Youth Orchestra In Iraq??!!

[Fionanovocak]

Hello Everyone

I thought I'd let you know about this, There's a new show in United Kingdom's channel 4 called Battlefront, this battlefront thingy will support 20 youth campaigners with seemingly big issues. But apparently none of them is eye-catching as campaign # 18 -- Music For A Change. The campaigner is promoting a project to gather young Iraqi musicians aged (14-25) to make a youth orchestra in Baghdad! If you don't believe it, go see yourself :
http://battlefront.co.uk/campaign/music-for-a-change/

They've also interviewed the campaigner.. very interesting stuff, indeed : http://battlefront.co.uk/catch-up/blog/post/i-ask-zuhal/


I think it's wonderful to find music or people who think of music in places you can never imagine! This is very inspiring and wonderful , if you think the same, I think we should show some support.


Cheers!

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha Fionanovocak,

Welcome aboard! Please do make yourself feel right at home and stay for a spell. I recently heard about that youth orchestra through my music colleages who perform in the Honolulu Symphony. Its great to hear about such things going on even in the midst of such trials and tribulations.

Cheerio,

Corno Dolce

[marval]

Hello Fionanovacak

Welcome to the forum.

It is wonderful to hear that such good work is going on, in a country where all we seem to hear about is the bad things. I hope many young people take advantage of this, showing what can be achieved, giving a sense of pride in music.


Margaret

[Contratrombone64]

Hi Fiona - welcome, how wonderful. Music is a universal remedy for the miseries, so I hope they're successful in that troubled part of the world.

[Krummhorn]

Greetings Fionanovacak

Thanks for stopping by and giving us the information on the youth orchestra in Iraq. This certainly gives lots of promise to help promote/restore classical music in what can be trying times for that country.

We hope you will keep us updated on the progress as well as becoming a regular participating member of this forum community. We have many interesting and ongoing discussions taking place all the time here on MIMF.

Welcome to the forum and we hope you enjoy your time here.