In Israel, music is bringing young people together and to make more than beautiful sounds.The Israel-based Polyphony Foundation formed the group. Revital Bendersky and Shir Chyat play the violin. They are Jewish.Palestinian Christian Feras Machour is also a violinist and plays the viola. Cello player Mahdi Saadi is Muslim.Polyphony began in 2006 at a small school in Nazareth to bring classical music to Arab children.Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar is the founder and music director. He says the chance for classical music education was not available to Arab children."There was never a real, proper opportunity for young Arab children to learn classical music. And this is what we were able to change.We showed everyone that there's no reason why an Arab kid shouldn't be able to play classical music on a high standard."The school grew as teachers -- most of them Israeli Jews -- drove two hours from Tel Aviv to teach the children.
