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Santa Monica • Amaral Vieira Receives ICAP Founder’s Award
Music historians have called (José Carlos) Amaral Vieira “one of the most influential figures in the music life of Brazil.” The composer, pianist and professor of musicology has garnered innumerable…
Haverford, PA • High School Senior Hosts Artists as Peacemakers Exhibit
(The following article comes to us courtesy of the Haverford High School website: www.haverford.k12.pa.us/hhs) There is no such thing as senioritis for Hope Schmid. With her college acceptance letter in…
Henderson, NV – 15-Year-Old Ellie Smith Campaigns Against Bullying at School with Her Music Video ‘Don’t Let It Get to You’
Despite her success as a performer and as an honor student, Ellie Smith was a victim of continuous bullying in school from grades 4 through 8—rejection, isolation, ridicule, ostracism and…
New York — United Nations Proclaims International Jazz Day
April 30, the world took a giant step toward giving the profound art form of jazz its proper recognition, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization celebrated the…
Boston, Las Vegas – 105-Year Old Dr. Shochi Shares the Art of Creating Toys Out of Recycled Material
One-hundred-and-five-year-old educator, Dr. Saburo Shochi, set forth on his sixth round-the-world lecture tour in November 2011. This landmark tour brought him to Boston, where, on Nov. 19, he attended the…
Paris, France – Herbie Hancock Inducted as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Culture
“Ladies and gentlemen, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to [the goals of our core mission—bringing cultures together, and protecting the rights and dignity of every individual], I am honored…
ICAP Honors Betty Williams
The International Committee of Artists for Peace presented Betty Williams, a 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of World Centers of Compassion for Children International, with its Humanity in…
Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, attends iChoose at Bronx School.
For the final leg of the iChoose New York-area tour, New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn joined the crowd of 400 students at PS/MS 212, the Multicultural Magnet School…
iChoose reaches out to schools in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and northern New Jersey
The latest incarnation of iChoose continued its tour of the New York area, stopping at schools in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Englewood, New Jersey. The three-part iChoose program—designed to…
iChoose on Key News at 11 program entitled “Powerful Performance Highlights Bullying Prevention”
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”LtYRX3Vb0RE” width=”640″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] Santa Barbara’s KEYT-TV aired a story on May 13 about iChoose on their Key News at 11 program entitled “Powerful Performance Highlights Bullying Prevention” (http://www.keyt.com/news/local/93721784.html.)…
Patrick Duffy coaches performers before iChoose Tours 10 Schools in Hawaii.
The iChoose program completed a tour of 10 Hawaii high schools on February 18. The schools visited were: Jan. 20 — Kapolei High School Jan. 28 — Island Pacific Academy…
Missouri Artists Making a Difference in Their Community
ICAP performers both young and old delighted the residents of several local nursing facilities with Japanese dance, Korean drumming, a women’s chorus, contemporary keyboard works and several other types of…
Montreux, Switzerland • Quincy Jones honored by ICAP for his Outstanding Work for Humanity
On July 14, the International Committee of Artists for Peace presented American music legend Quincy Jones with its Humanity in the Arts Peace Award at the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival…