Category: India
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Music as a tool for social empowerment
So proud of our kids! You can watch and hear them in this video of the INK talks event in Goa in September 2016.
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World Busk!
David Juritz is a remarkable individual on so many levels. Born in Cape Town South Africa, he won a scholarship to study at London’s Royal College of Music, where he won all the major prizes for violin, including the college’s highest award, the Tagore Medal. On leaving the RCM, he joined the English Chamber Orchestra.…
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Video : Our kids at Auxilium school, Aldona make music!
This lively and enthusiastic bunch of young kids from Auxilium school, Aldona, are learning the violin with our teacher Stefi Cruz. Watch this short video taken recently – they’e made good progress in the last few months! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3x841fPBE
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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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We’re now in Bangalore!
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve now got a music project in Bangalore (Bengaluru)! We’ve got a violin teacher giving weekly lessons to a group of children at Abhayadhama, a charity in Whitefield! And by the end of this month, we’ll hopefully have a music project in Mumbai as well! Thanks as ever to Musequality…
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And now…. Keyboard!
On 8 August 2012, we began keyboard lessons for the kids at Hamara School. It’s funny how one thing leads to another: A lot of our recorder students used to enjoy the singing sessions that went along with learning their instrument. They literally begged for more opportunities to sing. So we began choir last…
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Franz Liszt birth bicentenary event: What Liszt did for us
22 October 2011, 5 pm Fundação Oriente premises, Fontainhas Panjim Goa India This audio-visual presentation takes you on a pilgrimage through Liszt’s life and work, and culminates with an analysis and screening of his compositions which include his monumental B minor piano sonata and his symphonic poem Mazeppa. RSVP here.