslims and Christians traditions
• Old songs in indigenous Syrian and regional languages such as Syriac, Aramaic and Kurdish.
• Foreign old songs that date back to the fourth century and modern songs in many languages such as
English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Hungarian, Chinese, Armenian, Portuguese,
Japanese, Indonesian, Turkish, Greek, Ukrainian and Dutch).

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LUNA Choir
Luna is a consortium of five choirs and an orchestra that work independently and
collaboratively in an endeavor to revive the beautiful art of choir singing and to contribute to
its reintroduction to the Arabic cultural scene; a scene that is uniquely rich in its artistic as
well as its refined social values. Luna is joined by the love of choir singing and love of
performing together.

The following are choirs that make-up the Luna assembly:

Rainbow Choir:
Founded in 1999 for adult singers, the Rainbow choir performed numerous recitals and
concerts. Its large body of work includes an impressive repertoire of close to 200 songs with
a wide range of periods and styles in close to 20 languages. The Rainbow Choir, also,
pioneered combining the art of choral singing of recognizable Christian and Muslim Hymns,
a practice that

Alwan (Colors) Choir:

Founded in 2003 for children between the age of 7 and 13, Alwan rapidly gained popularity as
it held many concerts and participated in numerous seasonal and institutional festivals.
Alwan is a children choir that performs children songs in addition to style that made it
popular, performing children songs for adults.

Warrd (Flowers) Choir:

Founded in 2004 for adolescents between the age of 14 and 18, Warrd choir explores the
parallel between the traditional Arabic singing and the western singing, a style that makes it
popular among young adults and older adults as well.

Sana Choir:
Founded in 2007 for young children ages 3 to 6, Sana was designed to prepare them artistically,
mentally and socially to participate in the complex act of choir singing. It is based on the
correlation and inter-action between musical sounds, movements and social meanings.

Cham Choir:
Founded in 2006 for older working adults who love to take part in choir singing, the Cham choir focuses on
the traditional Arabic chanting.

Nada Orchestra:
Still in the developmental stage and was début in the fall of 2009. Nada will provide the instrumental
accompaniment for the choirs that form Luna and will also hold it own independent performances.

LUNA Choir is lead by its founder Hussam Eddin Brimo the Vice Chancellor of the Higher Institute of Music.

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