New Haven Independent

Music Helps “Mend a Broken World”

by Allan Appel | September 11, 2006 9:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ten-year old Monet Monterroso and her teacher Olga Shibtini of the Bridgeport Islamic Community Center were among the more than 300 people across faiths and communities who gathered at Yale’s Battell Chapel Sunday night for a rousing fundraising concert to assist the civilian victims of violence in Gaza, Israel, and Lebanon. The concert offered a sense of healing not just through the music, but through who showed up, and why. Click here to read all about an evening of peace and harmony in a war-torn world. And listen to some of the music, recorded by Melinda Tuhus, by clicking
To hear some of that music, recorded by Melinda Tuhus, clicking here, here, here, and here .

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