"An Instrument of Unity"
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| Table of Contents Index Los Angeles Music Week LAMW 2007 LAMW 2006 Los Angeles Music Week Events World Festival of Sacred Music Press Conference City Council Day Opening Ceremony Children's Day Closing Ceremony Awards Luncheon Introduction
About LAMW Honorees Music Links Calendar of Events Commemorative Caches Souvenir Journal Events Highlights Music History Synopsis Through the Years Historical Highlights A Musical Panorama Contact Sign our Guestbook Educational Links: THE MUSIC CLASSROOM http://inspiringthots.net http://inspiringword.net/ Jazz & Blues History Black History Index Black History Classical Music Musicology Musicological Transitions Kids Domain Music History Asian History & Culture Caribbean Music Latin History & Culture Gospel and Southern Gospel Folk & Country Music Classical Music and History    |
LOS
ANGELES
MUSIC WEEK
November 30 to December 7, 2008 To donate instruments to the fifteen council district schools and the five county supervisory schools through Los Angeles Music Week, which LAMW annually services, please email melamw@earthlink.net or dial 310-670-6898. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and recognized. Please help students receive instruments and music education through your Ralphs Club Card purchases on behalf of Los Angeles Music Week, a 501c(3) non-profit organization that is now in its fourteenth year of operation. See our Honorees Page for those who have been blessed through this service. Through your purchases, 4% will be donated to Los Angeles Music Week to raise funds for the children. Please go to the Ralph Community Contribution website, http://www.ralphs.com/ccprogram.htm. Click on Participant Sign Up, type in our NPO number 82218, your name, address and city, so that Ralphs can process this information. With your help, the injustices of inequitable arts education can continue to be addressed. Your cooperation and timely response are dearly appreciated. Thank you so much!    The Artistic Mission of Los Angeles Music Week Fulfilling the motto, "An Instrument of Unity, " Los Angeles Music Week serves all the residents of the Greater Los Angeles area, including its surrounding basins. The performances, projects and events impact people of diverse cultures, ages, ethnicities, religions and socioeconomic groups. The scope of events offers Angelenos opportunities to hear musical genres that they have never experienced and invites them to explore venues in various parts of the city. The educational activities of LAMW are enabled in elementary, middle and high schools by donatng instruments, music instruction, mentoring, field trips and/or school supplies. LAMW takes an active role in Los Angeles' cultural tourism industry by offering a wide variety of performances that showcase the city's musical heritage. Due to the drastic
cutbacks in music curricula in schools over the past decade, the
majority
of the city's children know little or nothing about the rich musical
heritage
of the city they live in and have no scope of the musical genres
available
to them, from classical to jazz to ethnic musics. Many children
have
very few musical skills or lack the resources for acquiring them.
LAMW's program elements, such as field trips, in-school presentations
and
opportunities to interface with living musical legends, broaden musical
understanding and have created musical bridges between the communities
over the past twelve years. The sponsors and
partnerships
listed on this page dutifully enable LAMW to accomplish the
educational
goals and facilitate field trips for the school children in order to
link
music with other aspects of culture and learning. The children
derive
so much pride and motivation from learning how many famous musicians
from
all aspects of the music business grew up in their own
communities.
Face-to-face dialogue with successful living legends gives them the
impetus
to explore their own God-given talents and capabilities, inspiring them
to learn. The Children's Day field trips open up a world of
amazing wonder and possibility. Will you place an Ad in our Souvenir
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Children's Day 2007 An interactive,
lively string quartet concert, taught by Mr. Eugene Golden, the
Music Guild's Executive/Artistic Director, preceded the
donation of various instruments, designer book bags from the Supreme Master International
TV.com and a box of 20 brand new recorders with instruction book
from Los Angeles Music Week, hosted
by 52nd
Street School Principal Beverly Crosby, with assistance from
teacher and LAMW
President, Vicki Evans. On Thursday, 12/13/07, 2nd. grade teacher
Dave
Knudsen agreed with Ms. Crosby and Ms. Evans that he will teach his
class how to play the recorder. That same day, Ofelia Cardenas
won the pink Hello Kitty TV for perfect attendance and high math
scores. On Friday, 12/14, Ms. Evans donated a red drum set to the
following high scoring reading and math test 3rd grade
students: Damaris Avila received the largest drum, the midsize
drum went to Jaqueline Torres, and the tiny drum was earned by Horacio
Leon for correctly answering the most multiplication facts.
Finally, a
large children's trampoline was won by Isai Martinez Mendoza for two
units in all areas of consecutively high scores in all areas on the
Open Court
Reading Exams. The following photos show
Ms. Evans'
students at
Inner City Arts learning
the drums, vibraphone and xylophone, also known as the marimba in Latin
countries.
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| Fourteenth Awards Luncheon 2007 The posh Radisson
Hotel was the festive site for this year's dynamic, well applauded
Awards Luncheon. With introspective
media coverage,
and exquisite cuisine, all participants as well as the 16 LAMW
Honorees, amply enjoyed spectacular classical performances by Paul Coletti and Concert
Master Daniel Shindarov,
and
each honoree received the custom designed LAMW Crystal Award.
Participants are still raving about this gala event.
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Los
Angeles Music Week
has Rare
Commemorative
Limited Edition Postal Caches:
Sets of the previous Celebrations
Now on Sale for
$5.00
a set!
Orders
based on
availability.
Place orders by mailing requests to:
Contact:
Margie
Evans, Executive Director
Los Angeles Music Week, Inc.
Email: melamw@earthlink.net
Post Office Box 451146
Los Angeles, CA 90045-8511
Phone: (310) 670-6898
Fax: (310) 670-6908
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