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Strings of Hope Concert Video

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The GASChorus, Musician and Dancers from Xavier Sangeetanjali and Young Musicians from Delhi and Mumbai toured with the GASOrchestra for a week presenting one-hour-long concerts at Siliguri, Kurseong, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Gangtok as part of the Strings of Hope Concert Tour. The project was a powerful union of two of our projects - Strings Concert Tour Project (started in 2011 by the then Music volunteer Virgil Vihaan Sequeira at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai) and the Hope Choral Project (started in 2023 by Belgian conductor Rozemarijn Vanwijnsberghe). We are indebted to our organisers in each location - Fr. Edu Arockiaraj SJ and Fr. Tommy SJ at Matigara, Fr. Kevin Moktan SJ and his team at St. Alphonsus, Mr. Cassian Dukpa, Ms Dipika Adhikari and the team at Hayden Hall and Fr. Edward Baretto at Darjeeling, Br. Gilbert and our school team at Kalimpong and Mrs. Laxmi Rai Gurung and the staff at Tashi Namgyal Academy and Ms. Sharolyn Zimba at Gangtok. The tour has had an impact beyon...
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Essays written in Nepali by the students

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1. Importance of education Prajanna Biswakarma  of class 10 wrote an essay on the importance of education in which she describes the importance of school especially in her locality where many children come from vulnerable backgrounds.  2. Mother Rishika Tamang of class 10 has beautifully written an essay about her mother. In her essay she describes how her mother has influenced her in life and how she sacrificed so much to give her the best in life .  3. My village Somchur Lepcha of class 9 writes in her essay about her village "Ngassey" which means "a place to rest" in her mother tongue which is lepcha . Her essay tells us about the various agricultural work done by the people, about their daily lives and about the various people in the village.   4. Human behavior  Pravesh Kumai of class 9 wrote a poem describing the human nature and behavior. He vividly describes the everyday behavior pattern of a human being and how it has evolved throughout the years. ...
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June Newsletter

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Our Strings of Hope Concert Tour featured in the Serenade Magazine - India’s first Western Classical Music online magazine.  We featured in the May 2024 issue of the National Centre of the Performing Arts (NCPA) Mumbai’s magazine, OnStage in relation to the music exposure tour of six of our students in February.  A quartet from the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) spent four days performing at assembly and giving masterclasses to over 30 selected students from Classes 7 to 10 and alumni. The impact was enhanced because our alumnus and member of the SOI, Sujan Chettri was part of the quartet.  Four of our alumni musicians accompanied the Assistant Director Virgil Vihaan Sequeira to give a workshop on the cultural music of Kalimpong and environmental justice in the Hills at the Conscious Leadership Retreat of Vision & Opportunities for Youth & Community Engagement (VOYCE), Delhi, at Tieedi Forest Garden, Sonada.  We bid farewell to our retiring support staff...
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