Cultures in Harmony 2011 Projects
Cultures in Harmony announces our 2011 projects, which will include work in Tunisia, Egypt, and Pakistan. In those countries, our primary focus will be holding meetings to prepare for our major projects there in 2012: Connecting Cultures through Counterpoint.
In Tunisia and Egypt in July, CiH Deputy Director Kimball Gallagher will hold meetings and play performances. In addition, this year CiH, Kimball, and CiH's Lilian Belknap worked together to bring Tunisian musicians Senda Zayati and Amani Jebali to learn and perform at New York Summer Music Festival and in New York City. This exciting project will enable hundreds of Americans to meet a couple talented young Tunisian musicians who are also wonderful people. CiH contributed major funding to this effort, as did the Williamson Foundation for Music. Cultural diplomacy is a two-way street, and just as we played an instrumental role in bringing Tunisian violinist Nidhal Jebali to the US, we hope to do more going forward to bring people from the countries where we have done projects to the United States. We are proud of Nidhal, Senda, and Amani, and we are happy that they have already done much to change the relationship between Arabs and Americans, one melody and one smile at a time.
In Pakistan in August, I will perform in Islamabad and Karachi and hold meetings with our partners about the 2012 project. In Karachi, I will be joined by CiH volunteers who will work to lay the groundwork for the school partnerships that will be key to the success of Connecting Cultures through Counterpoint.
We hope that this work furthers our mission of bringing people together through music while preparing for our expansion into larger-scale projects in 2012.
In honor of these new projects, check out our re-modeled front page, now featuring heart-warming stories from our six years of projects!
In Tunisia and Egypt in July, CiH Deputy Director Kimball Gallagher will hold meetings and play performances. In addition, this year CiH, Kimball, and CiH's Lilian Belknap worked together to bring Tunisian musicians Senda Zayati and Amani Jebali to learn and perform at New York Summer Music Festival and in New York City. This exciting project will enable hundreds of Americans to meet a couple talented young Tunisian musicians who are also wonderful people. CiH contributed major funding to this effort, as did the Williamson Foundation for Music. Cultural diplomacy is a two-way street, and just as we played an instrumental role in bringing Tunisian violinist Nidhal Jebali to the US, we hope to do more going forward to bring people from the countries where we have done projects to the United States. We are proud of Nidhal, Senda, and Amani, and we are happy that they have already done much to change the relationship between Arabs and Americans, one melody and one smile at a time.
In Pakistan in August, I will perform in Islamabad and Karachi and hold meetings with our partners about the 2012 project. In Karachi, I will be joined by CiH volunteers who will work to lay the groundwork for the school partnerships that will be key to the success of Connecting Cultures through Counterpoint.
We hope that this work furthers our mission of bringing people together through music while preparing for our expansion into larger-scale projects in 2012.
In honor of these new projects, check out our re-modeled front page, now featuring heart-warming stories from our six years of projects!
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