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January 4, 2004
Contact: Luda Shuster rescuing@pacbell.net
"Music for the Neighbors" a Benefit Concert
Music for the Neighbors
Saturday, February 7, 2004, 7:30 PM
At St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave
(between Middlefield & Cowper)
Palo Alto, CA
Advance tickets and credit card sales: http://www.acteva.com/go/RGN
$15 general admission
$10 students, seniors, recent immigrants
Ticket price is 100% tax-deductible
Call to reserve your tickets (will call only) at 650-493-1892 or email to
Rescuing@pacbell.net
Palo Alto -- Outstanding winners from the International Russian Music Piano
Competition (IRMPC) will deliver a special, one night only benefit concert on
Saturday, February 7, 2004.
Rescuing Global Neighbors (RGN), is presenting its 4th benefit program, and
has partnered with the IRMPC to bring performers of the highest caliber to the
local Palo Alto Area.
Part of the concert proceeds will be used to defray the treatment expenses of
Nikita Chalenko, a 4 year old patient presently being treated in the Moscow
Children's Hospital, in Moscow.
"RGN, which provides direct assistance for people in crisis living in the
countries of the former Soviet Union, has been asked to help with the needs of
this very special child," said Luda Shuster, president of the RGN. "Our
portion of the proceeds will be used to purchase expensive drugs for treatment
that would otherwise not be available for children like Nikita Chalenko."
The IRMPC will use its portion of the proceeds to assist young musicians with
travel and housing expenses. "Each year we attract the most talented young
musicians from the international music community. In 2003, over 100
contestants from 17 different countries converged on San Jose to compete in
this prestigious event. Some of the contestants are less fortunate than
others, and would not be able to compete without assistance" says Irina
Prilipko-Morgan, President of the Competition, who is a concert pianist,
internationally acclaimed opera accompanist, and a PHD graduate from former
Soviet Georgia Conservatory of Music.
This exciting program will feature performances by previous winners of the
competition, and will include works of Schumann, Chopin, Prokofiev, Liszt,
Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky.
Don't miss this exciting event. Order your tickets today.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 2002
"Music for the Neighbors" to Benefit Russian Refugees in Acute Need
Palo Alto - Outstanding local talent will headline an October 5 concert
staged by Rescuing Global Neighbors (RGN), anonprofit organization that
provides direct assistance to particularly vulnerable people in the
Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly Russia) who are the victims
of social upheaval and ethnic unrest.
Scheduled performers include:
Tickets Available at the door
$20 general admission
$10 students, seniors, recent refugees
Ticket price is 100% tax-deductible
May 1, 2002
MUSICAL FUNDRAISER TO AID REFUGEES IN RUSSIA
PALO ALTO, CALIF, - Rescuing Global Neighbors (RGN), a non-profit organization that provides direct assistance to particularly vulnerable people in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (formerly Russia), presents a fundraising concert at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 18 In Unity Church located at 3391 Middlefield in Palo Alto. Vocal and piano selections spanning the musical spectrum, from Sondheim to Scriabin, will be performed by five distinguished young musicians, some of them of Russian ancestry.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door at $20 for general admission and $10 for students, senior citizens and first year immigrants. Contributions are fully tax-deductible, since RGN, which has no paid staff and spends less than 5% of donations on administration, is 501(c(3) non profit organization. The value of proceeds of the event will be magnified when used to aid people in CIS, where the average monthly pension (if paid) is around $18. In addition, all concert performances are generously donated by young musicians.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union has resulted in social upheaval, ethnic unrest, and collapsing government infrastructures that leave many children and elderly with serious illnesses lacking the medical help as well many people suffering other deprivations arising from poverty. RGN works exclusively through carefully chosen non-governmental partners in the former Soviet Union to directly help people in acute need.
MUSICAL FUNDRAISER TO AID REFUGEES IN RUSSIA
The Musicians and Their Music
Performers include:
Lane McKenna, a soprano, will sing selections from the American musical theatre, including "Anyone Can Whistle" by Sondheim and "The Silver Song" by Moore. Recently performing the role of Marguerite in the Bay Area premier of The Scarlet Pimpernel for Diablo Light Opera Company, she has also performed with the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Shelton Theatre, Foothill Music Theatre, West Valley Light Opera, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Peninsula Center State and the Palo Alto Players.
Michael Weinstein, a tenor, will perform Russian and Neapolitan songs. A graduate of The Music School in Volgograd, Russia, where he majored in voice and guitar, Michael emigrated to the United States in 2000 and in 2002 made his operatic debut the Pocket Opera premiere of Puccini's La Rhondine.
Yan Kvitko, a senior at Stanford University graduating with degrees in Computer Science and Music, will perform the piano Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor by Scriabin. A participant in many piano competitions and festivals, including ones in Holland, Aspen, CO, and Oberlin, OH, he has been awarded a Fullbright and will continue his musical studies next year in Amsterdam.
Sasha Motalygo, a soprano who holds a BFA in Drama from new York University, will sing five songs by masters of American musical theater, including Harburg & Lane and Bernstein, Comden & Green. She recently sang Musetta in the San Francisco Pocket Opera La Boheme and originated the role of Mme. Coquenard in the U.S. premiere of Three Musketeers at the American Musical Theater of San Jose, now available on CD.
Jonathan Erman, the accompanist, has played for many Bay Area theater groups including TheatreWorks, Foothill Music Theatre, American Musical Theatre of San Jose and Palo Alto Players. He also served as musical director for shows at Palo Alto middle schools and high schools and provided vocal direction and orchestrations for "Old Money" by Wendy Wasserstein at TheatreWorks.
Rescuing Global Neighbors is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide humanitarian assistance to individuals in crisis living in territories of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formerly Russia. RGN partners with non-governmental organizations in the CIS that are recognized for their integrity and effectiveness in providing aid where it is urgently needed. For more information about RGN, please visit rgn.da.ru. Your contributions can be sent to RGN, P.O. Box 60514, Palo Alto, CA 94306-0514
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