Holy Sounds Grants

Designed as a continuing financial resource, the Holy Sounds Foundation is making grants immediately, reaching out to those individuals, groups and organizations who use music to encourage greater communication and cooperation among the three faiths born of Abraham: Jewish, Christian and Muslim. As the Foundation matures, the mission will likely expand to include other cultures and religions. No matter how embracing the global reach becomes, the emphasis of the Foundation's philanthropy will always be on Music and the Arts - the Foundation's chosen vehicles to achieve closer understanding between diverse cultures.

Grants are being distributed on a global level to universities, music institutions, art venues, public spaces, and deserving individuals.

Special grants from the Foundation shall also be awarded to those who teach the music of their tradition. These grants to teachers of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim paths are aimed at children, benefiting those who may otherwise not have an opportunity to experience this vital part of their culture.

While supporting those who teach the music of their own tradition, the Holy Sounds Foundation will disburse grants to individuals and organizations that use music to encourage greater communication among the Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures. It will sponsor multi-faith music concerts and festivals worldwide. It will also lay the foundation for new music preservation centers, creating community hubs for the study and performance of sacred and authentic music.

The Foundation has bestowed the
first three grants upon
three very deserving recipients.

The first grant was bestowed upon two vocalists from Morocco: Yaácov Malule from Rabbat and Nisim Amar from Meknes. For more than four decades these dedicated performers have preserved the sounds of Andalusian Hebrew music, which traces its roots to the Muslim courts of medieval Spain, evolving into two intertwining musical traditions transmitted in Hebrew and Arabic.

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