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Ami Yares is a 12-string guitar wielding, world traveling folk musician, teacher and peace builder with a knack for making music that moves you physically, spiritually, and politically. Described as cross between “Randy Newman and David Broza (AXS),” Ami’s music merges his Jersey roots with the sounds of his Middle Eastern branches in a yet-to-be-named fusion of styles.
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Ami’s performances and educational programming have been featured components of the US Department of State’s diplomatic missions in Israel and Germany, Seeds of Peace, Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. While living in Israel, he worked with Israeli and Palestinian musicians in Hearbeat and taught music in Hebrew and Arabic at schools in Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
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Ami holds an MS in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania. where he concentrated on the role of arts and culture as a tool for social change and advocated for its increased representation in social policy and public health. Alongside his performances and workshops, Ami is the executive director of BuildaBridge International, an organization which epitomizes one of Ami’s most central values; the transformative power of the arts creates healing, hope and change.
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call: 215.645.7174
Ami’s songwriting chimes with mystery
like an over-the-hills-and-far-away scavenger
hunt through Nick Drake’s foot trunk,
Paul Simon’s rec-room, and Allison Krauss’s tour bus.
Dave Tomar
A multicultural sharing of sounds
Sing Out!
Somewhat of a cross between Randy Newman and David Broza,
Yares wields his 12-string guitar as if it were an entire orchestra,
backing his vocals with a dense, rich cascade of sound.
Meaning sizzled in his eyes with the intensity of hot coal,
revealing the inspired soul of a socially-driven artist.
Allen Foster, AXS
One of the “sons” of Woody Guthrie
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary
The Presbytery of Philadelphia for their initial $9,000 grant in 2015 to help build the coffeehouse ministry. And their follow-on $5000 grant in 2016 and their follow-on $4000 grant for 2017.