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"Moving Self-Advocacy Forward"
2009 Minnesota Self-Advocacy Conference
April 17 & 18, 2009


Jazz for Peace Concert

Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace performed a

Special Benefit Concert to raise money for the

Minnesota Self-Advocacy Conference

                                      at the Artists' Quarter in St. Paul on Sunday,

                                   October 5, 2008.

 

 

Rick DellaRatta

Matt Peterson and Mac Santiago

 

Gregg Inhofer

 

 

- We had over 50 people attend the concert and we raised approximately $1,000 to help

   offset expenses for the 2009 Self-Advocacy Conference.

- Thanks to Jazz for Peace musicians: Rick DellaRatta from New York, Mac Santiago and

   Matt Peterson from Minnesota.

- We also want to give a special thank you to Gregg Inhofer from Minneapolis who played

   during the break.

- All of the music was fabulous!

 

         

 

         

 

        

 

About Jazz for Peace:
Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace performed at the United Nations in New York on September 25, 2002. He led a band consisting of Israeli, Middle Eastern, European, Asian and American musicians in concert for an international audience in what is now considered “one of the most significant cultural events of our time!” This U.N. Concert has led to a benefit concert series that has gone on to raise funds, publicity and awareness for over 500 non-profit organizations as well as an Educational Program to bring jazz back into the schools and donate musical instruments to underprivileged children.
Rick DellaRatta is an international jazz pianist, vocalist and composer who has won numerous awards through his talent. In March 2007, Rick was recognized by The Foundation Center as one of the top musician philanthropists of our time along with Bono (U2), Elton John, Peter Gabriel, and Sting. Most recently, he has been honored in Jazz Singers, a book by Scott Yanow, as one of the 500 greatest jazz vocalists of all-time.
 
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