Musical Missions: Congregations List

Sending Love and Support to Iraqis -- Musical Missions: Congregations List

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:49:00 GMT

<div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1 align="center"><span class="style14"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/header0672.gif" alt="header" width="701" height="184" hspace="60" align="top" /></span></h1> <p align="center"><span class="style21">If your browser is not displaying images <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/email12.html">click here</a></span></p> </div> <div id="mainContent"> <h4 align="center" class="style14">Iraqi Refugee Children Music Education Project<br /> <span class="style39"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/subscribeemail.html"></a></span></h4> <h4 align="center" class="style23">It's that time of the month again!<br /> Thanks to you and others like you we can send<br /> Iraqi people the message:</h4> <p align="center" class="style23">"NO, we haven't forgotten about you! <br /> We are American citizens who have always believed <br /> in the beauty of who the Iraqi people are!</p> <p align="center" class="style23"><em>Every month we send money</em> to places<br /> in the Middle East where Iraqi children<br /> can learn about the beauty of their own<br /> ancient culture and practice its musical forms<br /> so that one day <em>when they are parents</em> they can hand down<br /> their own ancient wisdom and remember that<br /> <em>there were US citizens who contributed to make this possible!</em></p> <h4 align="center" class="style23"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/email12.html"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/iraqistudent09a.gif" alt="Iraqi01" width="226" height="144" /></a> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/email12.html"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/iraqisingingstudent05a.gif" alt="Iraqi02" width="189" height="144" /></a></h4> <p align="center" class="style23">"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!"</p> <p align="center" class="style23"><span class="style17"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/MMofPDonations.html">Support Displaced Iraqi Kids</a></span></p> <p align="center" class="style23"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/MMofPDonations.html"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/donatebutton.gif" alt="Donate" width="177" height="131" /></a></p> <p align="center">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. </p> <p align="center">The creation of these schools has been met by these Iraqi refugees with a huge welcome.<br /> 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.</p> <p align="center">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.</p> <p align="center">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. </p> <p align="center">We a small but efficient organization.<br /> We actually get the job done!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/subscribeemail.html">Subscribe To Our Mailing List For More Information</a></p> <p align="center">To learn more, invite Cameron and Kristina to come and do<br /> a presentation and concert for your group or congregation!</p> <p align="center">email: cameron@musicalmissions.com</p> <h4 align="center" class="style23"> </h4> <h4 align="center" class="style23"> </h4> <p align="center" class="style18"><br /> <strong><br /> </strong></p> </div> <div class="style18" id="footer"> <p align="center">Musical Missions of Peace is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a></p> </div> <span class="style18">  </span></div>

Beyond Baghdad: Healing the World Through Music -- Musical Missions: Congregations List

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:29:00 GMT

<div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1 align="center"><span class="style14"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/header0772.gif" alt="header" width="716" height="188" hspace="60" align="top" /></span></h1> <p align="center"><span class="style21">If not displaying images <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Tour01.html">click here</a></span></p> </div> <div id="mainContent"> <h4 align="center" class="style14"><span class="style19">Cameron and Kristina<br /> Your Headliners For the Upcoming <br /> <span class="style14">Season for Nonviolence</span></span></h4> <h4 align="center" class="style14">Beyond Baghdad: Healing the World Through Music</h4> <h4 align="center" class="style19">Book this show now!<br /> <span class="style25">email: cameron@musicalmissions.com<br /> cell phone: 303-898-6125</span></h4> <p align="center" class="style19"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Tour01.html"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/showpromo01play72.gif" alt="MusicalMissionsTour" width="355" height="250" /></a></p> <h4 align="center" class="style19">Pioneering Musicians Cameron & Kristina sing you around the world: <br /> Healing music from Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Mexico, Peru</h4> <h4 align="center" class="style22">No more fear: Peace through Music!</h4> <h4 class="style19"> </h4> <h4 class="style19">"Cameron & Kristina...build bridges between Western and Arab cultures through...music." -- <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/LonelyPlanet.html">Lonely Planet</a></h4> <h4 class="style19">Cameron and Kristina are Official Ambassadors for <a href="http://www.upf.org/">International Peace Federation</a> <br /> Regular performers for United Nations International Day of Peace</h4> <h4 class="style19">Cameron and Kristina's non-profit organization Musical Missons of Peace funds <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/IraqiRefugeeChildren.html">"Songs of Hope,"</a> an ongoing program devoted to the preservation of ancient Music and Culture among Iraqi refugees currently in exile in Syria</h4> <h4 class="style19">"...the most enthusiastically ever received at our Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura... You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted." Harold Cartlidge<br /> See: <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/reviews.html">More Reviews</a><br /> </h4> <h4 class="style19"><span class="style22">Cameron and Kristina, veterans of more than 200 presentations and concerts, can provide:</span><br /> <br /> For Congregations:<br /> Inspirational Music for your Sunday Service<br /> followed by an Evening Concert<br /> Let's move from the "Me" to the "We!"<br /> "We are all one!" ...all cultures! ...all languages!</h4> <h4 class="style19">For Universities or Other Groups:<br /> The ancient microtonal music of the indigenous Middle East<br /> Seminars on Middle Eastern history and current affairs</h4> <h4 class="style19">For Women:<br /> Kristina's Singing and Drumming Workshops</h4> <h4 class="style19">For Musicians:<br /> Cameron's Lessons in Arabic Music</h4> <h4 class="style19">Proceeds from Musical Missions of Peace events benefit our Non-Profit Organization<br /> and can simultaneously give back a percentage to your own congregation!</h4> <h4 class="style19">We can help you design <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/hosting.html">promotional materials</a> for your events</h4> <h4 class="style19">Contact Cameron at Musical Missions of Peace at cameron@musicalmissions.com<br /> 303-898-6125</h4> <table width="600" border="10" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td><p class="style15"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/ammanstud05c.gif" alt="IraqiStudent" width="144" height="177" hspace="6" vspace="6" /></p> <p align="center" class="style15"><span class="style23"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/IraqiRefugeeChildren.html">Iraqi Refugee Student</a><br /> in Amman, Jordan<br /> Supported by<br /> Musical Missions of Peace<br /> Songs of Hope Program</span></p> </td> <td><p class="style15"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/images/CameronKristina09.gif" alt="CameronKristina" width="152" height="180" hspace="6" /></p> <p align="center" class="style15"><span class="style23">"I speak English, Spanish, Greek and enough Arabic and Inca to get around, but <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/MissionStatement.html">Music is The Ultimate Language!</a>" -- Cameron</span></p></td> <td><p class="style15"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/images/Baghdad09.gif" alt="Baghdad" width="165" height="113" hspace="6" /></p> <p align="center" class="style15"><span class="style23">Cameron and Kristina<br /> Singing Iraqi Love Songs<br /> for Peace in <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/PeoplesMusicalAmbassadors.html">Baghdad</a></span></p></td> <td><p class="style15"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/images/Promotion09.gif" alt="Promotion" width="138" height="206" hspace="6" /></p> <p align="center" class="style15"><span class="style23">Promotional Materials<br /> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/mm/hosting.html">Available Online</a></span></p></td> </tr> </table> <h5 align="center" class="style24">Music symbolizes the yearning for harmony -- within oneself and with others, with nature, and with the spiritual and sacred within us and around us. There is something in music which transcends and unites. This is evident in the sacred music of every community -- music that expresses the universal yearning that is shared by people all over the globe. -- The Dalai Lama</h5> </div> <div id="footer"> <p align="center" class="style21">Musical Missions of Peace is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization.</p> <p align="center"><span class="style21"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a></span></p> </div> </div>

Cameron and Kristina to Perform at UN International Day of Peace -- Musical Missions: Congregations List

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

<p><strong>UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE</strong> <strong>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 2:30-5:00 PM</strong> <strong>AURARIA CAMPUS, ST. CAJETANS CENTER, DENVER</strong> Performances by: Hazel Miller, Hing Ryder, AiiAn & Kama Devi, Kissidugu Cameron Powers & Kristina Sophia, Mirai Taiko, Dancers from India Christina Yeh Dance Studio, Krakow Dance Academy Presented by: Ambassadors for Peace of Colorado Co-Sponsored by: United Nations Association (UNA-USA of Colorado) Interfaith Council at Stapleton<br/> BeadforLife<br/> Sustainable Schools International<br/> International Peace Initiatives<br/> Collegiate Ambassadors for Peace<br/> Musical Missions of Peace<br/> Indian Cultural Association </p><hr/> <p>Musical Missions of Peace: Cameron and Kristina Exhibitor's Booth<br/> Denver Fundraising Summit <br/> Date: September 15-16, 2009 <br/> Location: University of Denver (Driscoll University Center) 2055 East Evans Avenue Denver, CO 80208 </p><hr/> <p>Next Arabic Trance Dance in Boulder: Oct 3, 2009 More Details to be Announced </p>

Good News: Google Grants Awarded to Musical Missions of Peace

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:39:00 GMT

<p>Musical Missions of Peace has been awarded subsidized use of Google AdWords to promote our projects: 1) Supporting Displaced Iraqi Children to Preserve Their Culture 2) Teaching Indigenous Mesoptamian, Fertile Crescent and Egyptian Music 3) Spiritual Traveler Education<br/> 4) Musical Ambassador Projects </p><p>Your expertise in Google AdWord design is appreciated! Reply to this email or call Cameron at 303-449-4196 with your ideas! </p><p>Info: Musical Missions of Peace 501c3<br/> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a> </p><p>And don't forget to tell your Colorado friends about Saturday, Sept 12th in Boulder: Ancient Music of Egypt, the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia! Experience Indigenous Microtonal Musical Magic! We witnessed some amazingly ecstatic dance trances out there on the dance floor last time we produced this event! Or just come and listen! </p><p>The INNER NATIONALS<br/> Cameron Powers -- Oud and Vocals<br/> Kristina Sophia -- Vocal and Percussion With Special Guests: <br/> Chakib Hilali -- Morocco -- Ney, Violin Kylie Hilali -- Qanun<br/> Cheri Shanti -- Percussion<br/> Elie Mardiros -- Lebanon -- Percussion<br/> Gregg Hansen -- Percussion<br/> Lawrence Osborn -- Saz<br/> Andrew Romero -- Percussion </p><p>Saturday, September 12, 2009, 8 - 10:30 pm Suggested Donation: $15 </p><p>At this location:<br/> First Christian Church<br/> 950 28th St<br/> Boulder, CO 80303<br/> More Info: 303-618-6404 </p><p>To Print Large Color Flyer: <a href="http://www.innernationals.com/EventFlyerLarge.html">http://www.innernationals.com/EventFlyerLarge.html</a> To Print Small Black and White Flyers: <a href="http://www.innernationals.com/EventFlyerSmall.html">http://www.innernationals.com/EventFlyerSmall.html</a> </p><p>Help Support Music Lessons for Iraqi Refugee Children Want to come but don't have enough money? Volunteer to help: 303-449-4196 </p><p>More Info:<br/> <a href="http://www.innernationals.com">http://www.innernationals.com</a> </p>

Revitalizing Iraqi Culture -- Musical Missions: Congregations List

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:56:00 GMT

<p>We just received more video clips of Iraqi kids getting their music lessons with support from the money we send to Damcascus every month. Take a look!<br/> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Iraqi%20Refugee%20Music.html">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/Iraqi%20Refugee%20Music.html</a> </p><p>And please help keep this happening:<br/> Send your tax-deductible donation to:<br/> Musical Missions of Peace<br/> 2700 Winding Trail Drive<br/> Boulder, CO 80304 </p><p>or Go Online to:<br/> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/donate.html">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/donate.html</a> and make a donation with your credit or debit card. Thank You! </p><p>The US government just canceled its 600 million dollar Iraqi reconstruction program! But we haven't canceled ours! </p>

Arabic Trance Dance -- Musical Missions: Congregations List

Thu, 21 May 2009 04:16:00 GMT

<p><strong>MIDDLE EASTERN MICRO-TONAL TRANCE DANCE EVENTS:</strong> There is a dancer inside your body who knows every move perfectly! We can give him or her a license to enter those ecstatic states which heal us all! </p><p>Attached is a Flyer which promotes one such upcoming event on June 6, 2009 in Boulder, Colorado. </p><p>Let us know if you would like us to bring this to your town! </p><p><strong>EDUCATIONAL EVENTS:</strong><br/> Cameron's presentations about Arabic Musical Scales and Styles have been very enthusiastically received by music school students and teachers. </p><p>"Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia were guest performers on campus for our PeaceWorks concert that featured classical, jazz and world musics on a theme of peacemaking. While in residence he presented a lecture-demonstration on music from the Arabic world for our university music students. Cameron was engaging and informational and provided a broad overview from which to better understand the culture and expressive power of this beautiful music." </p><pre> David L. Brunner, DMA Professor of Music Director of Choral Activities Department of Music University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Website: <a href="http://www.davidbrunner.com/">www.davidbrunner.com</a></pre> <p>If you can help set up additional presentations and workshops for Cameron please let us know. </p><p><strong>WISH LIST FOR MUSICAL MISSIONS OF PEACE:</strong> Laptop needed here at Musical Missions of Peace. We need to provide Tessalin Green, our new Project Manager, with a PC laptop of at least 2008 vintage. Let us know if you can make one available as a tax-deductable donation. </p><p>Musical Missions of Peace is now a 501c3 Cause on Facebook. This is providing an additional avenue for donations which quite a few folks have found to be convenient. More info upon request. </p><p>Many Thanks to You All! </p>

Iraqi Kurdistan Update: Musical Missions: Congregations List

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:49:00 GMT

<div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1 align="center"><span class="style14"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/header05.gif" alt="header" width="579" height="151" hspace="60" align="top" /></span></h1> <p align="center"><span class="style21">If your browser is not displaying images <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/email01.html">click here</a></span></p> </div> <div id="mainContent"> <h1 align="center" class="style15"><img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/Kurdistan07.gif" alt="kurdistan07" width="174" height="130" /> <img src="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/images/Kurdistan08.gif" alt="kurdistan08" width="175" height="131" /></h1> <h1 align="center" class="style15"><strong><br /> </strong>Drum Diplomacy Builds Peace <br /> in Iraq</h1> <h3 align="center" class="style16">Upcoming MMofP-supported Work in Iraqi Kurdistan:<br /> Peoples Musical Ambassadors to Iraqi Kurdistan,<br /> Christine Stevens and Dr. Craig Woodson will make a third trip this April</h3> <p class="style24">"We Kurdish people in Iraq have suffered too much. We have a root in the history of the drum; religious, social, emotional and psychological roots. This program shows that drums are weapons of peace," according to Mr. Mohammed Tafiq, director of Kurdistan Save the Children.</p> <p class="style24">As troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq, music is moving in. A program called Ashti Drum, which means "Peace Drum" in Kurdish, is generating great success in conflict resolution, leadership development, youth empowerment, and therapeutic rehabilitation through the simple use of the drum. A women's drum circle proposal has now also been accepted which will help facilitate the path toward re-empowering women in Iraq.</p> <p class="style24">Since 2007, author and music therapist, Christine Stevens has been working in Iraq with an inspired American team to train Iraqis in the art of drum circle leadership. In the first music-based conflict resolution training in a war-zone, Stevens trained thirty-eight Iraqis from seven different governances across Iraq in leadership of the drumming programs. The pioneering program was the vision of Melinda Witter. According to one man, "I was amazed to see people from conflicted areas making music together."</p> <p class="style24">This year, Stevens will return to Iraq in April with ethnomusicologist and drum maker Dr. Craig Woodson to expand Ashti Drum programs in Halabja, Darbandi Khan, Sulaymaniyah, and Koya. Stevens will offer women's empowerment drumming through the Kurdistan Women's Union. Creating the first music therapy program in Iraq, Stevens will also train and supervise therapists at the Children's Rehabilitation Center. Woodson will meet with Kurdish craft centers to develop the drum making industry for economic development.</p> <p class="style24">According to Stevens, "Music rebuilds the human soul.Ã This is the greatest testimony to the healing power of music I've ever seen. We are establishing a model for global diplomacy through music."</p> <p class="style24">This project is support by NAMM, REMO Drum Company, Musical Missions of Peace, Humanity Unites Brilliance and private donors.</p> <p class="style24">WHO: Christine Stevens, MSW, MT, founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, Los Angeles. Craig Woodson, PhD, founder of Ethnomusic Inc and Roots to Rhythm, Cleveland.</p> <p class="style24">WHEN: April 14 - 24, 2009. Some events not open to media due to security.</p> <p class="style24">WHERE: Sulaymaniyah, Iraq with trips to Halabja, Darbandi Khan, and Koya.</p> <p align="center" class="style21">More info: please contact Cameron at Musical Missions of Peace: cameron@musicalmissions.com</p> <p align="center"><span class="style21">To help support our musical peacework:</span><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> function validateAmount(amount){ if(amount.value.match( /^[0-9]+(\.([0-9]+))?$/)){ return true; }else{ alert('You must enter a valid donation.'); amount.focus(); return false; } } </script> </p> <form action="https://checkout.google.com/cws/v2/Donations/452044051774459/checkoutForm" id="BB_BuyButtonForm" method="post" name="BB_BuyButtonForm" onSubmit="return validateAmount(this.item_price_1)"> <div align="center"> <input name="item_name_1" type="hidden" value="Help Support Musical Missions of Peace"/> <input name="item_description_1" type="hidden" value="Heal the Wounds of War"/> <input name="item_quantity_1" type="hidden" value="1"/> <input name="item_currency_1" type="hidden" value="USD"/> <input name="item_is_modifiable_1" type="hidden" value="true"/> <input name="item_min_price_1" type="hidden" value="0.01"/> <input name="item_max_price_1" type="hidden" value="25000.0"/> <input name="_charset_" type="hidden" value="utf-8"/> <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="1%"> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" width="1%">$ <input id="item_price_1" name="item_price_1" onfocus="this.style.color='black'; this.value='';" size="11" style="color:grey;" type="text" value="Enter Amount"/> </td> <td align="left" width="1%"> <input alt="Donate" src="https://checkout.google.com/buttons/donateNow.gif?merchant_id=452044051774459&w=115&h=50&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US" type="image"/ </td> </tr> </table> </div> </form> <p align="center"><span class="style21">If the Donate button on this email doesn't function: <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/email01.html">click here</a></span> </p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p align="center" class="style21">Musical Missions of Peace is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization.</p> <p align="center"><span class="style21"><a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a></span></p> </div> </div>

Donate Musical Instruments to Iraqi Refugee Children -- Musical Missions: Congregations List Message

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:25:00 GMT

<p>Do you have an old clarinet or violin in your closet? Musical Missions of Peace is now a certified Non-Profit Organization on Ebay. In order to transfer the value of your old musical instruments into the hands of an Iraqi refugee child all you have to be willing to do is describe, photograph and ship that instrument, when sold, to a buyer somewhere here in the USA! We at Musical Missions of Peace will do the work of listing the instrument on Ebay. To get started, just send us a digital photo and a description of the instrument! Please reply to this email for more details. And please forward this email to your friends who might be interested. Many Thanks, Cameron </p><p>Musical Missions of Peace 501c3<br/> <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org">http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a> </p><p>Musical Missions<br/> <a href="http://www.musicalmissions.com">http://www.musicalmissions.com</a> </p>

Iraq and the Arab World: Paths Toward Cultural Reconstruction -- Los Angeles Event

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:37:00 GMT

<p>Musical Missions of Peace Presents:<br/> Cameron Powers, Arab World Peoples Musical Ambassador Sunday February 22, 2009 <br/> Evening Presentation: 7:00 -- 8:30 pm<br/> Evening Co-Presenter: Rowan Storm, Peoples Musical Ambassador to Iran </p><p>Unitarian Universalists in Laguna Beach, CA 429 Cypress Dr <br/> Laguna Beach, CA 92651 <br/> FREE! Don't miss this one!<br/> (949) 497-4568 <br/> 303-898-6125 or <a href="mailto:cameron@rmi.net">cameron@rmi.net</a> for Cameron </p><p>Cameron will also give an Introductory Morning Service Presentation to the Congregation Members: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:30 -- 11:30 am -- the public is also invited. </p><p>Cameron will present images and music of Iraq and other parts of the Arab world through which he has recently traveled. He will present details of his Iraqi cultural reconstruction program now being supported though Musical Missions of Peace. Updates from sources outside the mainstream media will also be presented which help us understand how things stand in Iraq at the moment. </p><p>Review excerpt from January 25, 2009:<br/> "His performance was the most enthusiastically ever received..." </p><p>Review by Harold Cartlidge of Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, CA: Hello my friends, <br/> My name is Harold Cartlidge. I am writing to recommend that you contact Cameron Powers and arrange to have a concert/event at your church. His performance was the most enthusiastically ever received at our Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura. Cameron is a true American hero and an International Ambassador of Peace. He and his wife Kristina have been performing on the streets of Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Egypt, singing and playing popular Middle Eastern music. They were performing on the streets of Baghdad nine days after the US invaded Iraq. While rubble filled the streets, and buildings were still crumbling, ordinary Iraqis, delighted to see that not all Americans were crossing the desert with weapons, were singing and dancing with Cameron and Kristina. While their connection is with ordinary people and beyond politics, they have also performed at such high profile locations as the Cairo Stadium in Egypt where they played for over 60,000 people. They have opened music schools at Iraqi refugee camps in Jordan and Syria, and are now training American musicians to travel to middle eastern countries as musical ambassadors of peace. You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted! </p>

Upcoming Musical Missions of Peace Southern California Events: Tell Your Friends

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:55:00 GMT

<p><strong>EVENT NUMBER 1:</strong> </p><p>Rowan Storm, Iranian Peoples Musical Ambassador for Musical Missions of Peace Presents: The Silk Road Music and Dance Ensemble </p><p>Saturday 14 February 2009<br/> 3:00pm - 4:30pm<br/> Mingei International Museum<br/> 155 West Grand Avenue . Escondido . CA . 92025 $10 members and students / $15 non-members reservations requested: 760.735.3355 </p><p>The Silk Road Music and Dance Ensemble blends dazzling dances with music, folk tales and sumptuous costumes from Iran, Turkey and Central Asia including Khorassan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. View the superb textile exhibit including a magnificent yurt from Kyrgyzstan, and learn about the culture of this extraordinary region, once the most prosperous capitol of the world. Robyn Friend - dance<br/> Megan Rancier - violin, kyl-kobyz<br/> Rowan Storm - vocals, dayereh, daff, dohol Neil Siegel - Azeri and Persian tar, baghlama saz </p><p>In conjunction with the textile exhibit on view until 22 March 2009: <strong>NOMADIC LEGACY </strong><br/> Tent & Textiles of Central Asia & Iran </p> <p><strong>EVENT NUMBER 2:</strong> </p><p>Christine Stevens, Kurdistan Peoples Musical Ambassador for Musical Missions of Peace Presents: One Inspired Rhythm An Adventure of Peace-making in Iraq </p><p>Saturday, February 21, 2009 <br/> 3: 00pm - 4: 00pm REMO Recreational Music Center, 7308 Coldwater Canyon, North Hollywood, CA. <strong>FREE! </strong> </p><p>Would you like to hear GOOD NEWS coming from Iraq? For the first time in history, an international relief organization requested a music-based intervention for conflict-resolution in a war zone in Iraq . Based upon scientific research of drumming for healing, Ashti Drum (Peace Drum) has created the first music therapy program in Iraq. Weekly ongoing programs have started in four Youth Activity Centers in places of genocide in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. Join internationally acclaimed author and music therapist Christine Stevens for rarely seen images and a powerful hands-on experience of hope, possibility, and healing. Could music be the language of global diplomacy? Watch an inspiring video at <a href="http://www.ashtidrum.com/">www.ashtidrum.com</a> </p><p>Christine Stevens is the founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, and has appeared on NBC, CBS and Living Better TV. She is the author of The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. As a consultant to REMO, the world's largest drum manufactuer, Christine co-created the HealthRHYTHMS training programs. She has drummed with many Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and most recently, led the first ever drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq. Musical Missions for Peace supports Christine as a People's Musical Ambassador. More information available at <a href="http://www.ubdrumcircles.com/">www.ubdrumcircles.com</a> & <a href="http://www.remo.com/health">www.remo.com/health</a> & <a href="http://www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org/">www.musicalmissionsofpeace.org</a> </p> <p><strong>EVENT NUMBER 3:</strong> </p><p>Cameron Powers, Arab World Peoples Musical Ambassador for Musical Missions of Peace Presents: Music and Culture of Iraq -- What Have We Not Been Seeing? </p><p>Sunday February 22, 2009<br/> Introductory Morning Service Presentation: 11:00 -- 11:30 am Full Evening Presentation: 7:00 -- 8:30 pm Unitarian Universalists in Laguna Beach, CA 429 Cypress Dr<br/> Laguna Beach, CA 92651<br/> <strong>FREE!</strong> </p><p>(949) 497-4568<br/> Evening Co-Presenter: Rowan Storm, Peoples Musical Ambassador to Iran </p><p>Review by Harold Cartlidge of Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, CA: </p><p>Hello my friends,<br/> My name is Harold Cartlidge. I am writing to recommend that you contact Cameron Powers and arrange to have a concert/event at your church. His performance was the most enthusiastically ever received at our Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura. </p><p>Cameron is a true American hero and an International Ambassador of Peace. He and his wife Kristina have been performing on the streets of Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, The West Bank, and Egypt, singing and playing popular Middle Eastern music. They were performing on the streets of Bagdad nine days after we invaded Iraq. While rubble filled the streets, and buildings were still crumbling, ordinary Iraqis were singing and dancing with Cameron and Kristina. </p><p>While their connection is with ordinary people and beyond politics, they have also performed at such high profile locations as the Cairo Stadium in Egypt where they played for over 60,000 people. </p><p>They have opened music schools at Iraqi refugee camps in Jordan and Syria, and are now training American musicians to travel to middle eastern countries as musical ambassadors of peace. </p><p> You will be delighted, informed, and spiritually uplifted </p><p>Contact Cameron: phone: 303-898-6125 email: <a href="mailto:Cameron@musicalmissions.com">Cameron@musicalmissions.com</a> </p><p> Check out his website at <a href="http://www.MusicalMissionsofPeace.org">http://www.MusicalMissionsofPeace.org</a> </p><p> In Rhythm with Love, Harold 805-701-9672 </p>

Musicians-Eye View on Iraq -- Jan 25 in Ventura, CA -- Tell Your Calif Friends

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:58:00 GMT

<p>Cameron Powers will present an evening program about Iraq and the Arab world. Music and Impressions: the future in Iraq and the Middle East, what can we expect? Why do we support the teaching of traditional Iraqi music? Come and find out! </p><p>Sunday, January 25, 2009<br/> Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, CA Presentation: 6pm - 8 pm<br/> 5654 Ralston St<br/> Ventura, CA 93003<br/> (805) 644-3898 </p><p>Christine Stevens, recently returned from Iraqi Kurdistan, will co-present. </p><p>Call Cameron for more info: 303-898-6125 </p><p>Goals of Musical Missions of Peace will be outlined and presented. Music and Images will be presented as parts of this Multi-Media Event. </p>