I wrote a story about David when he visited Sydney a year ago, during a world tour. You can read it at http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=381150&rel_no=1
David has now sent me this press release:
MUSEQUALITY WORLD BUSK TO HELP REBUILD
MUSIC SCHOOLS IN HAITI HIT BY EARTHQUAKE
The second Musequality World Busk will take place from 7 to 13 June, 2010 when musicians throughout the world will take to the streets to raise money for music projects in developing countries. Musicians in North, Central and South America will raise $50,000 to help reconstruct music schools in Haiti destroyed by the country’s worst earthquake for 200 years.
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January killed more than 200,000 people and left an estimated 1.2 million homeless. In Léogâne, close to the epicentre, 90% of all buildings were destroyed, while in Port au Prince, the shock reduced homes, hospitals, schools and government buildings to rubble. Before the quake, Haiti had a flourishing music education system but the Holy Trinity Music School, Haiti's premier conservatoire, was among several music schools destroyed in what was already the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Tragically, some teachers and students died and those who survived now need help to rebuild their schools.
All contributions to Musequality’s US donations site between 1 May and 31 July will go towards the rebuilding programme. The first $50,000 will be shared between Instrumental Change and the Holy Trinity Music School reconstruction fund. “Should we raise more than $50,000 Musequality will establish a team to ensure that the extra money is used in the most effective manner,” said violinist David Juritz, who who launched Musequality in 2007 by busking around the world.
The first Musequality World Busk in 2009 raised nearly £15,000 and involved musicians on every continent -- including Antarctica. On Sunday 14 June, 483 musicians around the globe struck up at 12 noon local time to set a record for the largest co-ordinated busk the world as ever seen..
“As well as raising a substantial amount of money, the World Busk is enormous fun,” said Juritz. “This year we are asking musicians throughout the Americas to help rebuild and restore music schools in Haiti. It’s a cause we’re passionately committed to and we’re confident of their generous effort and support”
Participants elsewhere will be raising money to support Musequality’s other projects in the developing world such as the Elgon Youth Brass Band in Mbale, Eastern Uganda, which cares for 60 orphaned children. “Just over a year ago a young man sent us an application for funding. Fredrick Kyewalyanga was determined to set up a group and had clearly thought through how he was going to go about it. He couldn’t afford to post the letter but found someone to deliver it to us by hand,” said Juritz. Thanks to Frederick’s effort and support from one of London’s livery companies, the Girdlers’ Company, “we have been able to buy instruments for the Elgon Youth Brass Band, find a home for the band, buy bunk beds and mattresses, pay teachers’ salaries and provide food.”
Juritz added: “Music not only unites the world, crossing cultures and divides, but also creates opportunities around the world. Our main aim is not to produce professional musicians, but young people with the self-confidence and ambition to become the scientists, teachers, doctors and community leaders who will help shape their own societies’ future. We believe that, particularly in troubled communities, where power is all too often achieved through coercion and exploitation, music education offers a powerful alternative philosophy of leadership through responsibility and sharing. While the educational benefits of music education are well demonstrated by many studies, research on the social benefits of childhood involvement in music programmes shows equally striking results. And that’s why we believe that funding music education is a great investment in the futures both of children and of communities.
“We’ve launched this annual world busk specifically to raise funds to expand our existing communal music-making projects and to set up new projects for disadvantaged children in developing countries. We are not asking anyone to give more than they can afford. But if they can toss a coin or two into a Musequality busker’s music case, and listen for a few moments, they will be helping us turn round the lives of children who might otherwise only ever be seen as a problem. If you can’t donate to a busker, of if you would like your donation to go further by Gift Aiding it in the UK, please donate at www.justgiving.com/worldbusk2010.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
● Musequality, a social change charity, sets up and supports communal music-making projects for disadvantaged children in developing countries, giving them the self-belief and skills they need to turn their lives around. It was founded in 2007 by professional violinist David Juritz, leader of the London Mozart Players, when he busked around the world, playing on pavements, in parks and plazas in 50 cities in 24 countries on every continent except Antarctica to kickstart the charity’s funding. Musequality supports projects in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Thailand and India.
● See who is busking where on our interactive world map: www.worldbusk.org/bigmap.php
● Photos are available of the World Busk 2009. Please email press@musequality.org
● Donations are welcome on: http://www.justgiving.com/worldbusk2010
● Information about the Musequality World Busk: www.worldbusk.org
● Information about Musequality: www.musequality.org
For more information please contact:
David Juritz: Mobile: +44 (0)7973 343314 or Tel: +44 (0)20 8747 4869 david@musequality.org
Jean Buck: Mobile: +44 (0)779 - 475 4560 jean@musequality.org
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David Juritz
david@musequality.org
+44 (0)7973 343 314
+44 (0)20 8747 4869
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Funding music projects that change young lives
For information about Musequality: www.musequality.org
For information about the Musequality World Busk: www.worldbusk.org
Donate to Musequality www.justgiving.com/worldBusk2010
Registered charity No. 1119308
Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 6216146
106 Woodstock Rd
London
W4 1EG
+44 (0)7973 343 314
+44 (0)20 8747 4869
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PRESS RELEASE
Release Time: 07.30 on Monday, 26 May 2010
MUSEQUALITY WORLD BUSK TO HELP REBUILD
MUSIC SCHOOLS IN HAITI HIT BY EARTHQUAKE
The second Musequality World Busk will take place from 7 to 13 June,
2010 when musicians throughout the world will take to the streets to
raise money for music projects in developing countries. Musicians in
North, Central and South America will raise $50,000 to help
reconstruct music schools in Haiti destroyed by the country’s worst
earthquake for 200 years.
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January killed more
than 200,000 people and left an estimated 1.2 million homeless. In
Léogâne, close to the epicentre, 90% of all buildings were destroyed,
while in Port au Prince, the shock reduced homes, hospitals, schools
and government buildings to rubble. Before the quake, Haiti had a
flourishing music education system but the Holy Trinity Music School,
Haiti's premier conservatoire, was among several music schools
destroyed in what was already the poorest country in the western
hemisphere. Tragically, some teachers and students died and those who
survived now need help to rebuild their schools.
All contributions to Musequality’s US donations site between 1 May
and 31 July will go towards the rebuilding programme. The first
$50,000 will be shared between Instrumental Change and the Holy
Trinity Music School reconstruction fund. “Should we raise more than
$50,000 Musequality will establish a team to ensure that the extra
money is used in the most effective manner,” said violinist David
Juritz, who who launched Musequality in 2007 by busking around the
world.
The first Musequality World Busk in 2009 raised nearly £15,000 and
involved musicians on every continent -- including Antarctica. On
Sunday 14 June, 483 musicians around the globe struck up at 12 noon
local time to set a record for the largest co-ordinated busk the world
as ever seen..
“As well as raising a substantial amount of money, the World Busk is
enormous fun,” said Juritz. “This year we are asking musicians
throughout the Americas to help rebuild and restore music schools in
Haiti. It’s a cause we’re passionately committed to and we’re
confident of their generous effort and support”
Participants elsewhere will be raising money to support Musequality’s
other projects in the developing world such as the Elgon Youth Brass
Band in Mbale, Eastern Uganda, which cares for 60 orphaned children.
“Just over a year ago a young man sent us an application for funding.
Fredrick Kyewalyanga was determined to set up a group and had clearly
thought through how he was going to go about it. He couldn’t afford
to post the letter but found someone to deliver it to us by hand,”
said Juritz. Thanks to Frederick’s effort and support from one of
London’s livery companies, the Girdlers’ Company, “we have been
able to buy instruments for the Elgon Youth Brass Band, find a home
for the band, buy bunk beds and mattresses, pay teachers’ salaries
and provide food.”
Juritz added: “Music not only unites the world, crossing cultures and
divides, but also creates opportunities around the world. Our main aim
is not to produce professional musicians, but young people with the
self-confidence and ambition to become the scientists, teachers,
doctors and community leaders who will help shape their own
societies’ future. We believe that, particularly in troubled
communities, where power is all too often achieved through coercion
and exploitation, music education offers a powerful alternative
philosophy of leadership through responsibility and sharing. While the
educational benefits of music education are well demonstrated by many
studies, research on the social benefits of childhood involvement in
music programmes shows equally striking results. And that’s why we
believe that funding music education is a great investment in the
futures both of children and of communities.
“We’ve launched this annual world busk specifically to raise funds
to expand our existing communal music-making projects and to set up
new projects for disadvantaged children in developing countries. We
are not asking anyone to give more than they can afford. But if they
can toss a coin or two into a Musequality busker’s music case, and
listen for a few moments, they will be helping us turn round the lives
of children who might otherwise only ever be seen as a problem. If you
can’t donate to a busker, of if you would like your donation to go
further by Gift Aiding it in the UK, please donate at www.justgiving.com/worldbusk2010
.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
● Musequality, a social change charity, sets up and
supports communal music-making projects for disadvantaged children in
developing countries, giving them the self-belief and skills they need
to turn their lives around. It was founded in 2007 by professional
violinist David Juritz, leader of the London Mozart Players, when he
busked around the world, playing on pavements, in parks and plazas in
50 cities in 24 countries on every continent except Antarctica to
kickstart the charity’s funding. Musequality supports projects in
South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Thailand and India.
● See who is busking where on our interactive world map: www.worldbusk.org/bigmap.p
hp
● Photos are available of the World Busk 2009. Please email press@musequality.o
rg
● Donations are welcome on: http://www.justgiving.com/worldbusk20
10
● Information about the Musequality World Busk: www.worldbusk.o
rg
● Information about Musequality: www.musequality.org
For more information please contact:
David Juritz: Mobile: +44 (0)7973 343314 or Tel: +44 (0)20 8747 4869 david@musequality.org
Jean Buck: Mobile: +44 (0)779 - 475 4560 jean@musequality.org
Registered charity No. 1119308
Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No.
6216146
David Juritz
david@musequality.org
+44 (0)7973 343 314
+44 (0)20 8747 4869
Funding music projects that change young lives
For information about Musequality: www.musequality.org
For information about the Musequality World Busk: www.worldbusk.org
Donate to Musequality www.justgiving.com/worldBusk2010
Registered charity No. 1119308
Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No.
6216146
106 Woodstock Rd
London
W4 1EG
+44 (0)7973 343 314
+44 (0)20 8747 4869
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