The third concert in a series of benefit concerts supporting organizations that provide resources to Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainians currently in Ukraine.

• Performing works by Antonín Dvorák, David Popper, Florence Price, Gabriella Lena Frank, Jean-Marie Leclair, Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, Valentin Silvestrov, and Yuliy Meitus.

• All proceeds from this event will go to Sunflower of Peace, helping them to provide medical assistance and aid to Ukrainian orphans, internally displaced persons, and those most affected by the Russian military invasion. Since February 2022, Sunflower of Peace has saved many lives by acquiring and distributing hundreds of first-aid backpacks, medicine, and medical instruments to healthcare workers in Ukraine.

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The second concert in a series of benefit concerts supporting organizations that provide resources to Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainians currently in Ukraine.

• Performing works by Antonín Dvorák, Caroline Shaw, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Jean-Marie Leclair, Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, and Rebecca Clarke.

• All proceeds from this event will go to the Ukrainian Community Center of Washington, helping them to meet the needs of displaced Ukrainian Refugees. According to the UNHCR, 13,379,780 refugees crossed the border of Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

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The first concert in a series of benefit concerts supporting organizations that provide resources to Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainians currently in Ukraine.

• Performing works by David Popper, Gabriella Lena Frank, Mark O'Connor, Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, Osvaldo Golijov, and Valentin Silvestrov.

• All proceeds from this event will go to the Kyiv School of Economics Foundation, helping them to restore destroyed infrastructure in Ukraine. The KSE Foundation has teamed up with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education of Ukraine to rebuild destroyed clinics and hospitals and renovate bomb shelters in Ukrainian schools.

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• An online benefit concert supporting Buffalo String Works, presented by The VISION Collective and Renovare Music.

• Performed works by Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Hirono Borter, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Milad Yousufi.

• Intermission interview with Yuki Numata Resnick, Executive Director of Buffalo String Works and Snow, a Buffalo String Works student.

• This event raised $1,189.85 for Buffalo String Works, helping them to deliver world class music education to diverse youth that inspires personal and community transformation.

• This fall, we were featured at two virtual book tour events in support of the release of While the Earth Sleeps, We Travel written by our friend Ahmed Badr. Ahmed is a writer, social entrepreneur, poet, and former refugee from Iraq. 

• More details coming soon!

• The second of a series of online concerts supporting COVID relief efforts in refugee contexts. 

• Performed an Armenian Folk Song, a Mongolian/Chinese Folk Song, and works by György Ligeti, Komitas, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Milad Yousufi, and Antonín Dvořák.

• Intermission interview with Lana Zring, Donor Care Coordinator of Preemptive Love.

• This event raised $1,420 for Preemptive Love.

• This fall, we were featured at two virtual book tour events in support of the release of While the Earth Sleeps, We Travel written by our friend Ahmed Badr. Ahmed is a writer, social entrepreneur, poet, and former refugee from Iraq. 

• The launch event was hosted by The Strand Bookstore, NYC.

• Conversation with Ahmed Badr and Ben Stiller.

• Performed “Aylan” by Milad Yousufi.

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•  The VISION Collective is the 2020 recipient of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation's The Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach. The Award was presented to The VISION Collective on WQXR's Young Artists Showcase.

• Performed works by Ludvig van Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Fritz Kreisler, Frank Bridge, Milad Yousufi, and “Waltzing Matilda” arranged by Stephan Koncz.

• Listen to the broadcast through the link below.

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• The first of a series of online concerts supporting COVID relief efforts in refugee contexts. 

• Performed “Waltzing Matilda” arranged by Stephan Koncz and works by Jay Ungar, John Corigliano, Otar Taktakishvili, Revaz Lagidze, Frank Bridge, J.S. Bach, and Fritz Kreisler.

• Intermission Interview with Arwa Damon, President and Co-founder of INARA.

• This event raised $1,942.35 for INARA.

• The event benefited Mtree’s educational programs for children and youth from marginalized communities in Kenya.

• Performed “Waltzing Matilda” arranged by Stephan Koncz and “Safarna Ala Europa” arranged by Hunter Hanson.

• Performed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” as part of the Music for Food concert series (a series devoted to relieving food insecurity across the United States).

• Performed arrangements of “My Heart Will Go On” by George Luis and “Zan Astam” by Nick Marsella with the accompanying feature videos.

• Performed “Arrival” by Lauren Vandervelden -- Commissioned by VISION in 2018