By Johntrue on Mar 5, 2010 in Autstralia/New Zealand, Music, Society | 0 Comments
Andrew Correa is creating two multicultural concerts for International Race Relations Day in New Zealand.
By George F on Mar 10, 2009 in Homelessness, Music, california | 0 Comments
Bob Ballard, a Landmark Education graduate whose Hearts of Fire project empowering homeless people to create art and music has been written about previously by Landmark Education News, was interviewed by Radio Ojai about the project and his music. Ballard also teamed with Ellen Snortland, who performed her one woman show in February to raise [...]
By George F on Dec 4, 2008 in Music, NewYork | 0 Comments
Acclaimed Composer and Landmark Forum graduate Michael Whalen won his second Emmy award on Monday September 22, for his work on the “America at a Crossroads” series. The award was presented in New York City at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards held at the Rose Center in the Time/AOL Building. The category Whalen [...]
By George F on Sep 26, 2008 in Chicago, Elementary, Music, children | 0 Comments
Joanna Burgraf has created a project out of Landmark’s Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program that is raising substantial sums of money towards saving the music program at the Armor Elementary School in the south side of Chicago.
Named S.O.S., or Save Our Song, the initial idea for the project came from a partnership between Burgraf’s employer, [...]
By Vincent Cahill on Sep 3, 2008 in Hunger, Music, New England | 1 Comment
Jane Bitto formed "Sing Out Against Hunger" six years ago as a music festival to raise money and food for the hungry of the East Bay of Rhode Island. Formed in her Self-Expression and Leadership Program that she took with Landmark Education, the festival has raised over $40,000 and many trucks full of food for [...]
By George F on Jun 27, 2008 in Chicago, Middle East, Music | 0 Comments
When Ather Yokany did Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program a while back in Chicago, he knew he wanted impact a unique group of people: His own. Ather is Assyrian, and though Chicago is a home to many Assyrians–Who are both Middle Eastern and Christian–He saw distinctive Assyrian culture slipping away as people integrated into [...]
By Vincent Cahill on Mar 3, 2008 in Canada, Music | 0 Comments
A unique musical event took place on the evening of March 2nd at the Metro Studio in Victoria, British Columbia, where popular Victoria bands performed songs that incorporated poetry submitted by local schoolchildren. The event was part of a Self-Expression and leadership program project titled "Sing Your Heart Out" designed by Victoria Landmark Education graduate Jennifer Kingsley.
“It’s a [...]
By George F on Feb 6, 2008 in Arts/Entertainment, Music, new jersey | 0 Comments
When it came time for Landmark Forum graduate Sara Lazarus to choose a project in her Self-Expression and Leadership program, she was not inspired. She thought of doing a benefit for a favorite charity. As a successful theatre director, Sara knew lots of big name Broadway talent and could have asked them to perform. But she realized [...]