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Do Something

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FoundedNew York
United States
HeadquartersNew York
New York
United States
Founders Andrew Shue
Michael Sanchez
Type of business Non-profit organisation
Key people Nancy Lublin
Aria Finger
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Date of Upd.
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About Do Something


DoSomething is a global non-profit organization with the goal of motivating young people to make positive change both online and offline through campaigns that make an impact. The organization's CEO is Aria Finger.

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Nicola Benedetti is passionate about sharing her talent with Young People

Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti has set up a team of musicians, the three weeks of free online music classes.

beginning on 11 may, you will. culminating in a huge online concert at The End of the month

Ayrshire-born musician is already offered, online music classes through their own Benedetti Foundation.

But the lockdown made you wonder whether you could reach an even larger audience on Social Media platforms.

Although The Sessions are free, donations are welcome.

Nearly 800 people, including other musicians, The Ayoub sisters.

Ms Benedetti says she is passionate about sharing her music since winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004, at the Age Of only 16.

"I feel like I can do it too," She Said . "I have the ability to galvanize the kind of person I can convince to engage a lot of people with something, and I am really serious and a message to Young People .

"I think if you have the chance to Do Something good, you have a responsibility to society to a minimum, and put some time and effort into The Thing that you have to have some talent for. "

The Violinist meetings with the Young People before the lockdown

The Violinist is patron of A Number of musical organizations, including Sistema Scotland, The National Children's Orchestra, music in Secondary Schools Trust, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the European String Teachers' Association.

their new album, A Collection of pieces by Elgar, to appear digitally on the 15. May. It includes Salut D'amour, The First piece of music she recalls, making her scream at the Age Of six years. It was then that she and her sister Stephanie to learn The First persuaded your mother to allow you to, the violin.

even today, it teaches the young musicians online, and says it often creates the same emotions.

The support of the concert tour, after The Album is not going to happen, and she is worried about how long it will take before you can run, and In Concert halls again.

"The reality for me, four months of concerts, gone in a heartbeat," She Said . "We don't have an arrogant sense of Control - each, but in The Professional world I inhabit. We think we can determine what happens next year, this is the attitude, and something is humiliating, it is very humiliating. "

she added: "Our business requires, to bring together large groups of people. The margins for the concert halls, they are the size for a reason, they want as many people as possible, and if you don't cut this number to half of that sum things up so well. You will not even cover their costs let alone a profit.

"If the budget does not stand, there is only so much you can expect people to do for free or for less. The revenue has to come from somewhere, and if The Loss is too large, the concerts can not go further. It is a simple equation.

"as much As The Will , is so intense, and people are desperate to play, it is an economic reality that the take longer to realize than We Are . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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