"An Instrument of Unity"
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| Table of Contents Index Los Angeles Music Week World Festival of Sacred Music 2005 Honorees Press Conference City Council Day Opening Ceremony Children's Day Closing Ceremony Awards Luncheon Introduction
About LAMW Honorees Music Links Calendar of Events Souvenir Journal Events Highlights Music History Synopsis Through the Years Historical Highlights A Musical Panorama Contact Sign our Guestbook Educational Links: Jazz & Blues History Black History Index Black History Classical Music Musicology Kids Domain Music History Asian History & Culture Latin History & Culture Gospel and Southern Gospel Folk & Country Music Classical Music and History   |
    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 socio- economic 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 through various interactive resources. 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. In the words of
Founder/Executive
Director Margie Evans describing the 1999 Children's Day event,
"Serious
joy was had by these wonderful children." One parent,
accompanying
her child to the California Science Museum trip, commented, "This is
what
it's all about, giving children a chance to succeed." During the
2001 LAMW celebration at the Warner Grand Theatre, selected schools
were
elated to receive a cash donation of $500 for their music departments,
while parents, honorees and children raved about everything from the
musical
performances, to the unique LAMW t-shirts provided by
Target,
to the superbly tasty submarine sandwiches from the Busy Bee in San
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Samaritans' Purse
Salvation Army USA
Feed The Children
Soldiers' Relief Fund
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Dr.
Solomon Burke,
a 2005 LAMW Honoree,
is a Board Member of
LOS
ANGELES
MUSIC WEEK.
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Los
Angeles Music Week
has Rare Commemorative
Limited Edition Postal Caches:
Sets of the Last Eleven Celebrations
Now on Sale for $5.00
a set!
Orders based on
availability.
Place orders by mailing your
request 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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