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Dawn Elder (San Francisco, California) is an American composer, record and television producer, director, event organizer, and artist manager,〔 best known for her efforts to fuse Middle Eastern music with contemporary rock and pop music.〔 Since the 1980s she has served as a manager or representative for artists such as Woody Harrelson, Manly Moon Dog & the Three Kool Kats, The Beach Boys, George Clinton, Quincy Jones, Simon Shaheen, and Hakim, as well as various diplomatic figures. She spent several years as the vice president of Ark 21/Mondo Melodia starting in 1999, and she has helped produce albums such as ''Desert Roses & Arabian Rhythms Vol 1 & 2'', (with Sting, Cheb Mami, and others), ''Blue Flame'' (2001) by Simon Shaheen & Qantara, and ''Ya-Rayi'' (2004) by Cheb Khaled featuring Carlos Santana and Don Was. Five of the albums she has produced have been nominated for Grammys.〔 After her work at Ark 21, Elder founded Dawn Elder World Media & Entertainment Enterprises, an entertainment firm based in California.〔 Elder has developed and directed specials by networks such as ABC, NBC, PBS, MTV, and NPR.〔 She founded the annual International Friendship Festival in California,〔 Peace Through Music, Team Up America, and several other cultural festivals and conferences in the United States.〔 In 2012 Elder co-founded the label World Harmony Studios and DE Music in Santa Barbara.〔 That year Elder brought together Voices of Afghanistan,〔 an Afghani ensemble featuring vocalist Ustad Farida Mahwash, rubab master Homayoun Sakhi, and The Sakhi Ensemble.〔 Elder helped compose several tracks on the group's debut album.〔 ==Early life, education== Dawn Elder was born and raised in San Francisco, California.〔 She is of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean ancestry;〔 her mother is from Lebanon, while her father is of Palestinian descent. Elder was named after the Lebanese diva Sabah, whose first name means "early morning" in Arabic.〔 Growing up in the 1970s Elder listened avidly to rock bands such as The Eagles and The Beatles. While in school she often took part in public speaking competitions, also training figure skating at the local ice rink, and studying classical piano At one point her father took her to see a Lebanese diva perform in a concert hall, and Elder stated the event had a profound effect on her. "It was like a moment out of the space-time continuum. This exotic woman singing these ancient sounds, and thousands of Arab Americans from all over California singing along and cheering her like she was a rock star."〔 Elder attended the University of California, Berkely in the early 1980s, pursuing a double degree in biochemistry and music.〔 She took a hiatus to direct and produce a series of festivals, artists, and events in Santa Barbara, California promoting world, Latin and rock artists.〔 She later graduated from the University of California with a degree in Music Education, and at that point was fluent in French and multiple Arabic dialects, also learning Italian and Spanish.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dawn Elder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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