UPDATE:
We raised $8203 for the children of the Ukraine!
Check out the pictures from this beautiful event:
The Collaborative Piano Institute (a registered nonprofit organization) is proud to partner with the LSU School of Music for a special event with poignant significance: a Fundraiser Concert for the victims of the Ukraine war, particularly mothers and children affected by this senseless conflict. We will have an all-star roster of artists, comprised by LSU Music Faculty, alumni, current students, guests, and even an orchestra and choir comprised of passionate music students who volunteered for this event!
Where: LSU Recital Hall (map here). Free parking available in the lot located right in front of the school.
When: Sunday May 8th, 3 PM
Who: renowned pianists Michael Gurt, and Willis Delony with his jazz trio; the LSU Brass Quintet with fabulous baritone Dennis Jesse; LSU faculty Katherine Kemler (flute), Yung-Chiao Wei (bass), Sandra Moon (soprano), Robert Grayson (tenor), Lin He (violin), Ana María Otamendi (piano), as well as a volunteer orchestra and choir (members of the A Cappella choir and the LSU Symphony Orchestra who are passionate about the cause).
How: Donations will be received in advance (see below) and at the door (suggested donation $20, but any amount is welcome!).
There will also be a silent auction with sculptures by Professor Dennis Parker. Click here for more information!
Don’t you want to shout: “Spring is here! The weather is lovely, it’s time to celebrate growth and rebirth, to be joyful and lighthearted!” Yet, it’s impossible to remain unaffected by the shadows of horrific displays of unprovoked, unfettered violence taking place right now.
Making music has never felt more contradictory to us: as feeble as trying to stir a sailboat in a tsunami, yet as powerful as singing through the air raids when there is nothing left to do; as eternal as people coming together. Coming together on the square in solidarity, coming together in kin and friendship after years of brutal pandemic, coming together with food, laughter and music to toast life and the future, whatever it may bring.
So, music making is what we will continue to do! Come IN PERSON to our Fundraising Recital on May 8th, at 3PM at the Recital Hall of the LSU School of Music 102 School of Music Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803
All donations will go directly to UNICEF Ukraine to help the children affected by the war.
Music is feelings in sound: giggling, crying, loving, wailing, hoping, charging, nursing, mourning. Music is catharsis, a release, a space where stories are told, and hearts connect. Music makes us empathetic. Making music is once again, year after year, an everyday act of rebellion against the swirling fire plumes of physical, verbal, or legislative attack. To choose art when one can choose violence, to choose creation when hopelessness lurks by the sidelines, to choose to shape sound in beauty as the winds of nature or metal wings slice the air is radical.
Help us make a difference for the innocent affected by this horrific invasion!
For advance donations (if you would like to receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation, please email us at collaborativepianoinstitute@gmail.com)
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