#VirtualVerdiChoir | COVID-19 Musical Solidarity Project

MUSICAL SOLIDARITY PROJECT / COVID-19

SOLIDARITY MAP

OFFICIAL PARTNERS

PRESS

We made a unique, accessible and diverse

GLOBAL COLLABORATION

between 55 opera houses,

orchestras, cultural institutions, 16 Sign Language professionals and about 500 performers from 65 different countries.

OUR PERFORMERS

Chose to be part of the project in order to stand together, support each other and share solidarity and hope with the entire world.

MAP

OUR SOLIDARITY MAP

Represents the places on the globe from which people are participating in the project.

Did you know? Verdi in Italian means Green

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press

WATCH OUR DOCUMENTARY

THE BRIKCIUS FESTIVAL, PRAGUE

WATCH OUR DOCUMENTARY

THE WALTHAM CELLO FEST, LONDON

WE ARE ON THE MAP

Read: O PAÍS Mozambique article

Read: Radio 3 New Zealand article

Read: NVI Noticias Mexico article by Mariana Gutiérrez

Read: ClassikON Australia article by Jeremy Boulton

Pre-release articles:

Read: CTV News Canada article by Mark Villani

Listen: The New Classical FM Toronto interview with Marc Wigmore

Watch: Is Verdi Viral? The Gooddeeds Diva Channel features The Musical Solidarity Project

Listen: Spotify - A&A Operapod interview

DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE

partners

OUR OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER

OUR VIDEO AND SOUND TEAM

Award winning Toronto based Riddle Films and Ben Ewing Recordings are working with us on this project with all their energy and love.

OUR OFFICIAL SOLIDARITY SUPPORTERS

As many theatres are sadly closed until further notice due to the pandemic, we invited cultural institutions from all over the world to acknowledge the importance of solidarity and unity, and stand together in reciprocal moral support.

These exceptional institutions chose to support solidarity:

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Do you believe in our mission? Join us.

Orchestra parts

VOCAL PARTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Our Project

Many opera houses, theatres and cultural institutions are sadly locked down until further notice. We artists and our audiences will be out of our home - the theatre - for a long time. Therefore, in order to support each other, connect and share our solidarity, we created the Musical Solidarity Project: A virtual performance of Verdi’s “Va pensiero” from Nabucco. One of the most symbolic musical pieces of hope. Each one of us makes a video, and once we have enough videos we will put them all together in a great musical video collage.

Singers, instrumentalists, conductors, world class soloists, orchestra players, music students and even passionate amateurs, stand all together in front of the global COVID-19 crisis.

In such challenging times it will be very strengthening for us, for our audiences, and for many other people in the world, to see that we are able to give an exceptional example of unity and hope, by breaking all the geographical, institutional and status boundaries, and by creating a unique and diverse group of people that believes in generosity and solidarity.

Here is why we are so excited about what we are doing:

1. Uniqueness. We are creating a unique global ensemble. We are connecting musicians from all over the world that would probably never have a chance to play together without this initiative.

2. Diversity and Unity. On our team you can find top soloists, professional orchestra players, choir singers, music students, musical theatre performers and even passionate amateurs. We believe that in times of global crisis we should all stand together, like Beethoven 9th Symphony suggests.

If the challenge is global - our response should be global too.

3. No profit. We do not pay anyone and we are not getting paid - from the top stars to the video editors. We all do this because we believe in delivering a message of unity, hope and solidarity.

How to submit?

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED.

IF YOU WISH TO JOIN US NEXT TIME, SEND AN EMAIL TO info@nofaryacobi.com

Cultural Institutions

Send us an email with your logo.

Singers, instrumentalists and conductors

It's simple! You record yourself on video with your smartphone playing/singing your part (with the playback we recorded especially for sync) and send it to us. All orchestra and vocal parts are available here.

Step-by-step guide:

1. Download your part - click here.

*Singers - can't read music and want to join? Click here

2. Record yourself in a video on your smartphone, while listening to the playback we made especially for this project .

*It is important that you play/sing with the playback in order for us to be able to synchronize all the recordings in the final stages of editing. If you can, wear earphones to avoid feedback.

3. Send your recording through WeTransfer, Google Drive, Email, or any other way that works, to this email: info@nofaryacobi.com

The file name you are sending should include: the part you are sending, your full name, and place of recording (city, country).

For example: "VIOLIN 2 - Maria Rossi, Rome, Itay"

Tag us on social media, we would love to feature you on our official pages! @musicalsolidarityproject

In case you do not want credit, please mention it in your submission.

If you have technical problems, just contact us!

Submissions for Và pensiero are closed. We are working on the video!

That's all! Once we receive and edit hundreds of videos we will share the final product here, on social media platforms and on YouTube.

We may be separated but we are still together, more than ever.

It is not "social" distancing, it is only physical distancing.

Be safe and send your video!

Orchestra and vocal parts (sheet music)