Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Peace through Music

One of the organizations that Sound Roots is a proud supporter of is Playing for Change, which promotes peace through community music and dance centers they build around the world in places like Ghana, Nepal, South Africa and Rwanda. Part of their mission is to unite people all throughout the world through a common thread of music. To do this, they've put together music videos of people in all walks of live from diverse cultures playing one song.

Playing for Change has just released a new song and video, set to John Lennon's beautiful message in "Imagine". The video shows musicians from India, Brazil, America, Africa, Japan and more all playing and singing to this amazing song with it's powerful lyrics of peace and hope.

When we saw it, we were once again struck by how music is the ultimate tool to bring people everywhere together with a passion for peace. Across the cultures, the continents and language barriers, we all understand the impact and importance of music in developing identity as well as community. We hope to convey this inspiration and development in our own school in our own little corner of the world. At our heart, Sound Roots is passionate for peace and passionate for using music to promote the ideals that this music video represents.

Please watch this amazing and beautiful video and let us know how it moves you!

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