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ABC Story and LaFate Pictures

The ABC affiliate in Philadelphia did a story about the Delaware week of Cultures in Harmony’s “What is American culture?” project! The camera crew came to LaFate gallery for my world premiere performance of “Four LaFate Pictures,” a solo violin work I composed based on paintings by Eunice LaFate. Check out those pieces on YouTube […]

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Turkey passacaglia

In 2015, our Passacaglia Project created passacaglias based on the same bass line with youth and musicians in the Bahamas, Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt, Zimbabwe, and Pakistan. Here is the video of the performance (in August 2015 at the church in Mustafapasha, Turkey) of the passacaglia created with children from Cappadocia, teachers from Klasik Keyifler, and […]

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Zimbabwe documentary

Our partners in Zimbabwe, Revival Arts Trust, released this documentary about our work there at the Pfumvudza Arts Festival: Thank you to them (especially to director Ronald Badza) for their partnership, to Mr. Ty Bhojwani for underwriting our work there, and to our other outstanding Zimbabwe partners, Dr. Solomon Guramatunhu of Eyes for Africa and […]

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Follow the project on the blog!

Please check the blog regularly for updates on our year-long American culture project! In case you miss them, here are the videos & reports for Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

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Year-Long Project asks “What is American Culture?”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January  4, 2016 Contact: William Harvey    Year-Long Project asks “What is American Culture?” Violinist to travel throughout 2016, one week per state INDIANAPOLIS—Music, food, literature, legend and faith: all those things—and more—make up the culture of an area. Each state takes the spotlight by turns in 2016 as a new program […]

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Live Periscope chat tomorrow

Tomorrow, Sunday, December 20, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. EST, William will be live on Periscope to chat about our ‪#‎AmericanCultureIs‬ project. Download Periscope to your smartphone, follow @cih2005, and tune in!

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American culture project

Cultures in Harmony is pleased to announce our 2016 project, “What is American culture? A 50-state, 1-year exploration.” The project will inspire thousands of artists and members of the public to reflect on the question it poses through live concerts, workshops, and events, as well as through contributions to social media. Please check out the […]

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Office Administrator Position

November 5, 2015: Cultures in Harmony (CiH), a New York-based NGO that promotes cultural understanding through music, seeks a reliable and trustworthy Office Administrator for part-time work (2 hours per week at $16/hour). The Office Administrator will: Live in New York County (Manhattan) Help CiH select a new PO box at a Post Office convenient […]

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Announcing: Passacaglia Project

Cultures in Harmony is pleased to announce the Passacaglia Project, which will celebrate our 10th anniversary by traveling to ten of the countries where we have conducted projects. In each country, we will compose passacaglias with youth and local musicians, culminating in a recording of all the passacaglias. Please donate now to support the project; all donations are welcome […]

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2014 projects

Cultures in Harmony is pleased to announce 2 major projects for 2014. We will partner with the Atlas Music Academy to bring 5 musicians to Tunisia from August 4 to 17, 2014. Together, we will present workshops for young classical musicians and perform outreach concerts alongside them. From August 7 to 23, we will partner […]

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