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| Listen for Life | Newsletter #3 | December 2011 |
 Donna Stoering Founder and Artistic Director |
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 Andy Anderson Executive Director |
Listen for Life's Pepsi Refresh Project idea
is up for voting through December 31st!
"Inspire and film musicians playing
for peace worldwide on January 8th"
You can cast up to ONE VOTE PER DAY for our project!
So please vote every day if you can!
Well, it is connected to our OTHER breaking news!
Most of you hopefully know by now that Listen for Life is doing its first annual NY concert, at Carnegie Hall at 8pm on Sunday January 8th, 2012!
So.. in order to honor all of the musicians around the globe who give of their gifts to inspire dialogue, unity, or understanding, Listen for Life has declared January 8th to be Multicultural Music Day worldwide!
Our Carnegie Hall event will now simply be the centerpiece of impromptu cross-cultural music events happening all over the world... Donna has been contacting musicians one by one by one - the response has been absolutely tremendous and very exciting, but we'd still love YOUR help in spreading the invite to all you know as well!
ANy genre, any instruments, any kind of venue, any kind of program.... Simply grab a few fellow performers (of at least 2 different cultures from yourself) and create a simple, impromptu, cross-cultural concert in your own community! TELL us your plans, and we will promote YOUR event on our world-ranked website that will cover all of the Multicultural Music Day events we hear about. Then get a friend to video even a few minutes of the performance, (even just on a mobile phone) and send us the video - we will collect them all and create (eventually) a broadcast program about the POWER of Multicultural Music to be truly a force of unity, nourishment, dialogue, peace and understanding, worldwide.
So far we know that there are going to be events in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America.....and none of these events were even dreamt of one week ago! These musicians simply got excited and inspired by the idea and they understood that impromptu events can work out just great. So, think for a minute - what could YOU do, and where? Even street corners are great! Encourage all musicians you know to do something as well. Why not? What a great way to energize the world in the start of a new year!
And even if you are not a musician, do spread the idea and do please VOTE for us in the Pepsi Refresh Project (at http://j.mp/LFL-PEPSI - please share this link with your friends and ask them to vote for us too!), so that we can win the funding that will help us to cover the costs of this imaginative project. Obviously, it is not just about celebrating Multicultural Music Day - it's about inspiring musicians, and helping listeners to discover all the great sounds and music styles that can make their coming year an even more enriching musical experience.
The
Power of Eight
Celebrating Multicultural Music in Carnegie Hall
and around the world on January 8th!
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES
8th January 2012, 8pm Sunday, 8 musicians, 8 cultures, 8 instruments
Celebrating Multicultural Music in Carnegie Hall
and around the world on January 8th!
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES
8th January 2012, 8pm Sunday, 8 musicians, 8 cultures, 8 instruments
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Musicians
(pictured,
from
left
to right): Yair Dalal, Van-Anh Vanessa Vo, Patrick Landeza, Donna Stoering, Taylor Eigsti, Erin Nolan, Faisal Zedan, Naser Musa Composers whose works will be premiered (not pictured): Avner Dorman and Brent Heisinger Bios / photos: www.listenforlife.org/artists. |
One year ago now, we
thought it would be a worthwhile venture to introduce Listen for Life and
its mission to NY audiences, and at the same time to share with them
specific instruments, cultures, and performers that had not yet been
presented in famed Carnegie Hall. Little did we know all of the things
that would transpire, both positively and challenge-making, during the
ensuing months....and here we suddenly are, with a few short weeks to
go!
But if you or your relatives and friends are anywhere near NY on January 8th, we need YOU to go, as well! We are so incredibly fortunate to have these wonderful, inspiring and generous musicians flying in from all corners of the planet and donating their performances in a very unique "Around the World" program that will go Eastwards around the globe, from the Americas to Hawaii to Vietnam, to the Middle East (3 major artists of Israel, Syria and Jordan respectively, all performing together on one stage, as a musical statement for peace!) and then continuing east, back into NY to end with the scintilating jazz improvisations of Taylor Eigsti - and a special "finale" surprise involving all of the performers and cultures together!
We have deliberately set the prices extremely low (compared with normal Carnegie Hall tickets) and on top of that we are offering 40% discounts for Familes, Groups, Seniors, Students (of all ages) and Children/Youth. Our goal is to introduce these new sounds and instruments to as many young people as possible, so that they discover the great listening alternatives available to them and learn early on about multicultural music's power in transforming the human spirit. Donna is speaking on lots of radio stations nationwide in the next few weeks, discussing "New Years resolutions" and saying that one of the most powerful resolutions we can make is to change our music listening, so that we can change our lives. What better way to start out that new resolution than to participate in this inspired and inspiring Listen for Life celebration concert at Carnegie Hall! Don't forget - January 8th!
But if you or your relatives and friends are anywhere near NY on January 8th, we need YOU to go, as well! We are so incredibly fortunate to have these wonderful, inspiring and generous musicians flying in from all corners of the planet and donating their performances in a very unique "Around the World" program that will go Eastwards around the globe, from the Americas to Hawaii to Vietnam, to the Middle East (3 major artists of Israel, Syria and Jordan respectively, all performing together on one stage, as a musical statement for peace!) and then continuing east, back into NY to end with the scintilating jazz improvisations of Taylor Eigsti - and a special "finale" surprise involving all of the performers and cultures together!
We have deliberately set the prices extremely low (compared with normal Carnegie Hall tickets) and on top of that we are offering 40% discounts for Familes, Groups, Seniors, Students (of all ages) and Children/Youth. Our goal is to introduce these new sounds and instruments to as many young people as possible, so that they discover the great listening alternatives available to them and learn early on about multicultural music's power in transforming the human spirit. Donna is speaking on lots of radio stations nationwide in the next few weeks, discussing "New Years resolutions" and saying that one of the most powerful resolutions we can make is to change our music listening, so that we can change our lives. What better way to start out that new resolution than to participate in this inspired and inspiring Listen for Life celebration concert at Carnegie Hall! Don't forget - January 8th!
Tickets are on sale now, at $35, $55, and $85!.
Discounts: [maximum of one discount per person]
- ALL children 12 and under get
40% discount
- All STUDENTS (of any age, with ID) get 40% discount
- All seniors (65 and up) get 40% discount.
- All STUDENTS (of any age, with ID) get 40% discount
- All seniors (65 and up) get 40% discount.
Tickets may be purchased by phone at CarnegieCharge (212) 247-7800
or from the Carnegie Hall Website. For discounts call GSA (212) 710-4329
Major sponsors of this event include Chateau Jewelers (Forest Hills, NY), Ho’olupa Hawaiian Culture Foundation, and Travels with Music (an interactive travel & music experience, distributed by FableVision Learning)
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Full concert details are at
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| Donna Stoering was interviewed recently by Barbara Rodgers for Comcast's "Newsmakers" show. In this video of the interview, she talks about the vision behind LFL's upcoming concert "The Power of Eight" at Carnegie Hall, New York on Jan 8th 2012. | ![[Barbara Rodgers and Donna Stoering]](http://www.listenforlife.org/newsletter/2011-12/2011-09-28_DS_Comcast_120x90.jpg) |
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Listen for Life
presents a Concert of Christmas Music and Community Sing-Along Saturday December 17th, 2011 at 6:30pm at St Leo the Great 88 Race Street, San Jose, CA 95126 [map] |
The Listen for Life Chorale returns to St Leo's at popular request!
This imaginative event is called a Candlelight Christmas Cookie Concert.
Admission is $2 unless you bring a plate of cookies with the recipe on top - then you get in free! After the choral concert there will be a cookies-n-milk feast in the hall, with a live brass band playing Carols!
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| Listen for Life has
joined the wonderful folks at Crowdrise, the home of crowdsourced fundraising!! First, please visit our "Charity Profile" there, and learn about the work of the Listen for Life Foundation. |
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Listen
for Life has
partnered with GIVEBACKAMERICA! Raise money for LFL projects -- at no extra cost to you -- while shopping at major online stores like Amazon and Target!! |
| FANTASTIC
NEWS! Beginning in January 2012, FableVision Learning will be adding Listen for Life's Travels with Music Interactive DVD-ROM to their extensive catalog of educational products! FableVision is a superb company with values we admire, so we are honored to be announcing an affiliate marketing relationship with them as well. Fablevision believe that "a well-educated student is not complete without less "test-able" skills such as creativity, communication, self-expression, problem solving, and cultural understanding... FableVision’s mission is to help educators inspire their students to develop and strengthen these fundamental skills." |
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Any educators OR parents reading this newsletter- if you haven't checked out FableVision products (and FableVision Learning) as well please do!
Travels with Music Series One is an interactive exploration of 15 world cultures, with their master musicians acting as guides. TWM is designed to:
- Inspire global thinking.
- Enhance cross-cultural understanding.
- Strengthen geographical knowledge.
- Boost technology literacy skills.
FableVision Learning
and LFL's Travels with
Music -- a perfect match!
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TWM DVD-ROM navigational demo | |
Video Samples from TWM |
You, too, can
participate - contact us at volunteers@listenforlife.org.
Finally, we would
like to wish ALL of our friends and Listen
for Life family a wonderful, musical holiday season and a
special year ahead!
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for Life Website:www.listenforlife.org Listen for Life Blog: www.listenforlife.org/blog Listen for Life YouTube: www.listenforlife.org/youtube Travels with Music: www.travelswithmusic.org Donna Stoering: www.donnastoering.com
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