singing together for peace

• Posted by Ruth Flikschuh January 29, 2016 - Filed in Announcement - 820 views
  Dear fellow peace choristers,                             Brussels, January, 29th 2016
  
  We Have a Dream.  And we Have a Proposal that we would like to present to you.  But first let us present ourselves, we are the singers of the Brussels Brecht-Eisler Choir (Brussels, Belgium, see www.bbek.be).
  
  What if we could raise our voices and sing loud and clear together against war madness ?  Small and large vocal groups, choirs and music ensembles, all united In one artistic project.  
  
   "Say No”, that’s how it’s called.  No, to war, no to arms, no to the poking between countries and between people !  WE DO NOT participate and we want to ‘be heard' …
  
  The Belgian composer Dick van der Harst wrote a new composition to a poem by Elvis Peeters.  It’s a new universal song : 'Say No'. It is written for four-part SATB choir, but you are free to replace some voices by musical instruments, or you can add an instrumental accompaniment to the score.  You might want to adapt the lyrics and maybe sing some lines in your own language. In short, you can get to work freely and finetune the score to your needs.
  
  The idea is that you make a recording of your version of the song, brought by your choir.  That doesn’t need to be a professional recording.  Just a simple camera, or even your smartphone will do.
  
  Then you send the recording to us and visual artist and videomaker Jan Vromman will make out of all these shootings a video installation.  This installation will be disseminated through the world wide web and will be presented in the autumn of 2016 in Brussels.  Your own recordings plus the video installation will be posted on our website www.sayno.be.
  
  We hope in this way to create a global bond between people singing for a world without war.  Who knows what else can emerge from this ?
  
  This invitation goes out to a whole range of choirs, ensembles and vocal groups in Europe and abroad.
  
  Hopefully you can join us !
  
  For more details on ​​the project and a cute little promotional video, www.sayno.be
  
  For the Brussels Brecht-Eisler Choir
  
  
  Ruth Flikschuh
  Board member