Nowadays any person can't fail to engage in active discussion of issues about saving peace in the world in the face of increase of acts of terrorism, growth of slighting and hostile attitude to different peoples and religions. In order to preserve peace in the world, it is important to organize public events that are aimed to remind people about the consequences of wars. One World Concert is an event that should raise awareness to global peace. It was organized at Syracuse University on Tuesday, October 9 at 7:00 p.m . The event included performances of many popular international artists.
One World Concert was an effective way of raising awareness to global peace but it had limitations that prevented the event to become more significant.
First of all, the form of the event was very successful. Music is one of the simplest ways to put a message to other people, since music touch our souls more than just words. Then, the event was mainly aimed to young people who study or work in the university. It is important as our future mostly depends on youth’s decisions. What is more, the diversity of artists invited to the concert attracted the attention of people who belonged to different social groups. The list of stars was really multinational. Artists from Afganistan, India, Austria, Canada, West Africa, Israel, Persia, North Africa, America came to entertain the audience. The concert included the performances of Don Was and his All-Star Band, Dave Matthews, Swizz Beatz, Natasha Bedingfield, David Crosby, Counting Crows, Roberta Flack, Nelly Furtado, Andy Grammer, Engelbert Humperdinck, Emmanuel Jal, Angélique Kidjo, Liel Kolet, Cyndi Lauper, Andy Madadian, Matisyahu, Nas, Phillip Phillips, A.R. Rahman, Shani Rigsbee, David Sanborn, Joanne Shenandoah, TEAL-ONE97, Voices of Afghanistan and Bebe Winans. It made the concert be interesting not only to Americans but to all minorities who lived in the USA. Moreover, the audience of the concert managed to listen to different styles of music, including R&B, rock, folk music of different people (native American, Indian, Afganistan music), jazz, reggae and others. It helped visitors get to know more about other nationalities and about different styles of music. Besides, it allowed the organizers of the concert teaching people be more tolerant to each other.
Furthermore,the price for tickets of the benefit concert was rather reasonable. They cost only $35-$55. As a result, even budget-oriented people had a possibility to attend the concert. It is very important, since the main audience were students. They are not usually ready to pay much for entertainments. However, visitors who were going to pay more for comfort were also satisfied, since they managed to get Gold Circle tickets for $200.
From the political standpoint, the concert supported the ideas of pacifism and liberalism. Thus, one of stakeholders of the concert was the Chairman of World Harmony Productions, Mr. Samuel G. Nappi, who backed the ideas of The Dr. Martin Luther King, the leader of non-violent Afro-American Civil Rights Movement. Besides, the concert was organized with …