Sounds of Change

I will be performing on Wednesday, March 21st, as part of the University of Toronto’s Sounds of Change event www.equity.utoronto.ca/ , an afternoon of fundraising concerts and performances that will mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination…

Pieces that I will be performing include: Kokopeli, by Katherine Hoover (USA), a piece influenced by North American flute songs and sounds.

Purple Bamboo Melody (Traditional Chinese Folksong)

Icicle, by Robert Aitken (Canada)

Performances will mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination……money will be collected at numerous locations around the U of T campus and donated to the Cabbagetown Community Arts Program. The Centre was established in 1979 to improve the quality of life for the children in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood. The Centre offers instruction in drama, sculpture, painting and music to give children from low-income families an opportunity to learn and perform, work in groups, and create art.

Sounds of Change March 21, 2007

On March 21 the University will be holding its second annual “Sounds of Change” - a campus celebration of music, spoken word, performance and other creative sounds challenging racism and other inequities.
Performances will mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and will be held on mini-stages or impromptu sites across all three campuses every hour (on the hour, during change of classes) throughout the afternoon.
Who?
More than 20 students, staff and faculty amateur and professional musicians/sound artists.

What?
Instruments including voice, guitar, harmonica, piano, acoustic lute, bassoon, fiddle, cello, violin, erhu (Chinese violin), cymbals and drums.

Music including classical, Brazilian music, funk, reggae, sound poetry, blues, dance and even a sing-along.

Where?
Hart House
Reznikoff’s Café (University College)
Flavelle House (Faculty of Law) Robart’s Library

“Sharing the beauty of our respective cultures has the power to overcome any racial, political or religious differences.”"Hopefully [the audience] will be able to feel the music [to] incite the universality of human emotions.”

The music we will be playing ” represents praise and longing for an ideal world without conflict and class discrimination.”

“Fusion of cultures through music”

Don’t forget:

Money will be collected at each location and donated to the Cabbagetown Community Arts Program. The Centre was established in 1979 to improve the quality of life for the children in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood. The Centre offers instruction in drama, sculpture, painting and music to give children from low-income families an opportunity to learn and perform, work in groups, and create art.

“Sounds of Change” is sponsored by the Offices of the Vice-President Human Resources and Equity, the Vice-President and Provost, the Special Advisor on Equity Issues, the Anti Racism and Cultural Diversity Office, Hart House, the Faculty of Music, and Student Affairs.

Email sounds.change@utoronto.ca for more information.