Rula Authentic Roberto Alomar Jersey , who is from a Muslim family, is evidence of the indivisibility of mankind. She sings Western melodies with the same verve and polish she devotes to the half tones of Arab music. It is, perhaps, astounding that though she sings to Arab-style music, she received most of her education and voice and musical training almost entirely in US institutions.
Her music and vocal teacher for seven years was Larry Catlin. CAC聮s Director of Music and the founder of Cairo's New Opera House Choir, Rauf Zaidan Jack Morris Jersey , worked with her from 1982. Her voice, he said at the time, had "all the makings of a magnificent natural soprano" and she sang at the Cairo Opera House as a young child.
While still at CAC she gave soprano solo performances in the Faure Requiem (Pie Jesu) and the Vivaldi 'Gloria'(Domine Jesu). She also performed in the operas, 'The Merry Widow' and 'Carmen,' as well as the musicals 'Starlight Express' and 'Carnival.' The climax came with a stunning performance in a school production of "My Fair Lady" that brought her acclaim beyond the walls of the school.
The school's Music Director "took me to New York where I stayed with his parents and went to the Crane School of Music. His parents were good people. They really looked after me. I was 12, the youngest in the school. I won an award as the most outstanding vocalist."
In High School she was offered seven scholarships to study music at reputable US universities. She and her parents and music advisers chose Lawrence University in Appleton Roy Halladay Jersey , Wisconsin. There, on a four-year-scholarship, she obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in 1995.
Since then she has taken the lead roles, acting and singing, in Walt Disney's Arabic version of 'Little Mermaid'; 'Toy Story 2' and 'Cinderella.' She sang at the opening of the 36th International Advertising World Congress (IAA) in Cairo, in May 1998 and at the launch of Egypt聮s First Lady's 'Give a Kid a Hand' worldwide campaign.
She has sung professionally for TV and radio in Egypt Jesse Barfield Jersey , Jordan and the USA as well as acted and sung in numerous TV commercials. While at school she won the Arion award for vocal music and she was the Grand Prize Winner of the Cairo 2000 International Song Festival.
You聮d think her singing engagements and her three-year-old son, Karim, would be enough to keep her busy, but Rula has a regular job teaching music at the school where she, herself, was once a pupil and where she started her singing career.