Harmony in Iraq: Images from Conductor Demetrius Fuller and Musician for Harmony Executive Director Allegra Klein’s participation in American Voices groundbreaking Unity Performing Arts Academy in Erbil, Northern Iraq.
The Waltz to Iraq-July 2007
From the hotel
Baghdad Youth Orchestra
 
Clarinets from the National Symphony
Music Lesson
 
 
Sandstorm
 
 
 
On the way to town ($1M houses being built in background)
 
Man with a melon
Magid, librarian for Natl Symphony & his daughter, an oboist in the Youth Orchestra
 
 
 Ms. Carole & the Kids
 
New house in the city
 
cocktail hour
rehearsal
 
DF conducting in rehearsal
 Najat Amin, Conductor of the SUlemaniya orchestra
Mohammed Amin, condcutor of the Natl Symphony
 
Allegra rehearsing the strings
 
 Random Iraqi child
Our driver
 
 
In the market
They love their melons
 
 
Iraqi Starbucks!!
Marc with some of the musicians
 
 
The Citadel
View from Citadel
 
 Kurdish Textile Museum
 
 
 
From Hotel
 
 
 
 
 
The Khanzad Hotel
 
 
 
Helicopter ride anyone?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downtown Erbil
 
 
 
 
Mass Chaos carries over to the electric company as well!!
DF with Mohammed Amin (conductor of Natl Symphony) and former concertmaster Magid.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entrance to Citadel
Inside the Citadel
 
He must be tired!
Baghdad anyone?