2007

Russia: Moscow Conservatory Choir with Ira Spaulding

Ira Spaulding conducts and solos with the world famous Moscow Conservatory Choir under the leadership of Boris Tevlin

London: Jazz Bridges Afghanistan

Gala concerts of Jazz Bridges Afghanistan concert in London at Union Chapel

Frankfurt: Jazz Bridges Afghanistan

Concert in Frankfurt's Oriental Palace

Iraq: Historic Performance with Iraq National Symphony Orchestra

Photos and project information from American Voices' concert in Baghdad on February 17, 2007

Turkey: Black History Month Concert Tour

February 2007 concert and workshop tour of Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa and Beypasari

China: Jazz Bridges Western China

Jazz Bridges project in May with Uighur traditional musicians in Urumchi, China

Mexico: Broadway in Guadalajara

Concert Suites from West Side Story performed in Guadalajara and the State of Jalisco as part of the Festival de Mayo. May 2007

Hip Hop Education in Copenhagen

HaviKoro's Isaac Barron and Hip Hop Dance instructor Rosie Pichon spent three weeks touring Denmark working with youth from mainly immigrant communities

Hip Hop in Belarus

HaviKoro takes Belarus by storm in five days of joint performances, workshops and break dancing competitions

Broadway in Ankara

Broadway workshops and performances with students of the National Conservatory of Hacettepe University

Iraq: Unity Performing Arts Academy in Erbil July 14 - 22

Groundbreaking summer arts academy project for over 300 Iraqi musicians, actors and dancers

Unity Academy Iraq: Classical

Over 140 orchestral musicians, pianists and conductors from Iraq's four major orchestras gathered in Erbil to form the Unity Orchestra

Unity Academy Iraq: Jazz

The First Jazz Education Opportunities in Iraq

Unity Academy Iraq: Hip Hop

In another first for Iraq, Hip Hop dance was taught to all dance and theater students at the Unity Academy

Unity Academy Iraq: Ballet

The planet's bravest ballet company

Unity Academy Iraq: Children's Theater

The best and the brightest of Erbil's active youth theater scene were selected to participate in the youth theater program with Carole McCann, a leading youth theater specialist based at Houston's Theater Under the Stars.

Jazz Bridges Pakistan

Jazz pianist Mike Del Ferro toured Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi with noted Pakistani traditional and rock musicians

Jazz in Japan

Mike Del Ferro Trio with guest Yasuhito Mori. Mike and Yasuhito tour Japan from tip to toe in October 2007

HaviKoro Breakin' in Georgia, Bulgaria, Italy and Greece

HaviKoro break dancers tour Georgia, Bulgaria, Italy and Greece

Maldives and Sri Lanka: Hip Hop and Contemporary Broadway

Michael Parks Masterson and Quae Simpson in Maldives for Maldives - America Friendship Week 50th celebration and tour of Sri Lanka

Turkey Adana Festival

Michael Parks Masterson and John Ferguson perform at the Adana Festival