'Benefit Concert for Japan' by One World Symphony at Holy Apostles Church 8 PM April 3

[Front Row Left: Mariam Blacksher, violist and One World Symphony Member for Benefit Concert for Japan]

Benefit Concert for Japan

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3: What Love Tells Me

One World Symphony

Sung Jin Hong, Artistic Director and Conductor

Gustav Mahler: Finale, Symphony No. 3, What Love Tells Me (1896)

Olivier Messiaen: From Quartet for the End of Time (1941)*

John Lennon: Imagine (1971)**

Sung Jin Hong: Eye of the Storm for audience and symphony (2010)

*Orchestration by Sung Jin Hong (2010)

**Orchestration by Andrew Struck-Marcell (2010)

Sunday, April 3 at 8:00pm

Holy Apostles Church

296 Ninth Avenue at West 28th Street

Manhattan

$10: Tickets only available at the door

All proceeds will go towards the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund

Listen to One World Symphony perform Mahler’s Adagietto.

“At the request of One World Symphony’s musicians, One World Symphony is honored to contribute to Japan’s relief efforts from the recent earthquake and tsunami. All of the proceeds will go towards the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund.” “Continuing One World Symphony’s tradition of fostering active audience participation and in the spirit of worldwide community, John Lennon’s Imagine will be performed as a sing-along with audience in this symphonic arrangement.”

One World Symphony Performs 'Nordic Lights' in Brooklyn March 4 and in Manhattan March 6

On Feb. 22, 2011 AfriClassical posted: “Sonya Headlam: 'Nordic Lights' features 'seldom-performed compositions by Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish composers.'” One World Symphony sends the above updates on its performance of “Nordic Lights” in Brooklyn on March 4 and in Manhattan on March 6.

One World Symphony, With Violist Tracey Dixon, in Halloween Program 'Danse Macabre Faust' in NYC Oct. 29 & 31

[One World Symphony Violist Tracey Dixon with daughter Mackenzie]

Adrienne Metzinger sends us a profile of Tracey Dixon, violist with the One World Symphony:

OneWorldSymphony.org

“One World Symphony violist Tracey Dixon is a freelance violist and violin/viola teacher in New York City. She has a B.M. in Viola Performance from Brooklyn College. She has studied under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki, Stephanie Baer, and Veronica Salas. Tracey has also done chamber music studies at New York University and C.W. Post. She has also played with various groups and artists such as, Huxley Vertical, Katy Pfaffl, Tamar-Kali and many others. Ms. Dixon maintains a violin/viola studio at the Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Why would you recommend New York families to celebrate Halloween with One World Symphony? It truly is an event for all ages and is such a fun program. There's the parade before each concert and everyone gets dressed for the occasion, but the music is the coolest scary music that gets us in the Halloween spirit. I don't know of any other orchestra doing it consistently.

What is your highlight of your One World Symphony career to date? That would be my first concert with One World, to honor a fabulous acquaintance, James Coleman, whom I had the pleasure of knowing and working with and because of him, I play with One World Symphony.

To the audience and public, what qualities about One World Symphony would you say that make it unique in the crowded New York cultural scene? I love the vibe, programming and the marketing of the symphony. It’s fresh and daring. You see instantly that we are no run of the mill orchestra.

If you had to choose, what would you say is your favorite piece of music? I have too many, so I'll say Bernstein's Candide.

What music do you listen to in the subway or car? Hip hop. Real true underground hip hop. Not the garbage they call hip hop that is on the radio.

How do you balance being an artist, mother, and a New Yorker? Truly, I have no idea. It is all God and faith to me. Before I had my daughter, Mackenzie, I balanced life very well, I think. My husband and I have been married 6 years, so Mackenzie showed up during year 4 of our marriage. I could practice whenever I pleased and we would go out whenever and wherever we wanted. We lived that New York life and we are both native New Yorkers. Now, as a mother, life as I knew it seems like a distant memory that I wouldn't change for the world. I do miss the time to myself and being able to practice but then everything falls to the wayside when it comes to the little one.

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One World Symphony

Sung Jin Hong, Artistic Director and Conductor

One World Symphony Vocal Artists

Gregory Eaton, Organist

Hungry March Band, Parade of Horrors

Charles Gounod: Faust (1859, highlights)

Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre (1872)

Leon Boellmann: Toccata from Suite Gotique (1895)

Jason Candler: Boneyard (2010, world premiere) for audience, Hungry March Band, and One World Symphony

Friday, October 29, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.* (parade begins at 7:15 p.m.)

St. Ann and the Holy Trinity

157 Montague Street

Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. (parade begins at 3:45 p.m.)

Church of the Holy Apostles

296 Ninth Avenue (at West 28th Street)

Manhattan

$20 Students/Seniors with ID

$30 General

*Benefitting St. Ann's Roof Restoration Fund

Be seduced by Mephistopheles’ dark magic in Gounod’s Faust, and be captivated by Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre and Jason Candler’s Boneyard (2010, world premiere). For a third straight year, celebrate Halloween in costume with the entire family, Hungry March Band and One World Symphony to support St. Ann’s Roof Restoration Fund.

Program length: 80 minutes without intermission

One World Symphony in 'Miracle at 42nd Street: Concert for NYC 09.11.10' New York Public Library 5:45 PM

One World Symphony, http://www.oneworldsymphony.org, is a highly diverse organization providing innovative programs of classical music, often by living composers, at a variety of venues in New York City:

Free Concert for NYC
Miracle at 42nd Street
09.11.10 5:45 PM
The New York Public Library

Outdoors Rain or Shine
Live From The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

5th Avenue @ 42nd Street

Manhattan

The September Concert Foundation Presents Members From The One World Symphony, Sung Jin Hong, Conductor

Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Winds and Strings

Sung Jin Hong: Sidewalk Sketches

(2010, world premiere for woodwinds, brass, percussion, vocal quartet, cello, double bass, accordion, and electric guitar)

OneWorldSymphony.org

“New York's One World Symphony was founded in 2001 by conductor and composer Sung Jin Hong and graphic designer and singer Adrienne Metzinger-Hong, among others. In the last decade, One World Symphony has served the community through benefit concerts for local and global organizations, educational and outreach concerts, and inspiring performances that have engaged its audiences. The dynamic ensemble is a community of gifted artists who have performed in some of the world's most prestigious ensembles and venues across the globe. One World Symphony is comprised of more than sixty musicians and thirty vocal artists, in addition to a team of composers and conductors.” “In the last decade, One World Symphony has raised over $10,000 for charitable causes and organizations..."

The website indicates the charitable beneficiary for 2001 was "the Uniformed Firefighter's Association Widows' and Children's Fund”