| Mosaic Harmony Origin |
Enabled four neighboring churches to come together, through the commonality of music, for the first time (1993). |
| Bahai Conferences on Race Amity |
Performed for the Bahai Black Awards Banquets/Bahai Conferences on Race Amity, which have been in place since the 1920’s, to openly discuss relations when it was often dangerous to do so (multiple concerts). |
| Fairfax County Human Rights Award |
Chosen by the Fairfax County Human Rights Commission to receive its prestigious Human Rights Award (1997) |
| The President's Initiative on Race—Promising Practices |
Selected by the President's Initiative on Race as a model program that encourages participation of people from different racial backgrounds. Promising Practices highlights efforts to improve race relations and build One America. Mosaic Harmony was included on the White House web site as one of the country's Promising Practices (1998). |
| Unbanquet Banquet Participation |
Broke bread and sang at an “Unbanquet Banquet” where the price for a single bowl of soup was $20.00 so the hungry could eat more than that. |
| International Millennium Peace Celebration |
Participated in a sunrise ceremony millennial celebration beginning in Samoa which spread across 27 countries; a wave of peaceful intention sponsored by the International Club of Budapest which consists of former statesmen, Nobel laureates, writers, and scientists such as Vaclav Havel, Jane Goodall, Eli Weisel, Gorbachev, and the Dalai Lama (2000). |
| Addas Israel Millenium Celebration |
Performed in a Millennium Celebration program at Addas Israel, Washington, DC (a conservative Hebrew temple) that was designed by the Interfaith Conference of Washington to bring together youth of nine major world religions (2000). |
| Department of the Army Award of Appreciation |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Pentagon (1995, 1999, 2001). |
| Kennedy Center 30th Anniversary Celebration |
Performed an auditioned concert at Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and received a return invitation to join three other choirs opening a public celebration of its 30th Birthday (2001). |
| Search for Common Ground Awards Ceremony |
Performed at the Finnish Embassy during a Search for Common Ground event. |
| Voice of America Interview |
Spoke to “unity through diversity”, through interview and CD, on Voice of America to 94 million people (June, 2003). |
| Mt. Vernon Re-dedication of Slave Memorial |
Performed at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Estate and Gardens in a service to re-dedicate a slave memorial there; then also celebrated the 135th anniversary of Meyers-Nottingham church that owes its beginnings to the diligence of freed slaves (2003). |
| Good Will Tour |
Traveled to Germany and Slovenia on a Good Will Tour during the onset of war and offered a different view of Americans and their intentions(March 2003). We sponsored a reciprocal visit in by Musica Viva, the internationally known Slovenian choir that hosted Mosaic Harmony (September 2004). |
| Beacon House Performance |
Sang at Beacon House (inner-city housing) and for 50 homeless women in the basement of First Congregational Church in DC, where they served us dinner. |
| Good News Agency Presentation |
Our “unity through diversity” message was sent electronically through the Italian-based Good News Agency to 2,400 media and 2,500 NGO’s and service organizations in 48 countries (February 2004). |
| Habitat for Humanity Benefit |
The work of Habitat for Humanity, Northern Virginia Chapter, was celebrated in September 2004, by a joint benefit concert venue shared with the Slovenian choir, Musica Viva, during their reciprocal Good Will visit. A second Slovenian choir, “France Preseren”, (silver medalists in the International Choir Olympics) was home-hosted and offered venues by Mosaic Harmony in 2006. |
| Washington Area Music Association - WAMA |
Nominated in 2003, 2004, & 2005 to receive The Wammie award in the Gospel/Inspirational Group Category. |
| Special Thank You from the United States Ambassador to Slovenia |
"The singing was without rival...People here are still talking about your performances. You created more good will at this troubled time than you can imagine. Keep spreading the good news…." |
| Emmanuel Baptist Church Anniversary Celebration |
Celebrated the 117th Anniversary of Emmanuel Baptist Church in SE Washington, DC, and promptly were asked to celebrate their 118th (2005, 2006). |
| Interfaith Children's Choir Sponsorship |
As recognized “Changemakers” by Ashoka (www.Ashoka.org) we provided, through their international newsletter, the seeds and structure for two interfaith children’s choirs in Jerusalem, Israel. (2006) |
| Child Help Performance |
Performed for Child Help USA, a residential facility for disturbed youth. |
| Interfaith Choir Festival |
Sang at the Interfaith Choir Festival of Reston, Virginia. |
| Pentagon Performances |
Sang at the Pentagon 5 times, with some performances taped for overseas bases; also for the Department of The Navy. |
| Season for Non-Violence Program |
Participated in an opening program for the UN sponsored Season for Non-Violence that occurs annually between the anniversaries of the death of Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Fundraising Performances |
Performed multiple concerts to raise funds: among them, to support the Homeless in DC and Annapolis, home repair for the Lakota Nation; BODYWISE (a fitness program for seniors); Open Books, Open Hearts tutoring program; efforts to build a church in Dominican Republic, work with inner city youth in Atlanta, the Medical Benevolence Foundation’s home-based orphan care program for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Katrina flood relief, brain tumor cancer research. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations |
Presented our music at multiple NAACP and Martin Luther King, Jr. events throughout the Washington Metropolitan area. |
| Performances for Caregivers |
Performed for Washington Regional Donor Transplant Consortium; VA, DC, and National Hospice, and palliative care givers at Holy Cross Hospital (2009, 2010, 2011). |
NOVA Mental Health Clinic/
St. Elizabeth's Performances |
Sang for the Northern Virginia Mental Health Clinic (multiple concerts) and St. Elizabeth’s Mental Hospital – particularly poignant experiences! |
