We are interested in the possibilities that music can offer to encourage
dialogue, challenge war and injustice, and preserve cultural traditions. In this section we discuss some of the issues that motivate us, and provide links to other websites that we think you will find interesting.

Music as a Cultural Bridge
The language of music is universal. Although each culture produces its own
specific musical forms, the appeal that these forms hold is not limited to
any particular time or place. Like the other arts, music is able to
transcend the arbitrary boundaries that humans devise to separate themselves
from others. Read more...

Deracination
When we refer to deracination we refer very specifically to cultural
deracination, wherein aggression goes past brute militarism and seeks to
eradicate--systematically and generationally--any trace of a pre-existing,
native culture. It is an insidious form of genocide, one that leaches
systemically into the heart of a battered culture to affect everything from
religion to art to cuisine. Read more...

The Sound of Resistance
When we refer to deracination we refer very specifically to cultural
Musical activity can demonstrate a commitment to a particular cause or mediate experience through representations of personal and cultural identity. Music is not only a means of expression that sublimates the experience of daily life, but a critical form of dialogue by which citizens participate in public life. Read more...