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Camerta Child’s Play – the first concert
Child’s Play was thrilled to present the first concert by Camerta Child’s Play, conducted by Prof. Santiago Lusardi of the University of Seville, Spain on 14 April 2013. The ensemble is made up of children of Child’s Play and local musicians. This first concert happened at short notice and after a few intensive rehearsals, a full-house…
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The Kodaly Quartet comes to Goa
Child’s Play was honored to be able to bring the world-famous Kodaly Quartet to Goa for their first-ever performance here. They played to a full-house at St. Michael’s church in Taleigao and we hope you were able to make it to this historic event. The Quartet took time to visit a rehearsal of Camerata Child’s…
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Concerts in April
Have you reserved your passes for the upcoming concerts in April yet? Bager Trio concert in aid of Child’s Play – 2 April, 6.30 pm at Kala Academy – Donation passes at Furtados Music Our Project Director Dr. Luis Dias interviewed the trio and you can read it here. A piano recital by Marouan Benabdallah,…
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A Traveller’s Guide to Busking: David Juritz at TEDxSPS
David Juritz, the founder of Musequality, is a huge source of inspiration and support for us at Child’s Play (India) Foundation. Here is a video that explains why. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtTG5cawHq4] It is fair to say that had he not embarked on his remarkable “Round the World and Bach” initiative in 2007 to mark his 50th birthday,…
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Visitors in 2012!
We were privileged to have many musicians visit us in 2012. Most of them visited the children at Hamara School, played for /with them and taught them a trick or two. Heartfelt thanks to: The Top Dog Brass Band from Dresden who gave us a stunning, impromptu performance at Hamara School; soprano Patricia Rozario who did…
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Meet the Woodwinds @ Casa da Moeda
On December 16, we invited the general public to come and meet our two visiting woodwind players – Stuart Potter (bassoon) and Akihide Noguchi (clarinet). We also invited our flute teacher Susan Badiyari to come along. Both Stuart and Hide demonstrated the various parts of their instruments and how to them together. …
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Meet the Woodwinds @ Hamara School
Last week, by sheer coincidence, we had two talented musicians visiting us in Goa. Stuart Potter is a bassoonist currently teaching the instrument at the Kodaikanal International School. He was in Goa on a holiday and we were very pleased to have him share his music with us. Akihide Noguchi is a Japanese clarinetist currently…