April Centrone is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and music therapist based in NYC. She is the co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra, non-profit organization specializing in the performance and education of Arabic music, and business owner of emerging women-owned arts center, Fourth Wave (Asbury Park, NJ). She has held Arabic music lectures at universities such as Taipei University of the Arts and in NYC public schools with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Connect. She worked with Palestinian and Syrian refugee youth throughout Lebanon, and Rohingya refugee youth and female teens at safe-houses throughout Malaysia. Her debut album ‘New Moon’ (2018), features her poetry, singing, and performance of drums, percussion, oud, buzuq, guitar and piano. www.aprildrums.com