USA Today described Music Aid as one of the most exciting and important new developments in music and the internet and awarded www.musicaid.org Website Of The Year Award. Many famous names were involved in the organization's launch event, included legendary Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, who donated his own original artworks to the launch, and funds were raised from the sale of personally signed guitars and album covers from Paul McCartney, John Lee Hooker, Oasis, Prince, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Bono and others. This launch event (named "The Art of Music Festival") was sponsored by AOL and Tower Records and it took over an entire floor of the Whitley's Center in central London. It ran for a full week and was attended by over 100,000 people who enjoyed seven days of art exhibits and daily live music and dance shows. This event holds the record for the largest exhibition of music related art ever staged with many valuable original art works on display by Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Peter Max and many others. Funds raised at the launch event were used to directly provide schooling for poor village children in SE Asia and to establish and fund a Music Aid subsidiary called The World Music Foundation which operated for over six years as a government registered international charity working with The United Nations UNV online volunteer project and Net Aid in the areas of poverty relief and education.
AFRICAN CHILDRENS CHOIR
The African Children’s Choir is composed of African children, aged 7 to 11 years old. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease. They represent all the children of a continent and they demonstrate the potential of African children to become strong leaders for a better future in their land.
Over the past twenty years, the children have appeared in thousands of concerts around the world, including concerts at the Pentagon and the United Nations in the USA. and they performed at the Commonwealth Observance Day in the presence of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in London.
Music Aid International has been a fan and a supporter of the choir for many years and we are happy to promote and support the choir at every opportunity.
The primary goal of the Choir is to raise awareness of the need of destitute and orphaned children in Africa and to raise funds for continued development and support of the African Children’s Choir Programs. The Choir’s international educational endeavor provides unique training for the children. Once Choir members have completed a concert tour, they return to their homelands with the tools necessary for bettering their future.
Visit the African Childrens Choir website for more details here.
Find them on Facebook here.
Check the news and causes pages on the Music Aid website for news items about the ACC.
Over the past twenty years, the children have appeared in thousands of concerts around the world, including concerts at the Pentagon and the United Nations in the USA. and they performed at the Commonwealth Observance Day in the presence of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in London.
Music Aid International has been a fan and a supporter of the choir for many years and we are happy to promote and support the choir at every opportunity.
The primary goal of the Choir is to raise awareness of the need of destitute and orphaned children in Africa and to raise funds for continued development and support of the African Children’s Choir Programs. The Choir’s international educational endeavor provides unique training for the children. Once Choir members have completed a concert tour, they return to their homelands with the tools necessary for bettering their future.
Visit the African Childrens Choir website for more details here.
Find them on Facebook here.
Check the news and causes pages on the Music Aid website for news items about the ACC.
