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Monday, February 04, 2008
Peace, Hope, and Ukuleles
I was contacted by the Hang Drummer, John Pascuzzi, whose video I posted the other day. He wanted to let me know about another video he made in order to help out a man whose project is called Ukuleles for Peace.
From the Ukuleles for Peace site:
A very moving video with John Pascuzzi playing a Tuvan Igil (Bet you've never heard of one of these before!):
From the Ukuleles for Peace site:
For a long time, we have been watching and living the miserable situation between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs in the area. We asked ourselves, how can we contribute to a change of atmosphere? How can we break the distrust between the societies, and how can we--as simple citizens--create more opportunities for Jews and Arabs to meet and be involved with one another in our daily lives?
As Paul [Moore] regularly performs to both Arab and Jewish kids, it gave him an idea: to combine his love for the ukulele (a small and easy to learn 4 string instrument) and his experience with children to create Ukuleles For Peace.
The goal of Ukuleles for Peace is to bring Jewish and Arab children together to play in an orchestra with ukuleles, kazoos and other fun instruments. Paul works with the students once a week in their own schools, and then brings them together for performances. The children sing in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The hope is that playing together will create further opportunities for communal activities, and that parents and members of the communities will get involved in the program.
A very moving video with John Pascuzzi playing a Tuvan Igil (Bet you've never heard of one of these before!):
I would love to turn up at the United Nations and just simply play our music to them as a statement of what is possible. Words seem to only divide, whereas music unites us all in harmony.
- Paul Moore, Ukuleles for Peace
- Paul Moore, Ukuleles for Peace
Labels: hope, Israel, john Pascuzzi, Palestine, Ukuleles for Peace
posted by Carol at 9:02 AM
4 Comments:
music does seem to unite....nice video.
Yeah, what is it about music that unites? It doesn't need words, and it somehow reaches something universal within us.
Hi Carol, Paul here from Israel. Thanks for posting the UFP piece you may like to see the Blog a friend of mine from Canada did while he stayed with us recording the UFP Orchestra
http://radiofreepeterborough.ca/blog/820.
I enjoyed reading your posts about many of my favorite people
I hope to be traveling to The USA and Canada this year to play and promote UFP by giving Talks and showing a promo film which is being edited in Canada now . I also have good friends near you i would like to visit in Gardener Jack and Barbara Yule he is a Harp Builder and she is a Story Teller. Keep up your own good work .. Much Aloha Paul Moore
http://paulmooremusic.com
Phone 00972 (0)
97457287 e mail is
pdmoore@zahav.net.il
UFP Web site is
http://ukulelesforpeace.com/
Hi Paul!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope that you will give a presentation in Denver on your way to Gardner. I MIGHT be able to help facilitate that.
Thanks for your work in bringing together young people through music. It gives me hope.
I visited the blog you mentioned and am in the process of signing up so that I can hear the music.
Thank you, thank you...
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