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“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

In celebration of Human Rights Day on 10 December 2020, the UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS), will perform a concert – to celebrate the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).  The UDHR is a milestone document proclaiming the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Available in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world.

The music programme will feature and celebrate musical works by female and minority composers, representing an artistic tapestry of composers from diverse backgrounds.  By celebrating the works of composers from diverse backgrounds, we help to realign the world of classical music with its nuanced history, while expanding notions of what is considered conventional in classical music – symbolizing our hopes of building bridges of understanding of human rights.  Founded in 2016, the UN Chamber Music Society is dedicated to promoting the United Nations’ goals and values at large - through the universal language of music.

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PROGRAMME

Opening Messages
Ms. Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York

Derrick León Washington, Senior Regional Human Rights Fellow (OHCHR)

Ndaba Mandela, UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council

Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director

Special Guest Artists
Carol Wincenc (Flute)  ● Opus Illuminate

Music Programme

(?) JOEL THOMPSON (1988 - ) "Amadou Diallo" from The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE ( 1892 – 1983) Pastorale for Flute and Harp
Professor Carol Wincenc (Flute), Nancy Allen (Principal Harpist, NY Philharmonic)

FRANCISCA GONZAGA (1847 - 1935) Atraente (arr. Guilherme Andreas)
Professor Carol Wincenc (Flute), Velleda Miragias (Cello)

JOSEPH BOLOGNE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES (1745-1799)  String Quartet in D, opus 1, No. 6, Mvmt. 1
Nathan Meltzer (*Violin), Phoenix Avalon (Violin), Devin Moore (*Viola), Derek Louie (*Cello)
*Co-Founders of Opus Illuminate 

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SPECIAL THANKS

UN Department of Global Communications
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York
Katarina Mansson
Professor Carol Rodland (Viola)
Professor Carol Wincenc

Opus Illuminate
National Arts Diversity Integration Association (NADIA)

Artwork of Poster: Peter Mah

SPECIAL THANKS

Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie, Audio Engineer

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

Rebecca Bai, Video Editor