Jump to content

Roads to You

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Basstom82 (talk | contribs) at 20:41, 11 January 2010. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Roads to You is the name of a continued series of cultural workshops intended to promote peace and tolerance through music. The program was founded by Jordanian musician Zade.

Origins

After being in America and witnessing the September 11th attacks firsthand, Zade was inspired to do something positive to promote peace in the wake of such a tragedy. He began a series of house concerts in a "humble grassroots effort to create a better understanding of his culture in the West."[1]

Years and several performances later, Zade became interested in how to continue the positive momentum of the Roads to You concerts. He turned his focus to how musicians, from all different nations, can work together to be global leaders and ambassadors of peace. This idea was the inception of the Roads to You tour.

Tour

Officially launched in May 2006 in partnership with Berklee College of Music, and Seeds of Peace, and sponsored by a host of community organizations including The Barakat Foundation, The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University[2], The Center for Interfaith Relations in Louisville, KY[3][4], and The Mohammad Ali Center, among others, the Roads to You tour brought the same concept of promoting peace and understanding that the original house concerts did, but at a much larger scale. Roads to You held over 100 workshops in addition to several performances in 2006.[2]


Musicians are chosen to participate in the Roads to You tour based on leadership as well as their musical ability. The original tour featured musicians from over 18 countries.[5]

Official Website

References

  1. ^ "Celebration of One World". adc.org. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  2. ^ a b "LenSec". Business Wire. Retrieved 2010-01-010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) Cite error: The named reference "workshops" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Celebration of One World". BU Campus Beat. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  4. ^ "LYO Members Perform with Zade Dirani". Louisville Youth Orchestra. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  5. ^ "Roads to Tolerance". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roads_to_You&oldid=337248809"