April Centrone is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and music therapist based in the Jersey Shore. She is the business owner of the emerging music and arts center, Fourth Wave in Asbury Park and co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra (2007), non-profit organization specializing in the performance and education of Arabic music. She has performed in venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, NYC Opera House, Marciac Jazz Festival (France), Beirut Jazz Festival, Festival Du Monde Arabe in Montreal, World Music Festival of New Zealand, Taipei Chinese Orchestra Silk Road Festival in Taiwan, Festival Músicas do Mundo in Portugal and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors in New York City. As a drummer and percussionist, she has toured throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with rock bands such as Secret Chiefs 3, and with icons of the Midd ...