GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC

ALL ABOUT THE ARTS

17310126_10154937464100569_4008500510994684547_o17309767_10154937465280569_5099096299794919031_n17264710_10154937462205569_8410071949611060067_n17264622_10154937461640569_918556375157743717_nCCMPower President, Bill Harvey–owner of Buddy Roger’s Music Store, a Cincinnati music institution) created the “LINKS PROGRAM–“Lonely Instruments for Needy Kids”–getting musical instruments into the hands of children, so they can learn and know they joy of music.

For two days every March, CCMPower volunteers gather at the Joseph Beth Book Store at Rookwood Commons, to accept donations of musical instruments, which are then completely refurbished and donated to area schools, so that children can participate in school music programs.

It is such a wonderful cause, and it’s great fun to meet people who come in with instruments to donate, and to hear their stories of playing the instruments, or having a child play an instrument in school, and then passing it on, so that another child can experience the joy of learning music and have a life-changing experience.
And, children from the C-CM Prep department perform throughout the event. So charming, and always gathers a crowd, which helps to spread the word the way no one else can.

IF YOU HAVE AN OLD INSTRUMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME THROUGOUT THE YEAR. YOUR INSTRUMENT’S VALUE WILL BE GIVEN, AND YOUR DONATION WILL BE COMPLETETLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE. JUST CALL 513 556 2100, OR TAKE YOUR INSTRUMENT TO BUDDY ROGER’S MUSIC STORE. CASH DONATIONS ARE ALSO WELCOMED, WHICH ARE ALSO TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC, AND TRANSFORM A YOUNG LIFE. WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT!

Excerpted from a Kimberly Daniel de Acha Facebook post.

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Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”