Project III, which took place from July 13 to July 28, 2006 in Zimbabwe, involved interactive music composition workshops for AIDS orphans. In the workshops, the children wrote music inspired by water in order to raise awareness about and funds to address the lack of access to water at Epworth Primary School in Epworth, Harare. We held a benefit concert to raise the funds necessary to install a borehole pump at the school. The project was a joint endeavor with Jayne During of the Kuaba Humanitarian Foundation. The participants were Sarah Frisof, Ryan Murphy, and William Harvey.
Check out William's travelogue about the project!
Thank you to the following individuals for their work on Project III.- Jayne During of the Kuaba Humanitarian Foundation, for her organizational genius.
- Bekah Chapman, Cindy Chapman, Jeffresy Chasi, Joe Dits, Oliver Horiwa, Onias Horiwa, and Mozyce Ngombe for leading pods in the workshops.
- Patricia Mabviko-Musanhu, for organizing much of our itinerary in Zimbabwe, and her husband Kingston Musanhu, for patiently driving us everywhere and filming everything so expertly.
- Dr. Solomon Guramatunhu, for hosting the benefit concert at his home, supporting the borehole project, and treating us to dinner and drinks.
- Dominic Benhura, for dinner and for supporting the borehole project.
- Roger Thompson of Cummins, for dinner and for supporting the Epworth Community Center.
- Oliver Mtukudzi, for graciously agreeing to meet with us.
- Ethel, the cook at Borrowdale Country Manor, for her delicious food, caring, and hospitality.
- Jeannette Koekkoek, for donating her artistic services for the benefit concert in Indianapolis.
- Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children's Choir, for her ideas about what to sing.
- Wendy Dougherty, for her time spent helping me find instruments for the workshops.
- Albert Chimedza, for his presentation at Juilliard.
- Lisa Robinson of The Juilliard School, for her assistance with grant-writing.
- Arwen Lowbridge of Fractured Atlas, for her speedy response time on helping with grant applications.
