Music for a change
I am a Japanese journalist based in London and have a great interest in the role of arts in society. I am very much inspired and elated by Z...
Yuriko Akishima, 08 April 2009 13:17
Hi Zuhal. I've just heard about your amazing project and wanted to get in touch. I'm a professional trombone player and brass teacher based...
Richard Ward, 07 April 2009 17:30
ABOUT
Music for a change
Zuhal Sultan
I've heard so much positive feedback from lots of people explaining how listening to live music have given them big hopes for a better future, therefore their mindset started changing and that's exactly what we really need; bad news, explosions, dead people, etc. is all that we hear and see in the media here in Iraq.
My campaign
I’m campaigning to set up the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq. I have found lots of young people who want to get involved, but I need help finding web-tutors for each of my orchestra members, as we don’t have enough music teachers in Iraq. I want to put on annual summer schools where the orchestra gets to rehearse and then we hope to tour around our country and abroad.
Campaign highlights
- Putting on my recital at the Wigmore Hall
- Being interviewed on Front Row and for the World Service
- Being interviewed by The Times
- Getting so much positive feedback from YOU
How you can help
- Contact me if you’d like to web-tutor any of the orchestra members
- Contact me if you think you can help me set up a charity
- Send me your comments and words of support
YOUR COMMENTS
AROUND THE WEB
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ZuhalSultan via Twitter:
"Hopes to pull an all-nighter on Philosophy tonight." Twitter05 February 2010 -
ZuhalSultan via Twitter:
"is growing fond of Owl City's Fireflies." Twitter05 February 2010 -
ZuhalSultan via Twitter:
"LOL @ Beckham designed Tshirts. I think my 16 month-old nephew would have done a better job. Stick to football, mate." Twitter05 February 2010 -
Some updates, bebo-posts
"Hello everyone, It's been so hectic for me since I got back from London, I've been extremely busy with everything that's going on around me, but also stressed with my team mates about the Summer Academy in August. So far we only have the Br..." Bebo07 May 2009 -
Guest blog from Battlefront producer, Jo Woolf, bebo-posts
"I’ve just been cut off from a phone conversation with Zuhal. I’d been trying to get in touch with her for days to see how she’s doing, but her web and phone connections have both been dodgy – so it’s been incredibly difficult to get through..." Bebo07 May 2009
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you're a star, zuhal! and i miss you already!
Jo, 09 April 2009 11:19
Hi Zuhal. I've just heard about your amazing project and wanted to get in touch. I'm a professional trombone player and brass teacher based in London and would love to get involved with in becoming a mentor for the young musicians in Iraq. Please do email me if you think I can help at and all the very best with your work!
Richard Ward, 07 April 2009 17:32
Just back from your Wigmore Hall performance. I feel elated and full of hope to see that destruction and war did not manage to destroy everything after all as long as Art continues and thrives. Keep me on your mailing list for any future performances. Thank you for bringing joy and hope. Lily Al-Tai
lily al-tai, 02 April 2009 14:29
What a fantastic idea! Music has the power to bring people and nations together. You deserve huge success with this great project. Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber, 25 March 2009 17:08
Thank you very much for the invitation and I would love to join but unfortunately I will not be in the UK on the 2nd of April. Can I promote for this event to my friends and those who might be interested to attend? I am aware of Zuhal's talent and I also believe she is a wonderful woman with a bright future ahead .... I just like to wish her the best of luck and I am very sad I will not be able to attend ... Kind regards. Khulud
Khulud Malek, 25 March 2009 14:24
i've posted this event on the dilettante events calendar at www.dilettantemusic.com, and we're promoting it on the site homepage - best of luck with it!
Juliana Farha, 24 March 2009 07:28
great! you have a divine way of translating peace movement within the community and it is really touched me an di want to attend the orchestra so please send me the ticket. hoping to hear from you
muhammad, 23 March 2009 13:31
Huge, huge respect for your ambition to make such an important project work. You deserve support all the way. You have mine. Marshall Marcus, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Marshall Marcus,, 20 March 2009 19:25
What a great project - I'd love to help. I have been in touch with Paul who I've worked with previously. Do keep me informed.
Mike Newman, 02 February 2009 12:24
God bless You hey there lil' sis, As a fellow Iraqi, I will do my best to help and support you. Send me details of the Kind of help you require. Furthermore I'm gonna send this to all my mailing list so that the Iraqi musicians and artists can give you their support
Labiba Laith, 29 January 2009 04:17
Here's a youtube file of Allegra conducting the Unity Youth Orchestra from a summer course last year. This is the kind of excellent work we have to build the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq from. You can see Zuhal playing piano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQXwmiaHMaY&feature=related Keep the support coming in! Paul MacAlindin
Paul MacAlindin, 27 December 2008 14:45
Hey Zuhal I am so proud of you. It is a great project, and we are all aware of the fact that the arts is an amazing tool we can use to create social change.
Gillion Bosman, 23 December 2008 14:20
After reading about Zuhal's campaign and discussing it with Paul Macalinden last week, I have just met Zuhal in Baghdad. A remarkable young woman leading a remarkable campaign. I hope the British Council can assist her and the other young musicians in making their dream a reality. It's no more than they deserve.
Tony Reilly, 13 December 2008 15:35
What a fantastic sounding project, if young peoples minds can be opened up by and through creative opportunities what a difference it could make to Iraq and the young people now and in the future. If the mindset of young people can be shifted now then it can only set them in good stead to lead a more harmonised culture going forward. Best of luck.
Cordelia Grant, 11 December 2008 15:21
Fantastic! Contact me so we can make further connections.
dannybigsmile, 10 December 2008 10:55
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