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Helping to bring hope back to the people of Haiti through music...
SOUND for Haiti is a project born of our desire to give to the people of Haiti a
little glimpse of joy as they start the long road back to hope.
The name of the project,
String
Orchestra
United for a
New
Day, comes from the
title of a song that I wrote last year entitled New Day. To hear a sample of the
song,
click here.
Haitian musicians need our help, and we are confident that musicians and music
lovers around the world will rise to the occasion.
We have partnered with the Williams family in this project. Read about
their experience as they lived through the horrors of the earthquake, and their
vision to help the people of Haiti.
Click here for their story.
SOUND details:
1. Music schools and hundreds of musical instruments were
destroyed or damaged during the earthquake, leaving a great void in the lives of
the people there.
2. Through the generous donations of people around the world,
we were able to replace and repair many of these instruments for the Haitian people. Larry Wilke, a well known luthier
from Clinton, Connecticut was part of the team, helping to train local craftsmen
and provide tools and other supplies to help
set up a repair shop.
3. On February 19, the Taubl Family, the Williams
family, Larry Wilke and his son, Ben, traveled to Haiti. While there, they were able to
deliver the collected musical instruments and restore countless more, to give lessons to hundreds of
children both at the Holy Trinity Music School and at various orphanages in Port
au Prince, and to perform concerts for many different audiences. Read more
about the trip here.
4. Sam will return to Haiti for the year between high school
and college to follow up on the music lessons that were started on the February
trip. He will expand the group of students who are able to take lessons,
and then turn the school over to Haitian teachers at the end of his internship.
Read
more...
If you have ideas, suggestions, or donations, please feel free to
contact us.
The Taubl Family, SOUND For Haiti, is working closely with
Child Hope
International to provide help for the children of Haiti. All
donations are tax deductible. Please
contact us with questions about financial
matters.
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