Mosaic Harmony & Friends: "One Humankind in Music" to air on Kurdistan Public Access TV

OAKTON, Va. - Feb. 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Mosaic Harmony, an interfaith, multicultural community choir based in Northern Virginia proudly announces their participation and hosting of a concert in celebration of the 2016 United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, at Unity of Fairfax Church in Oakton, Virginia on February 1, 2016 at 7:30pm. Kurdistan 24 Public Access television will cover the event live according to senior producer Berivan Yousifay, "we were looking for something that focused on various faith traditions coming together through music and think this is fantastic, we're excited to be attending."

Confirmed choirs who will perform from various faith traditions include the Adams Youth Choir with Ridwa Ullah and Faateha Syed who will open the program with a welcoming song followed by special greetings from Rabbi Gerald Serotta, Executive Director, Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.  Performances will include the Washington Baha'i Chorale, The Olam Tikvah Chorale, Hindu faith tradition performers Arun Murkherjee and Misti Acharyya, with Mosaic Harmony closing out the program.  World Interfaith Harmony Week held annually, brings together thousands around the world.  The concert, open to all, is entitled “Mosaic Harmony & Friends – One Humankind in Music”, celebrating the ability of the language of music to bring people together and focus on our common humanity rather than the differences that set us apart.  A love offering will be collected and donated to UNICEF for Syrian Refugee Children.  Over their twenty-two year history, Mosaic Harmony has garnered praise and developed close ties from their varied performances at fundraisers, corporate events, educational institutions, churches, government agencies and private events in the Washington metropolitan area.

Says North, “producing a concert with friends for World Interfaith Harmony Week was a no brainer, clearly this is our wheelhouse, we live and believe in this mission.”  The choir has received many awards most notably in 1997, they were chosen by the Fairfax County Human Rights Commission to receive its prestigious Human Rights Award and in 1998, were the recipient of the President's Initiative on Race as a model program that encourages participation of people from different racial backgrounds. Mosaic Harmony was included on the White House web site as one of the country's Promising Practices, which highlights efforts to improve race relations and build One America. Other performances have included: the Baha’i Black Awards Banquets/Baha’i Conferences on Race Amity; a Millennium Celebration program at Addas Israel, Washington, DC (a conservative Hebrew temple) designed by the Interfaith Conference of Washington to bring together youth of nine major world religions; a sunrise ceremony millennial celebration beginning in Samoa, which spread across 27 countries; a wave of peaceful intention sponsored by the International Club of Budapest, consisting of former statesmen, Nobel laureates, writers, and scientists; the Finnish Embassy “ Search for Common Ground” event; travel to Germany and Slovenia on a Goodwill Tour; sponsored a reciprocal visit by Musica Viva, the internationally known Slovenian choir that hosted Mosaic Harmony.  In 2004, Habitat for Humanity, Northern Virginia Chapter was celebrated by a joint benefit concert venue shared with the Slovenian choir, Musica Viva, during their reciprocal Goodwill visit. In 2006, Slovenian choir, “France Preseren”, silver medalists in the International Choir Olympics, was home-hosted and offered venues by Mosaic Harmony. Additional repeat performances at the Interfaith Choir Festival of Reston, Homeless in DC and Annapolis; the Lakota Nation; BODYWISE (a fitness program for seniors); Open Books, Open Hearts tutoring program; efforts to build a church in Dominican Republic, work with inner city youth in Atlanta, the Medical Benevolence Foundation’s home-based orphan care program for HIV/AIDS in Africa; Katrina flood relief; brain tumor cancer research all in an effort to assist these organization with their fundraising goals. The choir was also recognized “Changemakers” by Ashoka (www.Ashoka.org) and in 2006, provided, through their international newsletter, the seeds and structure for two interfaith children’s choirs in Jerusalem, Israel.

For more information on World Interfaith Harmony Week, visit www.worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com and for more information on Mosaic Harmony, visit www.mosaicharmony.org