2011-10-01 Listen for Life - Newsletter, October 2011

Listen for Life Newsletter - Volume 2: October 2011

Donna Stoering
Founder and
Artistic Director

Contents:

LFL Calendar for October 2011
LFL Benefit Concert, Oct 2nd
"Leaders Causing Leaders" Conference
Peace Day recap
Future directions
Unique Sponsorship Opportunity!
Donna Stoering interview on Comcast

[Volume 1: September 2011
Newsletter is available here.]

Andy Anderson
Executive Director

Listen for Life calendar for October 2011 (and slightly beyond...):

Oct 2: special concert & reception in a Los Altos Hills, CA estate featuring young jazz star Taylor Eigsti and other LFL musicians.
Oct 4: Donna Stoering will be interviewed on "Lena Live" radio.
Oct 8-9: Leaders Causing Leaders Conference.
Oct 12: LFL musician Van-Anh Vanessa Vo will speak and perform at TEDx San Joaquin at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.
Oct 15: LFL is co-producing / co-sponsoring an Oktoberfest celebration in San Jose, CA, with the Don Sommerfeld band! The event will feature authentic German food, music, and dancing.
Oct 21: LFL is a co-sponsor of the Ultra World X-TET concert in San Francisco, featuring LFL musician Winnie Wong, and will also be filming the event.
Oct 22: Slavyanka concert in Clovis (near Fresno).
Nov 4: LFL Fundraiser concert at CUE in Concord, CA, with Patrick Landeza (Hawaii) and Van-Anh Vanessa Vo (Vietnam).
[then various concerts in Nov, Dec, and Jan in the runup to Carnegie Hall...]
Jan 8, 2012: LFL Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York.

The Listen for Life Calendar at www.listenforlife.org/calendar is continually updated - please visit often!

Dear Friends,

LFL Benefit Concert, Oct 2nd: We open this newsletter with a last-minute reminder about a really exciting Listen for Life benefit house-concert! If you are anywhere near Los Altos Hills, CA on Sunday please DO try to come, because you will not want to miss this rare opportunity to hear (and meet!) Grammy-nominee jazz pianist phenomenon Taylor Eigsti, "up close and personal" in the gorgeous setting of a very special private vineyard estate. Other renowned performers in this program will include:

Emmy-award winner and National Music Champion of Vietnam, percussionist Van Anh Vanessa Vo,
Award-winning Hawaiian artist, slack key guitarist Patrick Landeza,
Young but highly sought-after opera prodigy Ricky Garcia, and
Pianist, television presenter and former Artistic Ambassador of both UK & USA, Donna Stoering, performing a piece written for her by California-based world music composer Brent Heisinger, who will also be in attendance.

The benefit concert starts at 4pm sharp, but come at 3pm to mingle with the performers and the other guests while enjoying a selection of appetizers and wine. This concert is a fundraiser for Listen for Life's projects and programs including our January 8th 2012 event at Carnegie Hall in New York, featuring a variety of cultures not normally shared in that hallowed space. Suggested donation is $75 per person but this is not mandatory. As it is being held at a private residence, please phone or email Listen for Life to get the exact address, prior to 3pm on Sunday! (call 510 540 8136 or email events@listenforlife.org)

Leaders Causing Leaders Conference: The annual LCL Conference in Marina del Rey, CA will take place on October 8-9, and Listen for Life is an invited participant. World change-makers come together to discuss new ways to encourage, promote and activate positive change in society, whether it be in education, peace-making initiatives, media, social entrepreneurship, or other approaches. We are intrigued to observe that ever-increasingly, music is seen as indeed a powerful tool for bringing about this change, both in society and individuals.
Listen for Life's Executive Director Andy Anderson will be participating in those dialogues at this conference. Both he and LFL founder Donna Stoering have been speaking several times during September at Rotary Clubs and other service organizations, as well as on television and radio interviews.

Peace Day recap: Listen for Life organized a FREE multicultural concert for UN International Peace Day in Oakland, California, on September 21st, 2011. The concert, held at the Bandstand at Preservation Park and featuring music from Central / South America, Hawaii, Ghana, and the Balkans, was greatly enjoyed by audience and musicians alike!

Future directions: In the past three weeks Listen for Life has been approached by three different school districts asking us to come and create MusicMessage Campaigns as either an in-school or after-school program on a regular basis. We are excited for the opportunity to help more children (and their teachers or parents!) to realize the power that music has, to influence their mood, thoughts, academic success, behavior and/or relationships, both at home and in the classroom.
We are now putting together teams of experienced youth-leaders of all cultures in each city/region of the country, to work together with Listen for Life musicians in carrying out the MusicMessage Campaign programs in as many communities as possible. Let us know if you would like to participate on a team in any way, or if you know of a school or an after-school program that would love to provide this very important program to their students!

Unique Sponsorship Opportunity!

Are any of you involved with a business, product, brand, corporation, OR a foundation, non-profit organization, or cause - anything that would benefit from marketing its name, existence or purpose to a wider audience??

Let us help!

Listen for Life currently has a few openings left for both corporate sponsors and program booklet advertisers for our January 8th concert at prestigious Carnegie hall in NY. Sponsorship level prices are extremely reasonable and result in many year-round benefits for your company or organization, beyond just the event itself, through our related social media and Website reach. Luxury product or services can also participate by donating items for the silent auction that will be held during a very elegant VIP reception prior to the concert, being hosted by a renowned advertising agency in NY, where attendees will mingle with dignitaries, celebrities and the concert performers.
Many companies/brands are excited for the opportunity to align themselves with a world-changing organization that is making a difference. Join them, by joining us!

Get in touch as soon as possible, though!!

To receive a sponsorship package and program booklet info, contact Donna at dstoering@listenforlife.org or phone 510 540 8136.

Donna Stoering interview on Comcast: On Sept 28th, Donna was interviewed by Barbara Rodgers for Comcast's "Newsmakers" show. In this video of the interview, she talks about the vision behind LFL's Carnegie Hall concert on Jan 8th 2012.

Listen for Life Website:www.listenforlife.org
Listen for Life Blog: www.listenforlife.org/blog
YouTube: www.listenforlife.org/youtube
TWM: www.travelswithmusic.org
Donna Stoering: www.donnastoering.com

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"…..what have you heard today?"

At a recent conference Donna was at a table with the longtime producer of Oprah, renowned media expert and author Michelle Anton. She was impressed with the message that Donna shared and promised to check out the Listen for Life Website after she returned home. The very next day Donna received an email note with the totally unsolicited "testimonial" below:

"Dearest Donna:

Your Listen for Life site is absolutely delicious. It is a feast for the eyes, ears and the heart.

Thank you for being a conduit for transformation and elevation of the human spirit. We need this now more than ever.

You are to music what Mother Teresa of Calcutta was to the poor, sick, orphaned and dying..........."

Michelle Anton, renowned media expert and longtime head Producer of Oprah

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