MUSIC SHARING International Community Engagement Program

MUSIC SHARING International Community Engagement Program - 2006 Vietnam (photos: T. Oda)

Heading to the venue on foot	Andrew Beer lets a child play his viola at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the Blind, Hanoi

Midori and Akiko Ono perform surrounded by the audience at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the Blind, Hanoi	Midori listens to the music seated among the audience at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the Blind, Hanoi

School Visit Concert at Viet Bac Cultural and Arts College, Thai Nguyen	Traditional welcome dance at Thai Nguyen Boarding School for Mountainous Minorities

Students welcome the artists	Midori lets a student play her violin

After-concert meeting	Outdoor drum lesson

Joint concert with Hochiminh Team	Q&A at Que Huong Orphanage, Binh Duong

Akiko Ono lets the children feel the vibrations	Audience members at Thu Duc Children's Village, Hochiminh City

Other honorees this year at the New Yorker for New York Awards Dinner, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, include Robert DeNiro (New Yorker for New York Award), "Hank" Greenberg (Brooke Russell Astor Award for Philanthropy) and Arthur Ross (Marietta Tree Award for Public Service).