We Declare!: Songs, Chants, Dances and Multimedia Projects based on A Global Eth

Description: We Declare! by Merrill Collins, Yvon Chausseblanche, Kabir Sehgal Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A collection of songs for community workshops based on the text of Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration, with lyrics, scores, and photos. Publisher Description We Declare! Songs, Chants, Dances, and Multimedia Projects by composer and musician Merrill Collins presents a unique melding of music, interactive projects, and learning about musical instruments from around the world. This collection of songs are based on Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration, a document that outlines the common values of all the worlds religions. This book contains instructions, lyrics, scores and educational materials for songs, chants, dances, and multimedia projects based on the music, rich with photos and facts about instruments from around the world. * * * There are instructions for eight musical experiences in this book, adaptable for all ages, from preschoolers to children to teens to adults to senior citizens. The parts for participants are largely chant and percussion, which can stand alone or be played with the instrumental music soundtrack, which is available wherever music is streamed or sold (see . * * * The text of Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration, reprinted with permission from the Council for a Parliament of World Religions. * * * We Are Interdependent "We are interdependent. Each of us depends on the well-being of the whole, and so we have respect for the community of living beings, for people, animals, and plants, and for the preservation of the Earth, the air, water and soil."Golden Rules "We must treat others as we wish others to treat us. We make a commitment to respect life and dignity, individuality and diversity, so that every person is treated humanely, without exception. We must have patience, and acceptance. We must be able to for- give, learning from the past but never allowing ourselves to be enslaved by memories of hate. Opening our hearts to one another, we must sink our narrow differences for the cause of the world community, practicing a culture of solidarity and relatedness."Forsaking Violence "We commit ourselves to a culture of non-violence, respect, justice, and peace. We shall not oppress, injure, torture, or kill other human beings, forsaking violence asa means of settling differences. Make a just and peaceful world, with nature-friendly ways of life."Humankind Is Our Family "We consider humankind our family. We do not live for ourselves alone, but also serving others, never forgetting the children, the aged, the poor, the suffering, the disabled, the refugees, and the lonely."Opening Our Hearts "Opening our hearts to one another, we can move mountains."Cause and Effect "We take individual responsibility for all we do. All our decisions, actions, and failures to act have consequences."Every Man, Woman, and Child* "Give every man, woman, and child our human rights." * * * *this bonus track is from the song, Every Man, Woman, and Child, which is a musical setting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More info can be found in the Every Man, Woman and Child volume of the We Agree! series. * * * This is book two of the We Agree! series by Merrill Collins. Learn more at Author Biography Composer Merrill Collins has created a wide body of work that engages listeners and communities alike, with a heart-centered mission for global harmony and humanist evolution. A neoclassical musician out of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she built a diversity of musical styles playing for master classes with the Alvin Ailey Dance Co., Mark Morris Co., Joe Goode, Janice Garrett, Frank Shawl, Josie Moselie, as well as a series of collaborations with Duncan Dancer Mary Sano. She applied her knowledge of world music to creating music and community service projects for Montessori schools, YMCA School Age Child Care programs, private, paraochial, and public schools, and developed a human rights curricula that became the Pathways to Peace model for childrens peace education still in use today with the United Nations. Three multimedia pieces and humanitarian projects that were produced internationally later became published as the We Agree! music books that teach about key world agreements: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Toward a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration. Merrills works have been performed for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, UNCHR Human Rights Day, Amnesty International, United Way, UN World Habitat Day, Earth Day. Her production of Minute of Silence was featured in three languages in a global broadcast for the International Day of Peace. Merrill received a Global Peace Song Award in 2016 for her composition "Every Man, Woman, and Child," which was included on the 2017 Project Peace on Earth compilation. Merrill is a voting member of the Grammy Foundation (NARAS), and her volumes of neoclassical piano music in collaboration with world class artists can be found on , as well as on her live music site, Yvon Chausseblanche is a photographer born in France and living in California. He specializes in creating photographic mandalas and photographing spiritual leaders. Details ISBN 0974834114 ISBN-13 9780974834115 Title We Declare! Author Merrill Collins, Yvon Chausseblanche, Kabir Sehgal Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 46 Publisher Spiraling Music GE_Item_ID:141946961; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. 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