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Music Crossing Borders
6.8 Billion People • One Language • One World

Who We Are:

Music Crossing Borders is a New York City based world music ensemble dedicated to the education of students of all ages. Through performance and interaction, we introduce our audience to musical genres from all around the world.

Our Philosophy/What We Do:

Music blurs the boundaries between race, ethnicity and culture. It unites us as a human race, based not on what we look like or where we live, but by its indescribable ability to move us beyond words. For these reasons, it is more important now than ever to bring music to the community at large!

Music Crossing Borders provides 30-45min of high energy, interactive assemblies designed to keep students engaged and excited, while exposing them to musical genres across the globe. Clinics are available for all grade levels--kindergarten to university--as well as synagogues, churches, other religious organizations and community organizations all over the world.

Starting with the Community:

We believe in bringing music back to the children of our community! Our initial fundraising efforts will go 100% toward promotional materials to present to schools and community organizations within the NYC and tri-state area as well as corporate sponsors. With this backing, we will then have the means to take this ensemble around the world--beginning with the Kenyan orphanage through Flying Kites Global.

Our Goals Through Kickstarter:

Music Crossing Borders has been invited to perform for children living in an orphanage in South Kinangop, Kenya as part of Flying Kites Global. The amount of money we need to raise to bring our six-member band over for this wonderful opportunity is well beyond what we would ask of family/friends. Our objective is to find corporate sponsors through marketing and benefit concerts. To do this, we need professional marketing materials (website, professional promo DVD, promo packs, etc.). We have all of these materials in the works; we just need the funding to be able to follow through on them. Your pledge will 100% go towards these materials which will, in turn, go towards raising the funds to bring the ensemble first to schools and organizations around NYC and the tri-state area, then around the world--beginning with Kenya.

We CAN Keep Going:

Kickstarter allows us to raise money beyond our set goal. Because we do not receive funds if our goal is not met, it is better to set our funding goal lower with the hopes of first reaching the goal and going beyond. Any money raised beyond our $3,500 goal will continue to be put toward this goal, as we have a long road ahead to reach what we estimate to be a $10,000 journey to Kenya.

We thank you in advance for your support with what we consider to be such an important cause. Sending this link to your email/facebook contact list would be such a tremendous help in our efforts.

Please check in once our website is up and running: www.MusicCrossingBorders.com and spread the word! Thank you again for your generosity and support!

Yours truly,

Rachel Phillips
Charlie Schmid
Music Crossing Borders
www.MusicCrossingBorders.com

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Project location: New York, NY

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