Hearts for Gaza fundraiser

Arts, culture & social functions
Gadigal Country/Sydney

When

3:00pm Sunday 23 February

Where

Addi Road Community Centre
142 Addison Rd
Marrickville NSW
Australia

Why

Immerse yourself in an afternoon of stunning original acoustic music and Arabic songs from Australian composers/musicians Chloé Charody, Keyna Wilkins, Pavle Cajic, Maissa Alameddine, and Chloe Chung.

100% of proceeds from this concert will do directly to the charity Hearts For Gaza (with no middle people or admin fees), a project based in Northern Gaza who get water, food and gather clothes and supplies for thousands of local people amidst constant bombing and starvation.

On display in the hall before and during the concert will be prints for sale from "Drawn In Gaza", an artists collective based in Gaza with 100% of proceeds going directly to the artists in Gaza. 


TIMETABLE

3pm: Doors open to Addi Road Community Centre with Arabic food/drinks available provided by Addi Road Community Centre, and showcase and prints from "Drawn In Gaza" artists collective available for sale 

4pm: Short talk from Chloe Charody and Shadi Salem - co-managers of Hearts For Gaza

4.15pm: Concert on Main Stage Addi Road Community Centre Marrickville

6pm: Finish

CONCERT

The concert will feature unique original compositions from Australian composers and musicians with a passion for world peace, global human rights and justice.   


Chloé Charody is an Australian composer whose operas, musicals, ballets and song cycles have toured Europe and Australia. This event will be the world premiere of her Violin Sonata For Peace. Maissa Allamaddine is a Lebanese-Australian singer and multidisciplinary artist working across a range of mediums, who explores the idea of migration as a chronic injury and uses her voice as a provocation and a response. Pavle Cajic is an Australian-Serbian pianist and composer of contemporary classical music. Their instrumental music celebrates the beauty of nature and human experience, in works infused with narrative and story-telling. Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). Her woks are published by Wirripang and are performed internationally. Chloe Chung is a cross-cultural flutist, playing Western flute and dizi (Chinese bamboo flute), teaching music, and collaborating with others to foster unexpected musical forms and connections throughout Sydney. She has also recently completed a season performing with Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Miss Saigon tour or Asia.

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS' MUSIC ON YOUTUBE

Limbo violin sonata composed by Chloe Charody and performed by Sonja Scebeck and Josh Frazer: 

Improvisation by Maissa Allamaddine and Hamad Sadeghi:  


Shower Of Sunbeams composed by Pavle Cajic and performed by Chloe Chung and Pavle Cajic:  

Symptomatic Coda composed and performed by Keyna Wilkins:  

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Location

Addison Road Community Organisation

1/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204, Australia

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