Tai Murray
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Candace Allen
African-American
novelist and political advisor to Obama's election campaign Candace
Allen and American violinist Tai Murray talk on the theme of:
"Instrument of change, how music transforms lives across the globe from
the UK to Venezuela and beyond..."
Candace Allen is a novelist, political activist, cultural critic and
screenwriter. She became the first African-American female member of the
Directors Guild of America. In addition to writing screenplays, she
worked as an assistant director for twenty years since the 1970's. Allen
has established a distinguished career as a novelist. Candace Allen's
latest book is "Soul Music, the Pulse of Race and Music" where she
examines the power of music to change lives, exploring innovative music
projects across the globe from Abreu's El Sistema programme in Venezuela
to Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said's West Eastern Divan Orchestra
which brings together Palestinian, Israeli and Arab musicians into one
orchestra.
Tai Murray is Ambassador of the UK-based music charity London Music Masters (www.londonmusicmasters.org),
which enables social change in inner city primary schools through its
innovative music programme the Bridge Project. Working in schools across
London, pupils in the four schools where LMM runs the programme, have
shown a marked academic improvement. With today's headlines focusing on
poor literacy and numeracy in UK's school leavers being the lowest in
the developed world, improving UK's academic performance is particularly
topical. Tai Murray's new CD - 20th Century American Scene - was
released in November. Described as "superb" by The New York Times,
violinist Tai Murray is establishing herself a musical voice of a
generation.
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