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Mar
12

Don Collinridge & Friends Play For Change in Australia

by Playing For Change Foundation

In the winter of 2012, Don Collinridge and his group of 10 musicians planned a road trip around the southern part of New South Wales…

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Dec
30

French Basketball team Elan Chalon Plays For Change

by Francois Viguie

Partnership announcement: Playing For Change & Elan Chalon: a winning combination

We’re proud to announce that Playing For Change has partnered with a french Basketball team who wants to support the movement and raise funds for the Playing For Change Foundation.

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Nov
11

Brian Boyes

by Featured Volunteer

Trumpeter, composer, and music educator, Brian Boyes, has worked in Vermont for the past 18 years.  As a music educator Brian Boyes has twice received special recognition from the Vermont Arts Alliance for his unique and creative approach to music education at Cabot School.
“When I saw the first Playing For Change video, I immediately thought that it would be amazing to do something like this with kids,” Brian says.  Driven by an inspiration to infuse the spirit of Playing For Change into an educational experience for students, Brian and his colleagues - humanities teacher, Peter Stratman, and science teacher, Michael Crocker - set out to develop a brand new interdisciplinary curriculum that would result in Playing For Change-style video.

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