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Tarik, Morocco-Spain: oudist, artist, percussionist
Julia, Usa-Spain: female flamenco guitarist, ethnomusicologist.
Charlie Bisharat: Violin
Laura Dubroka: Flamenco & Andalusian Dance


Tarik: (oud, ney, percussion) was born to one of the old Andalusian families (in Spanish) of Tetouan, Morocco who trace their roots back to Al-Andalus. He grew up immersed in the Andalusian tradition. Tarik later lived in Madrid, Spain throughout the 80's & moved in Flamenco, Jazz, and Middle Eastern music circles. Tarik formed the group Al-Fatihah with Judeo-Spanish musicologist Dr. Javier Sanchez, which has been recognized in Spain as the first group of Middle Eastern music. At the same time Tarik was collaborating and recording with flamenco masters such as Paco de Lucia, Manolo Sanlucar, Enrique Morente, Jorge Pardo & Carlos Benavent where Tarik introduced such mainstays into the flamenco sound as the darbuka (clay or metal drum) and Udu (clay pot drum). In the late 80's Tarik & Julia formed the group Amal together with Maria Ahmed, Rasgui Boujemaa. Tarik & Rasgui's students Fain Duenas and Vicente Molina later went on to form the group Radio Tarifa. In addition to his musical leanings, Tarik is an accomplished visual artist who completed his Doctoral studies in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (Ph.D (a.b.d.). You can see some of his works on this website. Tarik is the artistic director, co-founder, and composer of Al-Andalus (www.Andalus.com)

Julia (flamenco guitar, viola, percussion) Ethnomusicologist (Ph.D.) and Flamenco Guitarist, Julia is one of a very few female flamenco guitarists worldwide. She began guitar studies in San Francisco and later relocated to Spain for a decade where she continued to challenge the status quo. In Andalucia's Granada, Sanlucar de Barameda, and later at Madrid's Amor de Dios studios, Julia has studied with some of Spain's finest guitarists including Isidro Muñoz, Manolo Sanlucar, David Serva, Felipe Maya, Juan Maya "Marote and Rafael Morales. She later immersed herself in Classical Arabic & Ladino music & language and Classical Andalusian Music. Julia recently completed her doctoral dissertation "Flamenco Guitar Innovation and the Circumscription of Tradition" (06) in Ethnomusicology Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). Her MA thesis "Women's Andalusian Orchestras of Tetouan, Morocco" (02). Julia is also preparing a book on her interviews and photographs with the late master of Andalusian music, el Maestro Mohammed ben Arbi Temsamani (Tetuan). Julia is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and teaches guitar at Reed College.