Music Unites & Culture Project Present Sting & Trudie Styler "Twin Spirits"

Music Unites and Culture Project presented an evening at Lincoln Center with Sting, Trudi Styler, Joshua Bell and a host of other high-powered names to perform "Twin Spirits."

Sting and wife Trudie Styler read the letters between composer Robert Schumann and his decade-younger pianist wife Clara Wieck. David Straithairn acted as narrator as Joshua Bell played violin and Nathan Gunn and Camille Zamora sang.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Denise Rich, actor Richard Kind, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher, movie producer Bonnie Timmerman, and classical pianist Steven Masi, and many more were in attendance of this event which helped raise funds for Music Unites.

Music unites & Rolling Stone Present Fiery Furnaces & Alexandra Richards

Music Unites kicked off its partnership with Rolling Stone to present the first concert of the In Tune concert series on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The Fiery Furnaces brother and sister duo Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger started things off with an intimate performance at The Penthouse at Cooper Square Hotel.  Alexandra Richards kept the night going with her amazing DJ skills as guests including Tinsley Mortimer, Dabney Mercer, Jared Evans, Kat DeLuna, Danielle Staub, Richie Rich, Samantha Swetra, Eric West, Jessica Hart, Paul Johnson-Calderon, and Nicolas Potts from Tamara mingled and enjoyed cocktails from Absolut and fragrance from Perry Ellis.

Proceeds from the event benefit Music Unites Youth Choir, made up of children from the city and its five boroughs in partnership with Young Audiences New York.

"We haven't done a lot of charitable work or fundraisers. When something really special comes along its nice to be able to say yes," said Eleanor Friedberger. "We couldn't say no to this since it's such a great cause."

Music unites Presents Mikhail Simonyan With Members Of The New York Philharmonic

Last night Music Unites presented Mikhail Simonyan with musicians from the New York Philharmonic for an intimate evening of music at City Winery.  The event was hosted by WYNCY/QXR's Elliott Forrest. Proceeds benefited Music Unites and The Afghanistan National Institute of Music through Mikhail's Beethoven Not Bullets initiative.

Charlie Siem Plays Spin NYC

Music Unites hosted an intimate performance featuring classical violinist Charlie Siem in the Fred Perry Room at Spin NYC as part of our classical music initiative.  He played solo and was also joined by an acoustic guitarist. DJ Jamie Biden spun before and after. Guests enjoyed the music and drinks from St. Germaine and Barterhouse. A lucky attendee who entered our raffle won a tee shirt and tickets to our next events.  All proceeds benefit that Music Unites Youth Choir and help bring education into underfunded inner city schools.

Rachel Platten Joins Music Unites Women's Empowerment Initiative

Music Unites welcomed Rachel Platten to be the newest member of their women's empowerment initiative with the presentation of an award at her Highline Ballroom opening for Carbon Leaf on April 15.

The Music Unites Woman's Empowerment movement was created to promote awareness about the importance of leadership and self-esteem in young woman around the world through emerging and established artists.

View from Penthouse at Cooper Square Hotel