Santa Ana celebrará el arte bajo la luz de la luna, LA NACION
POR GINNETTE MONGE
A mediados de mayo, Santa Ana será el escenario del XII Festival Luz de Luna. Se trata de una actividad que incluye pasacalles, artes escénicas, exposiciones y talleres.
El festival se realizará del martes 13 al domingo 18 de mayo. Es organizado por la Escuela Municipal de Artes Integradas (EMAI) del cantón.
La actividad tiene como objetivo contribuir con la educación integral de la comunidad. Jorge Acevedo, director del EMAI, explicó que el festival busca también rescatar las tradiciones y las costumbres de Santa Ana.
En esta edición, el festival tiene una amplia programación que incluye presentaciones para todos los gustos.
Las actividades se realizarán en las instalaciones de la EMAI, excepto los pasacalles, que tendrán lugar en las principales vías del cantón. Todos los eventos son gratuitos y abiertos al público.
Gran inicio. La apertura del festival se realizará el martes 13.
A las 10 a. m., se realizará la inauguración del Primer Simposio de Escultura en Piedra.
En la actividad participarán los artistas Víctor Hugo Rodríguez, Guillermo Hernández, Luis Arias y Rainier Mora.
Ese mismo día, dará inicio un taller de canto y piano, patrocinado por la fundación estadounidense We Sing for the World. La actividad estará a cargo de la soprano Daniele Hager y el tenor Matthew Tatus.
A las 6:30 p. m., se hará un pasacalle que recorrerá las principales vías del cantón.
Esa misma noche, a las 7:30 p. m., se realizará un concierto de apertura, a cargo de la Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro Lírico EMAI. Los músicos interpretarán obras de grandes compositores, como Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven y Michael Haydn.
Programación. El resto de la semana se realizarán otras actividades artísticas.
El miércoles 14, a las 2 p. m., se impartirá un taller de origami. A las 7:30 p. m., se presentará la Orquesta Juvenil y el Coro Lírico EMAI.
El jueves 15 de mayo, los vecinos de Santa Ana disfrutarán de un colorido pasacalles que se realizará a las 6:30 p. m.
El festival terminará el domingo 18, con la presentación del Cuarteto de Cuerdas Hispano. La agrupación está integrada por los violinistas costarricenses Grace Aguilar y Naamán Núñez, el cellista puertorriqueño Raúl Barreto y la violinista salvadoreña Eva Trigueros.
Para más información puede visitar el sitio www.emaicr.com.
http://www.nacion.com/ocio/artes/Santa-Ana-celebrara-arte-luna_0_1412458809.html
POR GINNETTE MONGE
A mediados de mayo, Santa Ana será el escenario del XII Festival Luz de Luna. Se trata de una actividad que incluye pasacalles, artes escénicas, exposiciones y talleres.
El festival se realizará del martes 13 al domingo 18 de mayo. Es organizado por la Escuela Municipal de Artes Integradas (EMAI) del cantón.
La actividad tiene como objetivo contribuir con la educación integral de la comunidad. Jorge Acevedo, director del EMAI, explicó que el festival busca también rescatar las tradiciones y las costumbres de Santa Ana.
En esta edición, el festival tiene una amplia programación que incluye presentaciones para todos los gustos.
Las actividades se realizarán en las instalaciones de la EMAI, excepto los pasacalles, que tendrán lugar en las principales vías del cantón. Todos los eventos son gratuitos y abiertos al público.
Gran inicio. La apertura del festival se realizará el martes 13.
A las 10 a. m., se realizará la inauguración del Primer Simposio de Escultura en Piedra.
En la actividad participarán los artistas Víctor Hugo Rodríguez, Guillermo Hernández, Luis Arias y Rainier Mora.
Ese mismo día, dará inicio un taller de canto y piano, patrocinado por la fundación estadounidense We Sing for the World. La actividad estará a cargo de la soprano Daniele Hager y el tenor Matthew Tatus.
A las 6:30 p. m., se hará un pasacalle que recorrerá las principales vías del cantón.
Esa misma noche, a las 7:30 p. m., se realizará un concierto de apertura, a cargo de la Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro Lírico EMAI. Los músicos interpretarán obras de grandes compositores, como Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven y Michael Haydn.
Programación. El resto de la semana se realizarán otras actividades artísticas.
El miércoles 14, a las 2 p. m., se impartirá un taller de origami. A las 7:30 p. m., se presentará la Orquesta Juvenil y el Coro Lírico EMAI.
El jueves 15 de mayo, los vecinos de Santa Ana disfrutarán de un colorido pasacalles que se realizará a las 6:30 p. m.
El festival terminará el domingo 18, con la presentación del Cuarteto de Cuerdas Hispano. La agrupación está integrada por los violinistas costarricenses Grace Aguilar y Naamán Núñez, el cellista puertorriqueño Raúl Barreto y la violinista salvadoreña Eva Trigueros.
Para más información puede visitar el sitio www.emaicr.com.
http://www.nacion.com/ocio/artes/Santa-Ana-celebrara-arte-luna_0_1412458809.html
We Sing For Wishes- News release 2012
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We Sing For Wishes
We Sing For The World announces their 4th benefit concert to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish® Hudson Valley Foundation on 12.10.12
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Non-Profit "We Sing For The WOrld" finds a Home in White Plains- by Zoe Zellers
Inspired to offer aid to victims of the March 2011 Japanese tsunami, Daniele Hager decided to use her voice.
The classically trained 29-year-old opera singer gathered a group of friends – mostly fellow alumni from Rye Country Day School (RCDS) – and teamed up with AmeriCares to put on a concert, “Music for Japan,” at the Rye Arts Center June 4 of last year.
In a time when national arts funding continues to dip and major opera companies, including New York City Opera struggle to stay afloat, Hager’s successful event creatively raised funds for Japan. The concert also offered the versatile singer and her peers a new platform to showcase their art in a meaningful manner.
“I had been doing concerts on my own and asking for suggested donations – and then I realized that people were coming to these concerts and so I thought, why not do something for a charity?” Hager says.
To read the full article click here
The classically trained 29-year-old opera singer gathered a group of friends – mostly fellow alumni from Rye Country Day School (RCDS) – and teamed up with AmeriCares to put on a concert, “Music for Japan,” at the Rye Arts Center June 4 of last year.
In a time when national arts funding continues to dip and major opera companies, including New York City Opera struggle to stay afloat, Hager’s successful event creatively raised funds for Japan. The concert also offered the versatile singer and her peers a new platform to showcase their art in a meaningful manner.
“I had been doing concerts on my own and asking for suggested donations – and then I realized that people were coming to these concerts and so I thought, why not do something for a charity?” Hager says.
To read the full article click here
Concert in Rye to benefit disaster relief
Concert in Rye to benefit disaster relief • 05.27.11
Rye Country Day School graduate and former Rye resident Daniele Hager recently founded the organization We Sing For the World, a group of professional musicians who plan to perform everything from opera to popular music in order to raise funds for disasters.
Their first concert is set for Saturday, June 4th at 8:00 PM at the Rye Arts Center at 51 Milton Road. For a suggested $20 minimum donation, guests will be treated to a medley of opera favorites and Broadway show tunes, along with wine and cheese. For tickets please go to www.wesingfortheworld.com or contact the Rye Arts Center at (914) 967-0700 . Proceeds will go to the AmeriCares Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.
Hager said the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit close to home for her, as she worried about the fate of her friend Masataka Yamamoto, a former exchange student at RCDS and the prom king to her prom queen their senior year. She was finally able to confirm he was safe via Facebook but wanted to make sure the public didn’t forget the country’s continuing needs.
For more information on her organization, go to www.wesingfortheworld.com.
Posted by: Liz Anderson
http://soundshore.lohudblogs.com/tag/daniele-hager/
Rye Country Day School graduate and former Rye resident Daniele Hager recently founded the organization We Sing For the World, a group of professional musicians who plan to perform everything from opera to popular music in order to raise funds for disasters.
Their first concert is set for Saturday, June 4th at 8:00 PM at the Rye Arts Center at 51 Milton Road. For a suggested $20 minimum donation, guests will be treated to a medley of opera favorites and Broadway show tunes, along with wine and cheese. For tickets please go to www.wesingfortheworld.com or contact the Rye Arts Center at (914) 967-0700 . Proceeds will go to the AmeriCares Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.
Hager said the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit close to home for her, as she worried about the fate of her friend Masataka Yamamoto, a former exchange student at RCDS and the prom king to her prom queen their senior year. She was finally able to confirm he was safe via Facebook but wanted to make sure the public didn’t forget the country’s continuing needs.
For more information on her organization, go to www.wesingfortheworld.com.
Posted by: Liz Anderson
http://soundshore.lohudblogs.com/tag/daniele-hager/
Rye’s Soprano Sings for the World by Janice Llanes Fabry, The Rye Record
Rye’s Soprano Sings for the World
Little did Daniele Hager know that her friendship with a Japanese exchange student her senior year at Rye Country Day would have a lifelong impact.
Nine years ago, Masataka Yamamoto was the prom king to Hager’s prom queen. When the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck in northeast Japan in March, her first impulse was to reach out to him via Facebook.
Fortunately, Yamamoto and his family were safe, but he gave Hager a firsthand account of the devastation.
“I couldn’t sleep that night and wanted to help in some way,” said Hager, an accomplished soprano and opera singer. “That’s when the idea for ‘We Sing For the World’ came to me.”
Envisioning an organization that could raise funds for victims of the Japanese natural disaster, as well as for local deprivation, Hager was determined to coordinate a benefit concert event. She contacted her older brother and a few friends, all professional singers who were eager to lend their voices to the cause. John Hager, Elizabeth Burton, Julie Diniz, and Jeremiah Alto will perform along with Daniele at the Rye Arts Center next month.
Having taught piano and voice at the Rye Arts Center the last two years, she also sought the counsel of RAC Director Peggy Hill, who steered her in the right direction. “It’s incredible to have all these friends and colleagues come together and participate,” said Hager.
The soprano also enlisted AmeriCares, a global nonprofit humanitarian aid organization, to sponsor the benefit. A percentage of the proceeds will go directly to their Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund. For a suggested $20 minimum donation, guests will be treated to a medley of opera favorites and Broadway show tunes, along with wine and cheese.
What else is in Hager’s repertoire? This summer, she will spend a month performing in Costa Rica, playing the role of Créuse in the French Baroque opera, “Medée”. In addition, she will be performing at outdoor concerts in the area for the Small Town Theater Company.
Right now, however, her focus is on the relief effort in Japan and the role “We Sing For The World” will play. “I don’t know where this is going to take us or what is going to happen, but it’s great to be performing and helping people at the same time.”
The concert will be held June 4 at 8 p.m. at the Rye Arts Center. Tickets are available at wesingfortheworld.com, where you can also make a donation, and at the door.
View full article on the Rye Record
Little did Daniele Hager know that her friendship with a Japanese exchange student her senior year at Rye Country Day would have a lifelong impact.
Nine years ago, Masataka Yamamoto was the prom king to Hager’s prom queen. When the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck in northeast Japan in March, her first impulse was to reach out to him via Facebook.
Fortunately, Yamamoto and his family were safe, but he gave Hager a firsthand account of the devastation.
“I couldn’t sleep that night and wanted to help in some way,” said Hager, an accomplished soprano and opera singer. “That’s when the idea for ‘We Sing For the World’ came to me.”
Envisioning an organization that could raise funds for victims of the Japanese natural disaster, as well as for local deprivation, Hager was determined to coordinate a benefit concert event. She contacted her older brother and a few friends, all professional singers who were eager to lend their voices to the cause. John Hager, Elizabeth Burton, Julie Diniz, and Jeremiah Alto will perform along with Daniele at the Rye Arts Center next month.
Having taught piano and voice at the Rye Arts Center the last two years, she also sought the counsel of RAC Director Peggy Hill, who steered her in the right direction. “It’s incredible to have all these friends and colleagues come together and participate,” said Hager.
The soprano also enlisted AmeriCares, a global nonprofit humanitarian aid organization, to sponsor the benefit. A percentage of the proceeds will go directly to their Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund. For a suggested $20 minimum donation, guests will be treated to a medley of opera favorites and Broadway show tunes, along with wine and cheese.
What else is in Hager’s repertoire? This summer, she will spend a month performing in Costa Rica, playing the role of Créuse in the French Baroque opera, “Medée”. In addition, she will be performing at outdoor concerts in the area for the Small Town Theater Company.
Right now, however, her focus is on the relief effort in Japan and the role “We Sing For The World” will play. “I don’t know where this is going to take us or what is going to happen, but it’s great to be performing and helping people at the same time.”
The concert will be held June 4 at 8 p.m. at the Rye Arts Center. Tickets are available at wesingfortheworld.com, where you can also make a donation, and at the door.
View full article on the Rye Record
Music has the power to change the world. It's that simple belief that has propelled a group of professional musicians to create the organization We Sing For the World. Founded by Rye Country Day School graduate and former Rye resident Daniele Hager, the organization performs everything from opera to popular music in order to raise funds for disasters.
"It was very sad to see through the media how many people lost their lives, their belongings and family members because of these catastrophic disasters. There was no warning and they lost everything they had. This made me realize of how blessed we really are and how it is important that we help each other." Hager said.
The recent cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit close to home for Hager. With horrific pictures of the devastation, Hager immediately thought of her friend Masataka, who spent his senior year of high school as an exchang student at RCDS. They were crowned prom king and queen that year, and now she wasn't even sure if he was alive. Finally able to get in touch with Masataka through Facebook, Hager was relieved but became troubled when she heard of people who were in desperate need.
"The toughest period has almost passed. The difficult part is always how quickly public forsakes the damages. Haiti and the countries affected by Sumatran tsunami are being gradually forgotten behind this new disaster. Long term attention is important. Music can certainly contribute in helping the people."-Masataka Yamamoto
We Sing For the World will be holding its first benefit concert Saturday, June 4th at 8:00 PM at the Rye Arts Center at 51 Milton Road. For tickets please click here or contact the Rye Arts Center at (914) 967-0700. Proceeds will go to the AmeriCares Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.
-Jessica Desvarieux, Time Magazine reporter
"It was very sad to see through the media how many people lost their lives, their belongings and family members because of these catastrophic disasters. There was no warning and they lost everything they had. This made me realize of how blessed we really are and how it is important that we help each other." Hager said.
The recent cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit close to home for Hager. With horrific pictures of the devastation, Hager immediately thought of her friend Masataka, who spent his senior year of high school as an exchang student at RCDS. They were crowned prom king and queen that year, and now she wasn't even sure if he was alive. Finally able to get in touch with Masataka through Facebook, Hager was relieved but became troubled when she heard of people who were in desperate need.
"The toughest period has almost passed. The difficult part is always how quickly public forsakes the damages. Haiti and the countries affected by Sumatran tsunami are being gradually forgotten behind this new disaster. Long term attention is important. Music can certainly contribute in helping the people."-Masataka Yamamoto
We Sing For the World will be holding its first benefit concert Saturday, June 4th at 8:00 PM at the Rye Arts Center at 51 Milton Road. For tickets please click here or contact the Rye Arts Center at (914) 967-0700. Proceeds will go to the AmeriCares Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.
-Jessica Desvarieux, Time Magazine reporter