Tarab Retreat Events are Donation Only
No tickets, just donations. Be sure you're on Meg York or Pete Jacob's email lists to receive links or click below on event day.
Starting in September
Great music resumes in autumn!
We had two sets Sunday June 13th at Columbine Unity -- one of Balkan Arabic Fusion and one of Persian Turkish strings with vocals. We'll not have any more streamed concerts: just too stressful for our Artists and very low sound quality.
Thank you for your understanding!
Your donations help us keep on keeping on!
Ancient songs from the Near East
Guest Artists
Sholeh Mani will offer some beautifully ornamented Persian songs, both from ancient traditions and her own modern compositions.
Sirvan Manhoobi is an incredible classical musician on oud and setar, recently relocated to the Front Range.
Eric Zang is traveling in from Nevada for the weekend.
Tarab Retreat Ensemble
Inspired by intensely interactive Retreats of Mendocino CA and Grand Lake CO
Two Historic Dance Weekends Near Grand Lake, Colorado:
Thirty years ago, Pete Jacobs accompanied belly dance weekends for Suzanna's Delvecchio’s 4 day retreat in Shadowcliff Center just outside of Grand Lake and Rafi'ah Ruyah held a retreat fundraiser for the Grand Arts Council with sponsor Cathy Walton-Smith and the Fellaheen Ensemble for 12 years.
Meanwhile Meg York was holding forth getting a Performance Degree at University of New Mexico, playing jazz regularly, and then got HOOKED playing for dancers at SCA haflas, Balkan Dance parties with Svirka and Goddess of Arno, Circus Luminous. and accompanied Flamenco Dance with Eva Encinias Sandoval at University of New Mexico.. She toured internationally with Symphonic Orchestras and Pablo Rodarte's Dance Espana...
Meg and Pete had both been basking in the incredible Mendocino CA Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camps, Eastern European Folklife Center Camps and were playing music with Nabil Azzam, Yuval Ron, Hal Aqua, Cameron Powers, Sherefe, and many, many others for dance.
Then, in 2017, Meg York and Pete decided to host a three day weekend in Colorado to keep the Mendo Camp vibe alive in the Rockies ... Meg's daughter had been to La Foret for formative Unity Youth Camps, so Meg approached La Foret... a historic venue with just the right ambiance to have a
"Mendo with out the Mosquitos"!
We were truly honored to have Deborah Newberg, Travis Jarrell, Rafi'ah Ruyah, Eva Cernik, Deepali of Roshni Organization, Omar Al Tabal, Hadgaba Klezmer Band, Farabi Persian Ensemble and the incredible Moroccan musician, Rachid Halihal at our First La Foret Tarab Retreat at in 2018! Last year, 2019 Eric Zang joined us. Please see our Past Artists page for more info
Tarab Retreat 2018 & 2019 at La Foret Retreat Center
This is our third year bringing Tarab to Colorado for Front Range Artists and their students. Our previous venue is breathtaking -- the 1928 log Ponderosa Lodge and Southwest style Chapel on campus at the Historic Unity Conference Center at La Foret.
Luckily we have incredible still photos from Diana Odem. Meg met Diana Odem at the Athena Project, and she's been our Tarab Photographer that caught so many special moments... Check them out here under PHOTOS
2020 at Columbine Spiritual Center
Pete Jacobs has a close connection with Columbine Unity Center near Boulder, CO. When the Covid 19 Pandemic made it a struggle to host a camping event at La Foret, we asked Columbine to host a day of live streamed events with a live band and one dance teacher. We are thrilled with this lovely venue! We've had so many past glorious concerts with Sufis Beniyamin and Rabia Van Hattam, Yuval Ron, Key Jam Key Nepalese Classical, Farabi Persian Ensemble, and more...
THESE EVENTS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC SO OUR ARTISTS CAN CREATE. However,
You may register to attend the Sunset Singalong on the Patio
In this age of barriers, music and dance build
community bridges between the
past and the future by basking in the present:
Tarab is that magic moment of surrender to improvisation and immersion in music/movement.
We cannot demand Tarab occurs --
we can only hold space for ourselves, and let it unfold..
We'll do our best to share our events in an engaging way to lift everyone's spirits. Please join us!
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Sheltered Ensemble: The New Normal
We host beautiful acoustic hybrid streaming events...join us to dance, sing, and play along...in gratitude... Pete Jacobs and Meg York