A GALA FOR SING FOR HOPE

Jane — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:48:08 +0000

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Don’t know who everyone shown here is but Dr Muhammad Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh whose work is lifting women out of poverty. He is now bringing his work to cities in the US. He is a Nobel Laureate. Dr Yunus’s daughter, Monica, is a co-founder of the non-profit and an opera singer. Billy Jean King was there as well as Martha Stewart whose nephew now works with this non-profit, “Sing For Hope”, which brings art—music, dance, actors, poetry– to children and to hospital patients who would otherwise be bereft of art. All the fine, professional artists donate their time and talent. The great Opera singer, Renee Fleming has been deeply involved with “Sing For Hope”’from the beginning. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon was on piano and Camille Zamora and Joshua Hopkins sang a piece from the opera, “Grapes of Wrath.” Ricky Ian Gordon has composed the opera that will be performed with a symphony orchestra one night only at Carnegie Hall the end of March. I will be the narrator. I agreed to do it as an honor to my father who immortalized Tom Joad in John Ford’s movie “Grapes of Wrath.”

click here for an article about the event: http://www.whomyouknow.com/2009/11/nightlight-sing-for-hope-gala.html
Whom You Know: NIGHTLIGHT: Sing for Hope Gala was a Resounding Success! Songs for Our Future led by Chair Eva Haller and Co-Founders Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora Honor Renee Fleming, Jane Fonda, Reynold Levy and Muhammad Yunus in an evening of Arts Activism in Action in Lincoln Center November 21st. Special Surprise Birthday Guest: Billie Jean King

Jane Fonda » Billie Jean King

A GALA FOR SING FOR HOPE