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Cameron and Kristina's Upcoming West Coast Tour! -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-06-11T01:28:39Z

Book Cameron and Kristina
Now for Their Upcoming West Coast Tour:
November, 2010 -- June, 2011

Healing the American Global Love Connection
Please Watch this short Video to Get a Glimpse:

Musical Avatars for Peace

Popular Love Songs Open Keys to Peace on Planet Earth!
Songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, more...
Love Songs of Planet Earth are our Guide!
Healing the World Through Music

Book these Shows and Workshops now!

Contact Cameron at Musical Missions of Peace at
email: cameron@musicalmissions.com
cell phone: 303-898-6125

Leaving Fear Behind: Peace through Music!

The Musical Keys that Opened Iraqi Hearts in Baghdad!
"Iraqi Love Songs Were Our Passport!"

Cameron and Kristina, having now provided more than 200 Concerts and Presentations, are offering:

For Congregations:
Inspirational International Music for your Sunday Service
followed by an Afternoon or Evening Concert
or
We Frequently Conduct Sunday Morning Services
With our Healing the World Through Music Themes
Let's move from the "Me" to the "We!"
"We are all one!" ...all cultures! ...all languages!

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina:
Musical Avatars for Peace
Love songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Lebanon...
Discovering the ancient wisdom of love!
What messages and secrets do these beautiful ancient melodies contain?

Workshops Designed to Precede or Follow Our Events:

Spirituality:
Cameron's Beyond Words: The Great Freedom!
Discerning the magic world which lies behind the words.

For Women:
Kristina's Singing and Drumming Workshops
Connecting with the Divine Through Music

For Travelers:
Cameron's Spiritual Traveler
Crossing Language and Cultural Boundaries,
Can we still be "All One?"
-- How to become a true Global Citizen
and leave Fear-Based reality behind forever!

Cameron is the author of this book:
Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear
How to become a true Global Citizen
Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine...
Always finding a warm welcome!
What we Americans can do to become truly free!

For Musicians and Music Departments:
How to Travel the World as a Musical Ambassador
also
Cameron's Lessons in Microtonal Arabic Music

Cameron is the author of this book:
Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Teachings

For Movement Lovers:
Cameron and Kristina's Iraqi Sufi Ecstatic Movement

For Dance Lovers:
Cameron and Kristina's Arabic Trance Dance

For Current Affairs Groups:
Seminars on Middle Eastern History and Current Affairs

Proceeds from Musical Missions of Peace events benefit our Non-Profit Organization
and can simultaneously give back a percentage to your own congregation!

We can help you design
promotional materials
for these events!

"Bring These Awesome Artists To Your Church or Center!"
-- December, 2009: Unity Church Sound Connection Article

"Cameron & Kristina...build bridges between Western and Arab cultures through...music. Itâs not every American musician who can claim to have learned to play the oud (Middle Eastern lute) like an Iraqi, mastered the complexity of the maqam scale system and played love songs on a Baghdad street in the dangerous aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq. But then Cameron Powers is not your ordinary musician."
-- Lonely Planet Guide To The Middle East

Cameron and Kristina have been made honorary Ambassadors for Peace!
-- Universal Peace Federation

Cameron and Kristina's non-profit organization Musical Missions of Peace
Supports Iraqi Refugees
through an ongoing program devoted to the preservation
of ancient Music and Culture among Iraqi refugees currently in exile in Syria!

Sample Reviews:

"...the most enthusiastically ever received at our Church...
You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted."
-- Harold Cartlidge, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura

"The gifts of heaven are on you.
Cameron, I really miss seeing your smile as you visited us at Unity in Fayetteville, AR.
Your voice carries much love and I am thankful for meeting you.
Kristina, Your beauty is on the inside as well as the out.
I remember your laughter and joy and was greatly touched by your ability
to sing songs with such feelings that seem to touch so many lives."
-- Unity Church member in Fayetteville, Arkansas

"Thank you so much for everything you offered to our congregation. I am still receiving positive comments . It was also a great pleasure and honor to be able to actively engage in helping to promote your peace work. I really fell in love with your open hearts and very warm and easy going personalities. It was a joy to work with you. I wish you continuing success in your endeavors and hope we will have an opportunity to collaborate again. You will always be welcome here."
Love, Catherine Rowlee
-- Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation
See: More Reviews

Move to the rhythm and sound of indigenous Middle Eastern instruments
and experience ancient microtonal "Maqam" healing music.
The energy and vibration will lead you to a joyous dance
in expression of your Divine Self.

"Kristina's enticing singing and Cameron's multi-faceted instrumentals
with the oud and nay bring a harmonious presentation
of one of the world's oldest musical traditions."
-- John K Galm, Professor Emeritus,
Dept of Ethnomusicology, University of Colorado

email: cameron@musicalmissions.com

Iraqi Refugee Student
in Amman, Jordan
Supported by
Musical Missions of Peace
Songs of Hope Program

"I speak English, Spanish, Greek and enough Arabic and Inca to get around, but Music is The Ultimate Language!" -- Cameron

Cameron and Kristina
Singing Iraqi Love Songs
for Peace in Baghdad

Promotional Materials
Available Online

Ecstatic Music in Placerville -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-04-07T03:52:17Z

Placerville Ecstatic Music Events!

Friday, April 9th, 7pm-9pm
ARABIC TRANCE DANCE PARTY

Journey Center, 3976 Durock Road, Ste. 105, Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Sponsored by: Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living
Placerville, CA

Move to the rhythm and sound of indigenous Middle Eastern instruments and experience ancient microtonal "Maqam" healing music led by Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions for Peace. The energy and vibration will lead you to a joyous dance in expression of your Divine Self.

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Saturday, April 10th, 1pm-3pm
WORKSHOP: Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear
How to become a true Global Citizen
Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine...
Always finding a warm welcome!
What we Americans can do to become truly free!

Must Watch This Short Video:

Journey Center, 3976 Durock Road, Ste. 105, Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Sponsored by: Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living
Placerville, CA

Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions for Peace share their experiences as musical ambassadors for peace during this insightful workshop.

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Sunday, April 11th, 10:30-11:30am
Sunday Celebration
We Are All One: Falling Into Musical Love
Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living
Placerville Town Hall
549 Main Street, Placerville CA 95667

Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions for Peace will be our special guests for our Sunday Celebration on April 11, 2010. They have traveled to Arab countries, playing the native and ancient music of the Middle East in the streets from Damascus to Cairo to Baghdad, befriending thousands, and spreading a message of peace.

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Sunday, April 11th, 12:30 -2pm
CONCERT: Healing the World Through Music
Let's move from the Me to the We!
From Baghdad to Bulgaria!
From Athens to the Andes!

Love songs from Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Syria,
Spain, Peru, Mexico, Bulgaria, Tadjikstan and Greece.

Discovering the ancient wisdom of love!
What messages and secrets do these beautiful ancient melodies contain?
Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living
Placerville Town Hall
549 Main Street, Placerville CA 95667

More Info about all 4 events: http://www.mountainsidecsl.com/specialEvents.htm

email: cameron@musicalmissions.com

Sending Love and Support to Iraqis -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List Message

2010-03-27T03:59:30Z

Iraqi Refugee Children Music Education Project

It's that time of the month again!
Thanks to you and others like you we can send
Iraqi people the message:

"NO, we haven't forgotten about you!
We are American citizens who have always believed
in the beauty of who the Iraqi people are!

Every month we send money to places
in the Middle East where Iraqi children
can learn about the beauty of their own
ancient culture and practice its musical forms
so that one day when they are parents they can hand down
their own ancient wisdom and remember that
there were US citizens who contributed to make this possible!

"We know that tragically destructive forces were released in your homeland and we want to honor who you are and help you preserve your ancient and beautiful culture!"

Support Displaced Iraqi Kids

Iraqi Music Schools have now been set up by Musical Missions of Peace in the largest Iraqi refugee populations of Syria and Jordan so that Iraqi refugee children can carry forward the ancient microtonal music styles and the ancient poetic lyrics of their civilization.

The creation of these schools has been met by these Iraqi refugees with a huge welcome.
Having been driven out of their home country, millions of them are now living in Syria and Jordan, the only countries into which they have been allowed entrance in large numbers.

Many Iraqi musicians, highly skilled in these ancient indigenous styles, are taking this opportunity to begin the work of passing their art onto young Iraqi refugee children while earning precious livlihood for their families.

We have sources in Jordan and Syria for traditional instruments for maqam music such as ouds, violins, qanuns, nays, riqqs, and santours so that these Iraqi students can practice their musical arts.

We a small but efficient organization.
We actually get the job done!

Subscribe To Our Mailing List For More Information

To learn more, invite Cameron and Kristina to come and do
a presentation and concert for your group or congregation!

email: cameron@musicalmissions.com

Cameron and Kristina Concert in San Leandro CA -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-03-15T01:52:25Z

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina:
Musical Avatars for Peace
March 21, Sunday, 1:00 -- 3:00 pm
San Leandro, CA

From Baghdad to Bulgaria!
From Athens to the Andes!

Healing the World Through Music
Love songs from Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Syria,
Spain, Peru, Mexico, Bulgaria, Tadjikstan and Greece.

Discovering the ancient wisdom of love!
What messages and secrets do these beautiful ancient melodies contain?

Cameron and Kristina's ability to learn and perform indigenous love songs in their native languages has proven time and time again to be a sound method for dissolving boundaries, erasing fear and has served as the model for the creation of a new non-profit organization, Musical Missions of Peace.

Come join these "Missionaries in Reverse" to enjoy
their tales of international "conquest by love!"

Instruments: Voices, Oud, Nay, Riqq, Dumbek, Frame Drums.
Featuring especially: Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon.
Images from Musical Missions of Peace.

Unity Church of San Leandro
1420 Santa Maria St., San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 483-2132
San Leandro, CA

Cameron and Kristina will also help
conduct the morning service at 11:11 am!
Come early!

$10 suggested donation -- no one turned away!

More Info:
http://www.unitysanleandro.org/index.html

Cameron and Kristina Concert in Tustin, S. Calif -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List Message

2010-02-23T19:39:13Z

Concert: Healing the World Through Music From Baghdad to Bulgaria!
From Athens to the Andes!
Cameron and Kristina's ability to learn and perform indigenous love songs in their native languages has proven time and time again to be a sound method for dissolving boundaries, erasing fear and has served as the model for the creation of a new non-profit organization, Musical Missions of Peace.

Come join these "Missionaries in Reverse" to enjoy their tales of international "conquest by love" and experience the sounds of the popular songs of Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Spain, Peru, Mexico, Bulgaria, Tadjikstan and Greece.

Instruments: Voices, Oud, Nay, Riqq, Dumbek, Frame Drums. Featuring especially: Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon. Images from Musical Missions of Peace.
Concert: Saturday, Feb 27, 2010, 1:00 - 2:30 pm Healing The World Through Music
COMMON GROUND
14051 Newport Ave. H
Tustin, CA. 92780
Phones:
(714) 573-2546
714-485-5663
Admission: $15
http://www.meetup.com/common-ground-spiritual-center/calendar/12266258/

Note: the last two weekends in March and the first one in April are still available for events in the San Francisco to Sacramento areas! Reply to this email or give Cameron a call: 303-898-6125

Cameron and Kristina in Santa Barbara -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-02-17T19:16:39Z

Sunday, Feb 21, 2010, Santa Barbara, CA

Concert: Healing the World Through Music
From Baghdad to Bulgaria!
From Athens to the Andes!
Cameron and Kristinaâs ability to learn and perform indigenous love songs in their native languages has proven time and time again to be a sound method for dissolving boundaries, erasing fear and has served as the model for the creation of a new non-profit organization, Musical Missions of Peace.

Come join these âMissionaries in Reverseâ to enjoy their tales of international âconquest by loveâ and experience the sounds of the popular songs of
Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Spain, Peru, Mexico, Bulgaria, Tadjikstan and Greece.

Instruments: Voices, Oud, Nay, Riqq, Dumbek, Frame Drums.
Featuring especially: Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon.
Images from Musical Missions of Peace.

Concert: Sunday, Feb 21, 2010, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Healing The World Through Music
Center of the Heart
487 N. Turnpike Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93111

$15 suggested donation -- no one turned away!

More Info:
http://centeroftheheart.com/event/middle-eastern-music-special-concert

Cameron and Kristina Concert in Southern California -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-02-09T04:50:57Z

How To Introduce Cameron and Kristina? -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-02-03T17:02:07Z

Dear Cameron,
Every time I have emailed you recently I have forgotten a very important item. Will you please send me a brief paragraph or so by way of introduction for you and Kristina. I want to introduce you with whatever words you would like. Thanks so much and sorry I've been negligent about this. G

Dear G,
Gee... we always love to hear ourselves introduced and discover what attracted people to us... Generally we hear that people appreciate: 1) the fact that we went into Baghdad with musical instruments to make friends with Iraqis at the same time that the US government was invading and bombing (see www.musicalmissions.com ) 2) that we learn and study music and languages -- we sing in something like 8 languages and I speak 5, three of them quite fluently... 3) we are missionaries in REVERSE: we go to LEARN FROM OTHERS, not to spread US culture... 4) the music we carry is extraordinarily beautiful and very exotic... the indigenous middle-eastern music we play is microtonal and based on scales called maqamat that are very ancient... they come from way before the invention of the piano and the equal tempered scales of Europe... people frequently say that they respond to our music from some ancient familiarity as if it was in their DNA... from the point of view of physics, these ancient scales are, in fact, more perfectly in tune, with intervals known to musicians as "just intonation". I have authored a book which presents 45 of these ancient scales to musicians who have the appropriate instruments on which to learn and play them... when we play our "Arabic Trance Dance" events we play for 3 hours straight and facilitate deep spiritual trance... (see www.innernationals.com ) 5) the images we show and stories we tell pave the way for true freedom on planet earth... both internal and external... 6) our support for Iraqi refugee children in Damascus (see www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org ) 7) our support for other American "musical ambassadors" who have traveled, studied and performed in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran (see www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org ) 8) one of my books, "Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear" begins to address our largest themes: the world is full of wonderful people! Go get to know them! Sing and dance with them! Above all, don't let the prejudices and fears of the politicians deter you from embracing your own freedom and all of humanity.

I hope these ideas help...
cameron

Cameron and Kristina's New CD is Editor's Pick on Indie-Music -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-01-26T20:06:37Z

Dancing with Your Soul -- Arabic Nights
Let your body gently move by itself to this music and see what happens...

Cameron Powers: vocals, oud, nay, cumbus, fretless bass, buzuk, frame drum
Kristina Sophia: vocals, frame drum

Editor's Pick on Indie-Music.com: "...recognition that our screeners found your music of high quality..."

"I absolutely LOVE Dancing with your Soul!!!Â Listening all the time to it and singing a long... great tool for my learning maqamat."
-- Ynyra Oshea

CD Sales Help Support
Musical Missions of Peace,
Our 501c3 Non-Profit Organization!

Purchase:
Go To:
http://www.gldesignpub.com/DancingWithYourSoul.html

Track 1 -- 4:21: Jasmine -- Arhythmic
Track 2 -- 7:10: Damascus -- Rhythm: Maqsum
Track 3 -- 6:43: Ancient Wisdom -- Rhythm: Jurjuna
Track 4 -- 6:13: Desert Sunset -- Rhythm: Baladi
Track 5 -- 4:23: Mediterranean -- Rhythm: Tsiftitelli
Track 6 -- 7:42: Reflected Moon -- Arhythmic
Track 7 -- 2:45: Heartbeat -- Rhythm: Heartbeat
Track 8 -- 3:08: Galactic Breath -- Arhythmic

Maqamat (Arabic Scales) in Order of Appearance: Saba, Shuri, Bayati,
Rast, Hijaz, Rahat el Arwah, Suznak, Bastanikar, Iraq, Nikriz, Nawa Athar, Kurd
For Detailed Structure of Maqam changes go to: www.gldesignpub.com/souldance.html
Rhythms: Maqsum 4/4, Jurjuna 10/8 (3+2+2+3), Baladi 4/4, Tsiftitelli 8/8, Heartbeat 5/4
This CD was recorded in two sessions in 2008 and 2009 in Boulder, Colorado.
Tracks 1 - 6: an improvisation led by Cameron. Tracks 7 - 8: an improvisation led by Kristina.
Copyright: 2008 by Cameron Powers -- Email: cameron@musicalmissions.com
Recording and Mixing by Cameron Powers -- USA phone: 303-898-6125
Cover Art Design by Cameron Powers
Photo of Rooshana with veil by Fritz Penning
For more information on Cameron and Kristina's
non-profit work on behalf of Iraqi refugees
in the Middle East, see the latest edition of
The Lonely Planet Guide To The Middle East
or go to: www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org

Ancient Arabic Musical Scales:
Indigenous Middle Eastern music is traditionally composed in musical scales called "maqamat." Studying Maqamat leads a musician into a world wherein the concept of "musical notes" gradually fades in favor of a musical language dominated by exceedingly liquid musical phrases. Although we still analyze these phrases in terms of intervals between notes, we discover that they will be played with different pitches depending upon which maqam they are in. There is a conceptual system useful for Western musicians which offers 24 different notes per octave rather than just 12. This complexity yields to simplicity when we realize that musicians who play violins and ouds and who are not constrained by keyboards or frets will naturally gravitate toward what is called "just intonation." These are musical intervals which are, from a physicist's point of view, precisely in tune because the peaks and valleys of their sound waves actually line up, coincide an d reinforce each other. Hearing these perfectly-tuned intervals can lead to a deeper appreciation of harmony. Some claim that they feel a peacefulness enter their souls and create a deep resting place. The emotional charisma of the musician is no longer required: the beauty of the music conveys itself. The "equal-tempered" scales which were invented along with keyboards 300 years ago in Europe are, as trained musicians know, actually quite seriously out of tune, frequently by factors of up to 20% per half step. Some even say that Western Culture is itself "out-of-tune" as a consequence! The Arab and Turkish musicians who have been the primary carriers of the ancient maqamat of the indigenous Middle East have resisted equal-tempered music from Europe. With maqamat they can play music that is perfectly in tune and they can utilize traditionally defined "blues notes" which bend pitches in certain ways and produce emotionally charged moments. Traveling in the indigenous Middle East and immersion in traditional music and dance provides an entrance into a new emotional and spiritual world with roots in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Persia, Greece, Andalusia and the Fertile Crescent.

For Detailed Info on Maqamat used in each Track:
http://www.gldesignpub.com/DancingWithYourSoul.html

Middle Eastern Jazz
"Ya Layli Ya Aini" These are the chanted syllables of indigenous Middle Eastern improvisational singing. Literally "O Night O My Eyes" they refer to the sacred flirtation of looking into the eyes of the beloved during the night-time hours when life is soft and slow and beauty is to be admired. Lovers refer to each other as "My Eyes." The intimacy of eye contact is magical and is a deep soul-to-soul communion. An Iraqi friend has told me that he can hear hundreds of differing nuances in subtly distinct utterances of these words "Ya Layli Ya Aini". The majority of the "lyrics" on this CD are composed of these syllables although there are parts of Track 2 which contain the tearful lamentations in Arabic from a Syrian song, "Skaba."
In this album I dare, with the help of Kristina's beautiful echoing voice, to express the reperatoire of microtonal musical scales and their accompanying emotions which I have gathered from more than 30 years of study and absorption of Arabic music and culture. Largely inaccessible in the West, this music has proven to be an amazing gateway for me into depths of my own soul. A deep wailing worship for sensual energies is unleashed with tinges of surrender to the divine. What we know as "belly dance music" in English actually carries an ancient worship for the goddess which can be transformative for Westerners who truly open their hearts and souls to it. Multiple visits to Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco as well as Turkey and time spent living in Greece have opened glimpses of the extraordinary pristine grandeur carried by the ancient desert tribes which have been the seeds of so much mystical poetry, song and wisdom. Although I perform many trad itional popular songs and some of those can be heard on other CD's, tracks 1 - 6 of this album are my own improvisation. And the final two tracks feature the sounds of Kristina's unaccompanied melodious voice. This album is designed for a slow ecstatic, romantic dance or meditative massage. Let your body respond and move by itself as you listen. Feel yourself Dancing with Your Soul! -- Cameron Powers

Cameron and Kristina have been deepening their musical and cultural connection to the Arabic-speaking people of the Middle East by making several recent journeys through Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and the West Bank of Palestine since 2002. They sang Iraqi love songs on the streets of Baghdad in solidarity with the Iraqi people in the spring of 2003. They performed Egyptian music for an audience of 60,000 in the Cairo Stadium in the fall of that same year. They were gifted a non-profit corporation in 2003 which is devoted to supporting Iraqi Refugee Children in Syria as well as helping to fund American musicians who work as Musical Ambassadors. Damascus, Aleppo, Lattakia, Beirout, Amman, Aqaba, Ramallah and Cairo have become fascinating new realms for their musical explorations. They have been busy traveling in the US and helping people better understand the Middle Eastern, Arabic, psyche. Well over 200 musical and multi-media presentations hav e recently been completed in more than half of the American states as well as in Panama, Venezuela and Mexico.

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Available Booking Dates and Presidential Citizens Award Nomination Announced -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-01-24T17:29:37Z

Cameron and Kristina still have some dates available on the West coast for their current presentations:

Music Rebuilds Bridges of Trust and Heals the Wounds of War! Popular Love Songs in Many Languages From Planet Earth

S. California Weekend Dates Available:
Feb 20, 21, 28

N. California Bay Area Weekend Dates Available: March 20, 21, 27, 28, April 3, 4

See Presentation Info: http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Tour02.html See Calendar: http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/currentcalendar.html

Cameron and Kristina of Musical Missions of Peace have been nominated for: THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL CITIZEN'S AWARD

"Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia have developed an organization called Musical Missions of Peace. They have gone to Arab countries to play the native and ancient music of those countries - resulting in befriending thousands. They did this, primarily, by playing on the streets. From this activity, they initiated a program to develop teaching programs for Iraqi children to learn traditional Arabic music - focusing on Iraqi Refugee populations in particular. They have been doing a tremendous service to save the lives of Americans - by spreading a sense of Family and Peace. Perhaps you would not agree that they are heroes, because they don't kill people for peace...they befriend them and it works. For thousands of us who know what they're doing...they are the finest, most inspiring of heroes who are helping to protect us in a long lasting way.

It is difficult to measure the joy that is received by hundreds of people who no longer hate the United States, though they have been ravaged by our war - thanks to the efforts of 2 people who have brought joy into their hearts and the hearts of their children and who have sown the seeds of Hope."

Cameron and Kristina On The Road To West Coast -- Bookings Available! -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

2010-01-04T18:02:45Z

Check out this recent article about us in "Sound Connections," Unity Church's New Thought Online Music Resource: http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Unity.html

We are on the road once again in our travel trailer as we pass through Arizona on our way to the West coast. We are available to conduct more presentations, concerts, workshops and indigenous Middle Eastern trance dance events during January and the first half of February in Southern California and the second half of February and March in Northern California. We would love to be part of your Season of Nonviolence events. We keep the costs down by providing our own transportation!

We are American Musicians who play Arabic and other World Music and have performed for 60,000 Egyptians in the Cairo Stadium. We also have played Iraqi music on the streets of Baghdad for crowds of appreciative Iraqis. Does music hold the key to world peace? Please watch the 3 minute video clip on the following webpage. It really tells a lot of our story: http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Tour02.html We also frequently include popular music from Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Bulgaria, Spain, Mexico, Peru in our shows in addition to our repertoire from Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Please let us know if you would like to book us for a Concert, Presentation, Morning Service, Arabic Dance Night, or Transformational Power of Voice and Drum workshops. We have brought our presentations to hundreds of groups including dozens of Unitarian and Unity congregations all over the USA.

Blessings to You All as we begin 2010!
Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia
Musical Missions of Peace (a 501c3 non-profit organization) Call: 303 898 6125

Musical Missions of Peace 501c3:
www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org

Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Cameron and Kristina's Upcoming West Coast Tour! -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Book Cameron and Kristina Now for Their Upcoming West Coast Tour: November, 2010 -- June, 2011

Healing the American Global Love Connection Please Watch this short Video to Get a Glimpse:

Musical Avatars for Peace Popular Love Songs Open Keys to Peace on Planet Earth! Songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, more... Love Songs of Planet Earth are our Guide! Healing the World Through Music

Book these Shows and Workshops now! Contact Cameron at Musical Missions of Peace at email: cameron@musicalmissions.com cell phone: 303-898-6125

Leaving Fear Behind: Peace through Music!

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina: Musical Avatars for Peace Love songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Lebanon... Discovering the ancient wisdom of love! What messages and secrets do these beautiful ancient melodies contain?

Workshops Designed to Precede or Follow Our Events:

Spirituality: Cameron's Beyond Words: The Great Freedom! Discerning the magic world which lies behind the words.

For Women: Kristina's Singing and Drumming Workshops Connecting with the Divine Through Music

For Travelers: Cameron's Spiritual Traveler Crossing Language and Cultural Boundaries, Can we still be "All One?" -- How to become a true Global Citizen and leave Fear-Based reality behind forever!

Cameron is the author of this book: Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear How to become a true Global Citizen Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine... Always finding a warm welcome! What we Americans can do to become truly free!

For Musicians and Music Departments: How to Travel the World as a Musical Ambassador also Cameron's Lessons in Microtonal Arabic Music

Cameron is the author of this book: Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Teachings

For Movement Lovers: Cameron and Kristina's Iraqi Sufi Ecstatic Movement

For Dance Lovers: Cameron and Kristina's Arabic Trance Dance

For Current Affairs Groups: Seminars on Middle Eastern History and Current Affairs

Proceeds from Musical Missions of Peace events benefit our Non-Profit Organization and can simultaneously give back a percentage to your own congregation!

We can help you design promotional materials for these events!

"Bring These Awesome Artists To Your Church or Center!" -- December, 2009: Unity Church Sound Connection Article

Cameron and Kristina have been made honorary Ambassadors for Peace! -- Universal Peace Federation

Cameron and Kristina's non-profit organization Musical Missions of Peace Supports Iraqi Refugees through an ongoing program devoted to the preservation of ancient Music and Culture among Iraqi refugees currently in exile in Syria!

Sample Reviews:

"...the most enthusiastically ever received at our Church... You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted." -- Harold Cartlidge, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura

Ecstatic Music in Placerville -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Placerville Ecstatic Music Events!

Friday, April 9th, 7pm-9pm ARABIC TRANCE DANCE PARTY

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Saturday, April 10th, 1pm-3pm WORKSHOP: Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear How to become a true Global Citizen Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine... Always finding a warm welcome! What we Americans can do to become truly free!

Must Watch This Short Video:

Journey Center, 3976 Durock Road, Ste. 105, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Sponsored by: Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living Placerville, CA Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions for Peace share their experiences as musical ambassadors for peace during this insightful workshop.

More Info about all 4 events: http://www.mountainsidecsl.com/specialEvents.htm

Sending Love and Support to Iraqis -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List Message

Iraqi Refugee Children Music Education Project

It's that time of the month again! Thanks to you and others like you we can send Iraqi people the message:

Cameron and Kristina Concert in San Leandro CA -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina: Musical Avatars for Peace March 21, Sunday, 1:00 -- 3:00 pm San Leandro, CA

Unity Church of San Leandro 1420 Santa Maria St., San Leandro, CA 94577 (510) 483-2132 San Leandro, CA

Cameron and Kristina will also help conduct the morning service at 11:11 am! Come early!

$10 suggested donation -- no one turned away!

Cameron and Kristina Concert in Tustin, S. Calif -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List Message

Cameron and Kristina in Santa Barbara -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Sunday, Feb 21, 2010, Santa Barbara, CA

Cameron and Kristina Concert in Southern California -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

How To Introduce Cameron and Kristina? -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Cameron and Kristina's New CD is Editor's Pick on Indie-Music -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Dancing with Your Soul -- Arabic Nights Let your body gently move by itself to this music and see what happens...

Cameron Powers: vocals, oud, nay, cumbus, fretless bass, buzuk, frame drum Kristina Sophia: vocals, frame drum

Editor's Pick on Indie-Music.com: "...recognition that our screeners found your music of high quality..."

CD Sales Help Support Musical Missions of Peace, Our 501c3 Non-Profit Organization!

Purchase: Go To: http://www.gldesignpub.com/DancingWithYourSoul.html

Available Booking Dates and Presidential Citizens Award Nomination Announced -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Cameron and Kristina On The Road To West Coast -- Bookings Available! -- Musical Missions: Worldwide List

Book Cameron and Kristina
Now for Their Upcoming West Coast Tour:
November, 2010 -- June, 2011

Healing the American Global Love Connection
Please Watch this short Video to Get a Glimpse:

Musical Avatars for Peace

Popular Love Songs Open Keys to Peace on Planet Earth!
Songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, more...
Love Songs of Planet Earth are our Guide!
Healing the World Through Music

Book these Shows and Workshops now!

Contact Cameron at Musical Missions of Peace at
email: cameron@musicalmissions.com
cell phone: 303-898-6125

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina:
Musical Avatars for Peace
Love songs from Egypt, Iran, Greece, Iraq, Peru, Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Lebanon...
Discovering the ancient wisdom of love!
What messages and secrets do these beautiful ancient melodies contain?

Spirituality:
Cameron's Beyond Words: The Great Freedom!
Discerning the magic world which lies behind the words.

For Women:
Kristina's Singing and Drumming Workshops
Connecting with the Divine Through Music

For Travelers:
Cameron's Spiritual Traveler
Crossing Language and Cultural Boundaries,
Can we still be "All One?"
-- How to become a true Global Citizen
and leave Fear-Based reality behind forever!

Cameron is the author of this book:
Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear
How to become a true Global Citizen
Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine...
Always finding a warm welcome!
What we Americans can do to become truly free!

For Musicians and Music Departments:
How to Travel the World as a Musical Ambassador
also
Cameron's Lessons in Microtonal Arabic Music

Cameron is the author of this book:
Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Teachings

For Movement Lovers:
Cameron and Kristina's Iraqi Sufi Ecstatic Movement

For Dance Lovers:
Cameron and Kristina's Arabic Trance Dance

For Current Affairs Groups:
Seminars on Middle Eastern History and Current Affairs

Proceeds from Musical Missions of Peace events benefit our Non-Profit Organization
and can simultaneously give back a percentage to your own congregation!

We can help you design
promotional materials
for these events!

"Bring These Awesome Artists To Your Church or Center!"
-- December, 2009: Unity Church Sound Connection Article

Cameron and Kristina have been made honorary Ambassadors for Peace!
-- Universal Peace Federation

Cameron and Kristina's non-profit organization Musical Missions of Peace
Supports Iraqi Refugees
through an ongoing program devoted to the preservation
of ancient Music and Culture among Iraqi refugees currently in exile in Syria!

"...the most enthusiastically ever received at our Church...
You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted."
-- Harold Cartlidge, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura

Friday, April 9th, 7pm-9pm
ARABIC TRANCE DANCE PARTY

Saturday, April 10th, 1pm-3pm
WORKSHOP: Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear
How to become a true Global Citizen
Singing our way through Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Venezuela, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine...
Always finding a warm welcome!
What we Americans can do to become truly free!

Journey Center, 3976 Durock Road, Ste. 105, Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Sponsored by: Mountainside Center for Spiritual Living
Placerville, CA

Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions for Peace share their experiences as musical ambassadors for peace during this insightful workshop.

It's that time of the month again!
Thanks to you and others like you we can send
Iraqi people the message:

Concert and Presentation by Cameron and Kristina:
Musical Avatars for Peace
March 21, Sunday, 1:00 -- 3:00 pm
San Leandro, CA

Unity Church of San Leandro
1420 Santa Maria St., San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 483-2132
San Leandro, CA

Cameron and Kristina will also help
conduct the morning service at 11:11 am!
Come early!

Dancing with Your Soul -- Arabic Nights
Let your body gently move by itself to this music and see what happens...

Cameron Powers: vocals, oud, nay, cumbus, fretless bass, buzuk, frame drum
Kristina Sophia: vocals, frame drum

CD Sales Help Support
Musical Missions of Peace,
Our 501c3 Non-Profit Organization!

Purchase:
Go To:
http://www.gldesignpub.com/DancingWithYourSoul.html