This blog is dedicated to updating everyone on the activities of Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations leading up to World Water Day 2012.
November 10th
6:13 PM

NEW YORK KEYNOTE SPEAKER CONFIRMED!

(Photo copyright Bil Zelman)

We are pleased to announce that Alexandra Cousteau of Blue Legacy will be keynoting our concert on March 22, 2012 and our conference on March 23, 2012!

We invite you to join us for both events.

The concert on the theme of water will take place on March 22, 2012 on the occasion of World Water Day at Merkin Hall in Lincoln Center.

The conference, entitled Water: The Global Challenge For Our Future will be hosted by New York University’s Center for Global Affairs on 15 Barclay Street.

If you are interested in attending either, please contact anoush@melodydialogue.org. For more information on Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations or our previous work, please visit http://www.melodydialogue.org

To read more about Alexandra Cousteau and her activities, please click the Read More link below.

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October 10th
3:10 PM

New York: Water: The Global Challenge For Our Future

As the final component of our first phase of regional meetings, we are pleased to partner with New York University’s Center for Global Affairs in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

We will be presenting a full day of events and speakers ranging from a celebrity keynote, screening of documentaries, presentation of findings from our previous regional conferences, as well as panels on how to address the global challenge of our future. We will be posting the agenda for our meeting in the coming days.

October 7th
2:19 PM

New York: Multicultural Concert On the Theme of Water

As the final part of our first phase activities raising awareness about water sustainability, Melody for Dialogue will present a major concert in New York on World Water Day that will be produced around the theme of water. Musicians from all over the world will participate in this unique event to raise awareness through the universal language of music. Taking place at Merkin Hall in Lincoln Center, the concert will feature a performance of Tan Dun’s Water Concerto as well as various other original pieces that are being composed exclusively for this concert.

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1:46 PM

As part of the musical component to our Asian and North American forums, we are proud to play the hypnotic and mystical Water Concerto by Tan Dun.