Berklee World Strings ft Mayssa Karaa - Call Me a Stranger (Live at Berklee)

Описание: Alumna Mayssa Karaa performs her original "Call Me a Stranger" live with Berklee World Strings. Directed and arranged by Eugene Friesen.

Originally from Lebanon, Mayssa has called the US her home for the last 11 years. Like many people of middle eastern origin, she contends with the daily struggle with mistrust, often judged as guilty until proven innocent.

For Mayssa, having to prove that she isn’t some kind of threat to westerners and no different from them demanded examination. “I knew that mine wasn’t a unique experience and the song speaks to everyone feeling this way, by addressing the people who wrongly fear the unknown.”

"I could have been you,
You could have been me
It's all in the hands of destiny"

These lines speak to the fact that we’re all born into the lands we love and call home by accident, whether that’s America, Lebanon, anywhere. Fate has dictated who we are, and but for that, we could easily be standing in each other’s shoes.

"You could have been me
I could have been you
Nothing to fear
Nothing to lose"

At heart, we’re all the same, but it’s often forgotten. Now seems like the perfect time to start remembering.

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Arranged and directed by: Eugene Friesen

Performed by the "Berklee World strings" featuring:

Violin: Layth Sidiq (Jordan)
Cello: Naseem Alatrash (Palestine)
Kanun: Tony Barhoum (Palestine)
Oud: Amal Waqar (Oman)
Percussion: Gilbert Mansour (Lebanon)
Drums: Maxime Cholley (France)

Berklee World Strings:
violin I
Serena Harnack
Louisa Byron
Audrey Budington
Seoyeon Im
Connor Foubister
Kathleen Parks
Fernanda Perera

violin II
Pei Hua "Cynthia" Lin
Yeonsong Ruah Kim
Louise Bichan
Ya Yuan Hsu
Cansu Ozyurek
Hannah Baker

viola
Gerson Eguiguren
Jennifer Frantz
Cecilia Cook
Wan Ching Chou
Brendan Klippel

cello
Aodan Collins
Cristobal Cruz Garcia
Caitlin Thomas
Yuezhang Liu

bass
Victor Gonzalez
Marcelo Maccagnan
Giuseppe Cucchiara


Music and Lyrics written by: Mayssa Karaa, Richard Jacques and Kyler England.

Recording engineer: Alex Rodriguez
Mastering engineer: Jonathan Wyner

Regina Crisosto Jequier: video edit
Jeannie Greeley: camera
Kevin Greene: camera
AH: camera
Emily Yang: camera
Gabriel Gomez: camera


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Lyrics:

Tell me which land shall I call home
the one beneath my feet, or the one across the ocean
I have a story to be told
but you've made up your mind, and my name has been stolen

Let me help you understand
what I've lived and who I am

I could have been you
You could have been me
it's all in the hands of destiny
don't you know that I'm no danger?
You could have been me
I could have been you
nothing to fear and nothing to lose
don't you know that I'm no danger?
but you call me a stranger
call me a stranger
call me a stranger

Meet me in the place where we can see
the me in you, the you in me we both know
Surrender all that you believe
Imagine we could live to see tomorrow

Let me help you understand
what I face and where I stand
Edited by Regina Crisosto Jequier

Berklee College of Music | String | Live Music | Orchestra | Lebanese Music | Violin | Cello