As the co-founder of ‘Rhythm of Cyprus’, Maria runs an education programme that uses music as a peacebuilding tool to connect Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot children, and to build sustainable communities based on inclusion and understanding. The team lead of ‘Sistema Cyprus’, Maria also provides free music education to migrants, refugees and underprivileged children. Commonwealth Correspondent …
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Commonwealth countries ended 2020 with ‘uplifting’ and ‘powerful’ musical collaboration
January 13th, 2021Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has described a never-before-attempted musical feat as “upliftin …
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Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has described a never-before-attempted musical feat as “uplifting and a powerful testament to the Commonwealth’s resilience”.
This will sound like a conundrum out of Lewis Carroll, but last night I went to something that doesn’t exist. The something was an ensemble called the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra that you won’t have heard of (for the above reason); and the event was a demonstration of what it can do. Or more accurately, might …
One band from the Caribbean island of Tobago has proved that through persistence, hard work, and constant practicing, dreams can become a reality. Josanne Brassey, a 24-year-old from the island of Tobago reports. In 1951, in a fishing village called Black Rock in Tobago, a band of just twelve youths was formed. Named the Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra, …
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One band from the Caribbean island of Tobago has proved that through persistence, hard work, and constant practicing, dreams can become a reality. Josanne Brassey, a 24-year-old from the island of Tobago reports. In 1951, in a fishing village called Black Rock in Tobago, a band of just twelve youths was formed. Named the Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra, …
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There are fears that the recent jailing of two major Jamaican reggae stars in the US could herald a clampdown by foreign immigration and law enforcement agencies on the Caribbean music industry, writes Graham Rowe, 22, Jamaica’s Youth Ambassador for Entertainment. Mark Myrie, also known as Buju Banton, was sentenced to ten years in prison …
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There are fears that the recent jailing of two major Jamaican reggae stars in the US could herald a clampdown by foreign immigration and law enforcement agencies on the Caribbean music industry, writes Graham Rowe, 22, Jamaica’s Youth Ambassador for Entertainment. Mark Myrie, also known as Buju Banton, was sentenced to ten years in prison …
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Caribbean cultural industries have struggled for pride of place at home despite their popularity abroad, according to Leigh-Ann Worrell, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados currently studying in Beijing, China. Barbadian, Belgian, Brazilian and British students sat on a couch in a dimly lit bar in Beijing, China. Other than the fact that they are all …
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Caribbean cultural industries have struggled for pride of place at home despite their popularity abroad, according to Leigh-Ann Worrell, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados currently studying in Beijing, China. Barbadian, Belgian, Brazilian and British students sat on a couch in a dimly lit bar in Beijing, China. Other than the fact that they are all …
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Bangladeshi musicians are venturing on to the world stage, but as Abdullah Al Hasan, 23, a Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh writes, audio piracy is threatening that progress. The peregrination of Bangladeshi music commenced a long way back. Through this trek Bangladesh has amassed many talented singers and musicians who are celebrated not only in Bangladesh …
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