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The American Music Abroad program recently announced its call for applications for the 2012-2013 touring season. The American Music Abroad program sends American music bands from a wide variety of musical genres on month-long musical exchange tours.

The program is the flagship cultural diplomacy program of the U.S. Department of State, and is administered by American Voices. We are trying to reach out to more Hawaiian musicians to take part in the program.

American Music Abroad engages with people across the world through music. Working in partnership, American Voices and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will produce a series of month-long, multi-country cultural exchange programs for approximately 10 ensembles drawn from a wide variety of American musical genres.

Through public concerts, interactive performances with local musicians, lectures and workshops, the American Music Abroad program builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy, which embraces the full range of diplomatic tools – in this case music – to bring people together and foster greater understanding.

The application deadline is Jan. 16, 2012.

— Find out more:
www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=149272
www.americanvoices.org