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The Manchester International Roots Orchestra taped a free concert for Refugee Week

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The Manchester International Roots Orchestra (MIRO) is a unique ensemble of musicians with roots from across the world, including refugee musicians. The musicians of MIRO will come together digitally to perform their characteristic blend of music from across the globe. In this performance, recorded during lockdown, MIRO will present well-loved classics from their repertoire which skilfully combines diverse musical influences from haunting Eastern European melodies, to the delicate textures of Middle Eastern percussion and vocals. Watch from 14th June on YouTube and Instagram Part of Community Arts North West’s Beyond Borders programme https://refugeeweek.org.uk/events/manchester-international-roots-orchestra/ https://www.youtube.com/user/CommunityArtsNW #music #refugee #musicians Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er staan wellicht nog meer artikelen op dit weblog die u zullen boeien. Kijk gerust eens rond...

Verzoekje van Sarojani om petitie voor Rasa te tekenen

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Hi and Good Afternoon. Needless to say as an English speaker, I am a great lover of your FB page. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to sign/post a petition on your page to save Rasa, a concert hall in Utrecht. It is being threatened with closure by the government who is witholding their subsidies. Its a great place...its the only place in Holland where you can hear musicians from Africa, India, the Caribbean, Morocco, and now Syria...please sign with your name or nom-de-plume and support a good cause...Thank you...and keep up your great work with the page! Its a great help to everyone..! Sarojani https://petities.nl/petitions/ik-steun-rasa?locale=en Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er staan wellicht nog meer artikelen op dit weblog die u zullen boeien. Kijk gerust eens rond. Zelf graag wat willen plaatsen? Mail dan webmaster@vreemdelingenrecht.com In verband met geldwolven ...

Blinded by landmine in Myanmar, refugee pours heart into music

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Saw Wee (left), a blind refugee from Myanmar living in Milwaukee, has collaborated with Jonathan Burks (right) and other local musicians to put together an album in his native language dedicated to his people and their plight.   In the night, Saw Wee said he could see them. In his dreams he'd see his lifelong friends. He'd see his home in Kler Kee, a jungle village in Karen State, near the Th...

A refugee of war, Pacific University professor Dijana Ihas teaches music to heal and inspire

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Her small, strong arms wave through the air in quick, measured loops -- gestures that allow professor Dijana Ihas to bring all of the room's violins, cellos, and violas into harmony. Suddenly, she stops. Her hands come to her side and her brown eyes soften. "Students," she said. "What do you think is heart of this piece?" Without failure, her booming voice and thick eastern European accent command their attention. She is asking them to assign emotion to the music. To not only learn how to play it, but to experience it. "This class becomes an emotional release for a lot of students -- a really powerful one," said Sarah Tomscha, a Pacific University student and pupil of Ihas. Ihas has seen music's ability to lift one's spirit even in the direst of circumstances. Being a musician helped her survive the Bosnian War. It's how she helped others survive, too. Born in 1963 in Sarajevo in what was then socialist-run Yugoslavia, ...