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PLANNING KIT Transforming Children, Communities, and Countries through the Power of Music!
YOUR lets your love live on
Ask yourself . . . What kind of legacy will I leave for the next generation? Will the impact of my legacy grow or diminish over years and future generations?
Connie Fortunato
Founder and President Canticum Novum Music Camp International
As Music Camp International completes its "first generation" of twenty years, we want to build the foundation for generations to come. Indeed, tomorrow - and the days ahead come at lightning speed. Planning for the future today will give you and your family the confidence that your influence will continue far into the future. I look forward to working together with you to assist you in preparing a legacy that will grow throughout the following generations - magnifying your influence to your grandchildren and the youth of the 21st century.
Explore MCI's Legacy Packet and the various instruments that can make your legacy continue to grow over time and sustain the compelling causes that captured your devotion.
WHY NOW?
WHY MUSIC? • Music improves academic achievement, language skills, and ability to communicate; • Music improves a child's creativity, self-confidence, and sense of dignity; • Music can help heal children from trauma including the ravages of war and contribute to mental health; • Participating in ensemble music improves social development, helps overcome isolation and abandonment, and builds a strong positive community among youth.
Planning for the future today will give you and your family the confidence that your influence will live on for generations to come.
• Globally there is widespread depression and a mental health crisis for today's youth. • The horrific war in Ukraine has traumatized hundreds of thousands of youth. • Healing from the psychological and emotional scars will take years of intense therapy. • Music can help facilitate healing and wholeness. • Now is the time when countries and communities are opening their hearts and homes like never before. Global support is becoming a way of life for entire populations. Music builds connection, communication and compassion!
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sustains a catalog of virtual progra
MUSEDICS . . . an afterschool program synchronous and interactive - two days per week throughout the school year - including choir and instrument instruction - for individuals and small clusters from schools and orphanages - international classes are building an international community. • Synchronous • Interactive • International • Two semesters – 13 weeks each – after school • Two sessions per week –choir and instrument ensemble • Individual Participation • Micro Music Hubs (Maximum of 5 students per hub.)
Akash from India got to hold a violin for the first time
Young ladies from Snehalaya Girls Home in New Delhi India
ams VIRTUAL MUSIC CAMPS . . . one week international Music Camps ending in a final concert
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Seasonal One week – choir and concert Special Events International
International Virtual Concerts are accompanied by a professional orchestra
MICRO MUSIC MOMENTS . . . a global choir of youth - designed especially for refugees and internally displaced persons. Rather than specific days and times this project is pre-recorded and may be done as circumstances and surroundings allow.
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Sing with a global choir Sing on your own schedule Rehearse as often as you like Sing in different languages
YOUR transforms teens on location
CITY DAY CAMPS One-week city day camps– multiple cities; multiple countries • Live ensemble instrument classes • Live choir rehearsals • Live concert with professional orchestra
Music Camp Choir Rehearsal in Vinnytsia, Ukraine
MCI Teacher, Shirley, teaches recorder at an orphanage outside Zaporizhzhye, Ukraine
Music Camp International Concert Lysychansk, Ukraine March 2018
PROJECTS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Inclusion Camp for those who are • Blind and Visually Impaired • Deaf and Hearing Impaired • Down Syndrome • Autism • Cerebral Palsy
EASTER FESTIVAL
The “White Gloves Choir” signs to sing
Easter with the Masters
• One-week overnight Camp at a conference center • National and international participation • Pre-selection • Advanced repertoire by master composers • Outstanding final classical concert with professional orchestra
Easter with the Masters Concert, Biserica Neagra, Brașov, Romania’s largest and most famous cathedral
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immortalizes the future
Your fingerprint sustains the next generation with:
Your Legacy gift can live on through . . .
• Dignity, hope and self-confidence for every child who attends our Camps and participates in our programs;
• Wills/Trusts
• Transformation for children, communities and countries through the power of music; • Teacher training in both virtual and on-location methodologies to activate global accessibility; • Compassion in action and inclusion for children with special needs and disabilities and victims of discrimination so that “no child is left behind.”
A forever commitment from us to you guaranteeing: • We will respect your privacy; • We understand that your family and loved ones come first; • We will use your gift carefully and cost-effectively to achieve the greatest impact in accordance with your wishes.
• Life Insurance gifts • Retirement plan gifts • Charitable Remainder Trusts • Charitable gift annuities • Specific items of property (stocks, bonds, real estate, jewelry or historical artifacts)
Your Endowment can provide a living tribute through . . . • An endowed Concert • An endowed Festival Event • An endowed Music Camp • An endowed Chair for International Team Directors
Please contact us if you would like to explore your Legacy Gift for Music Camp International www.musiccampinternational.org connie@musiccampinternational.org If you would like to explore your Legacy Gift for Music Camp International, please contact us at connie@musiccampinternational.org (831) 425-3600 A Division of Canticum Novum a 501 (c)(3) non profit corporation
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