The Women's
Cultural and Social Society, is organizing ”Jasmine Call” – two fund-raising
events, under the patronage of the Minister of
Information Sheikh Salman
AlHumood AlSabah, with the aim of providing relief aid to some four million displaced people in Syria. This will contribute to rescuing them from hunger and cold and to
provide them with such basic needs as food, milk-powder medical and health care supplies, and clothing needs.
AlHumood AlSabah, with the aim of providing relief aid to some four million displaced people in Syria. This will contribute to rescuing them from hunger and cold and to
provide them with such basic needs as food, milk-powder medical and health care supplies, and clothing needs.
The first event:
A concert, performed by the global composer and pianist Malek Jandali, and an art exhibition displaying the fine works of artist Kevork Mourad. (CVs attached).
26th Jan.2013 (Saturday) at 7.30 p.m., at the theatre of The Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Mishref.
The second
event:
A concert, performed by the renowned musician and oud player Naseer Shamma and an art exhibition displaying the fine works of artist Kevork Mourad. (CVs attached).
27th Jan.2013
(Saturday) at 7.30 p.m., at the theatre of The Gulf University for Science and
Technology (GUST), Mishref.
.
We do hope to have your support
for this humanitarian undertaking through your participation as a sponsor for
which you can choose any of the following categories:
1-
Platinum Sponsor: KD 10,000.
The sponsor will receive the following benefits:
- The
company's name, as a platinum sponsor, will appear large sized in the press
release that will be published in the local dailies.
- The
company's logo will appear in large size on all advertisements, leaflets and
brochures of the event.
- The
company will have one full page to advertise itself in the booklet of the
event.
- Four
complimentary tickets for both events.
- The
sponsor can install a poster and a roll-up of the company at the entrance of
the reception hall.
2- Golden Sponsor: KD 5,000
The sponsor will receive the following
benefits:
- The
company's name, as a golden sponsor, will appear medium-sized in the press
release that will be published in the local dailies.
- The
company's logo will appear in medium size on all advertisements, leaflets and
brochures of the event.
- The
company will have half a page to advertise itself in the booklet of the event.
- Three
complimentary tickets for both events.
- The
sponsor can install a roll-up of the company at the entrance of the reception
hall.
3- Silver Sponsor: KD 3,000
The sponsor will receive the following benefits:
- The
company's name, as a golden sponsor, will figure out small-sized in the press
release that will be published in the local dailies.
- The
company's logo will appear in small size on all advertisements, leaflets and
brochures of the event.
- The
company's logo will appear in the booklet of the event.
- Two
complimentary tickets for both events.
We will be
looking forward to having your favorable response and please accept our highest
consideration and best regards.
Secretary General
Lulua Saleh Al-Mulla.
Enclosures:
-CVs of Malek
Jandali, Kevork Mourad, Nasseer Shamma
-Profile of the
Women's Cultural and Social Society.
Musician Malek Jandali:
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Internationally renowned pianist and composer.
- First Syrian and only Arab musician to arrange music
based on the oldest music notation in the world which was discovered in the
Bronze Age city of Ugarit, Syria dating back to the 4th. Century
B.C. He added to it rhythm and harmony and played it on the piano with globally
renowned orchestras. His famous album "Echos from Ugarit" was an
outcome of his attempst to mix Arabic modes in an academic way with the
classical western harmony.
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He learned music at the age of 4, and played his first
concert at 8. He joined the Arab Conservatory of Music then the Higher
Institute of Music in Damscus, where he was tutored by world renowned pianists.
He performed in top theatres in the Middle East, Europe, USA, and Syria.
- Currently works in the State of Georgia, USA, and is
studying for a Ph.D. Degree in music.
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Winner of many music global awards.
Musician Naseer Shamma:
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One of the most famous Arab musicians who efficiently stands out in solo
musical composition.
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First Arab eight-string Oud player, following the manuscript of the 9th.
Century music theorist Al-Farabi. His innovations included the new method of
playing the Oud with one hand which allowed handicapped people to play this
instrument.
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He composed the music of many Arab theatrical plays, movies and
documentaries.
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He worked on the attempt to portray formative art through music, and
studied the effect of music on formative artists.
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Founded Beit Al-Oud Al-Arabi in Cairo in 1999, and is currently a
professor of Oud in the Cairo Opera House. He founded "Uyun" group for Arabic
music in Cairo, "Sudasi Al-Anamel Al-Thahabiya" band,
"Al-Bayareq" musical Band, and "Orchestra Al-Sharq".
Artist
Kevork Mourad:
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Formative Artist
who studied in Syria and continued his higher studies in The Institute of Fine
Arts in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Held numerous
galleries in Arab countries and USA.
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Mastered the
technique of spontaneous painting at an early stage of his professional life,
in which he shares the stage with musicians.
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Any painting by Kevork
is related to the musical colorful rhythm heard through the eyes.
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One of few
artists who worked on merging the formative visual language with the rhythms of
musical tunes.
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Kevork depends
in his paintings on the rhythms of musical tunes according to two major trends:
spontaneous and rational; The first emphasizes the psychological effect of the
color, movement, and the special formative rhythm; while the rational appears
through abidance by temporal rhythm, which gives
the audience a glimpse on the scale of awareness of the encaustic between
rationalization and emotion.
Society in Brief
The Women’s Cultural & Social Society (WCSS), the first women’s society to be established
in Kuwait, was founded on February 3, 1963 by the first batch of female Kuwaiti
university graduates.
The main objectives of the Society are:
1-
Developing the educational status of women in all
fields.
2-
Ensuring that women take part in the various
activities of the community.
3-Increasing women's awareness of their responsibilities
and rights, in additional to all the issues of concern to the community.
4-
Encouraging women to take part in the various
activities of the community.
A seven-member board of directors, elected every two years by the
general assembly, manages the Society.
The Board of Directors carries out its
tasks according to an established statute, whereby Board members chair the
operating committees, and the other WCSS members share the voluntary
responsibility of practicing cultural, social, health, media and sports
activities through various committees.
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