Singing the Oceans Alive with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will be joining international musical artists at Fairfield Hall in Croydon on Friday 25th April 2014 at 7.30pm to celebrate the unheard ocean music of whales and dolphins around the world. Singing the Oceans Alive, will combine many genres of music with the majestic sound of one of the worlds greatest orchestras in this spectacular three hour performance. The guest stars will perform original compositions which incorporate distinctive calls and sounds of various cetacean species. With the aid of projected big screen images of the ocean the concert will be a fully immersive experience for the audience. The musical guests include: Composer Gabriel Currington Vocalist and song-writer Lucinda Drayton African fusion performers The Ganda Boys Tibetan Grammy-nominee flautist Nawang Khechog French Armenian composer and Duduk player Levon Minassian Composer and platinum record producer Craig Pruess Award-winning pianist Karim Said Composer, producer and world-renowned multi-instrumentalist, Premik Tubbs, Celebrated British award-winning composer specialising in flute and ancient wind instruments, Tim Wheater American singer/songwriter Kristin Hoffmann

Proceeds from the event will go to the newly founded charity, Save Earths Oceans, Inc. - a global non-profit organisation dedicated to help clean up the beaches and oceans worldwide and raise awareness of the potential we have to alter the course of our destruction of the environment. Many organisations highlighting this issue focus primarily on the suffering. SEOIs intention is to focus on the beauty and the majesty of these endangered populations, while celebrating another endangered species: the arts. Patricia Cori, CEO of Save Earths Oceans Inc., who will be hosting the event, said We are uniting the music of the human spirit with the song of the oceans to celebrate the immense

beauty and majesty of some of Earths most magnificent representatives of our animal kingdom. This is the first of several live concerts and global events planned to help us raise the funds we need to study and research the potential breakthrough in communication with the Cetaceans. At SEOI we are particularly interested in raising awareness with children who are the future caretakers of the planet. In 2014 SEOI also plans to implement research into solutions to the plastic crisis facing the oceans, and begin planning for their Childrens Sea Ambassadors Innovation Conference, to be held 2015. Tickets for the event are available now from Fairfield Hall by calling the box office on 0208 688 9291 or bookings can be made online at http://www.fairfield.co.uk

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About SEOI Save Earths Oceans, Inc., is a non-profit, 501C corporation with tax-exempt status, based in the United States. Their primary mission is to raise awareness of the importance and beauty of the Cetaceans of the Earths oceans, and to help raise humanitys perception of them as vital participants of Earths rich biodiversity, beings that are sentient, musical and highly conscious. They support scientists and marine biologists whose interests lie in decoding their languages, deciphering the meaning of their rich and profound sounds and songs. They intend to make serious headway in the clean up of our beaches, and the proliferation of plastic waste in our oceans. They are dedicated to awakening people, adults and children alike, to the importance of safeguarding our oceans and keeping the natural music the oceans symphony alive.

About the RPO

Founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has enjoyed more than sixty-five years of success worldwide, giving first-class performances of a wide range of musical repertoire with artists of the highest calibre. Under the inspired leadership of Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit, the Orchestra continues to flourish, maintaining and building on a demanding schedule of performances, tours, community and education work, and recordings. Patron: HRH The Duke of York Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Charles Dutoit http://www.rpo.co.uk