With Love to Hiroshima and Nagasaki – A Concert for Disarmament

Imagine:
A world without nuclear weapons. Atomic bomb survivors have been doing so for 70 years. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Fukushima and Indian Point, A-bomb survivors and New York City high school students unite. Good-bye nukes!
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The Concert for Disarmament will be held during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference on Disarmament in NYC (4/27 – 5/22, 2015), as a tribute to, and celebration of, years of working together with Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors).

What:
An evening of music and spoken word featuring performers:

• The Hibakusha Choir, Himawari with Fiorello LaGuardia High School for Music and Art & the Performing Arts Choir
• Eco philosopher and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy
• Excerpt from Peace Symphony by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky featuring members of the Nouveau Classical Project
• Brooklyn-based composer and musician Jean Rohe
• Multi-reedist and composer Sam Sadigursky
• Masaaki Tanokura, concertmaster, Osaka Symphony, & the Hiroshima Jogakuin hibaku (atomic bomb survived) violin
• Poet Anne Waldman with Fast Speaking Music
• Tim Wright, ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
• Atomic bomb survivors Setsuko Thurlow, Shigeko Sasamori and Yasuaki Yamashita

Hosted by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of US President Harry S Truman
Directed by Linda S. Chapman

Projections by Pikadon Project and Amber Cooper Davies
Written and produced by Kathleen Sullivan and Robert Croonquist

US Media Contact:
Carolina Soto // dakini2000@mindspring.com // (917) 453-7036
Emilie McGlone, Peace Boat US // emilie@peaceboat-us.org
Japanese Media Contact:
Mitchie Takeuchi // mitchiet@arcmedia.net // (917) 626-3090

Cost:
General Admission: $35 @ http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1117429