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• Peace Corps: Music: Newest Stories Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 1:07 pm [2]

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• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Afghanistan: Louise M. Pascale is republishing the collection of Afghan children's songs that she had compiled as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1960s 31 December 2006
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2006; Peace Corps Afghanistan; Directory of Afghanistan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Afghanistan RPCVs; Service; Music; Massachusetts

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Albania: Symphony administrator Rebekah Lambert leaving to join Peace Corps in Albania 31 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Albania; Directory of Albania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Albania RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Armenia: A Peace Corps Volunteers digs Armenian Music 5 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Armenia; Directory of Armenia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Armenia RPCVs; Music

• 2007: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Bolivia RPCV presents "Howard Pink and His Musical Garden Hoses" show 6 February 2007
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2007; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Music; Humor

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Chuck Berry is a pain in the ass. Director Taylor Hackford says so — albeit in the nicest possible manner — right at the beginning, in a newly recorded introduction: “He wasn’t always cooperative.” 31 August 2006
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2006; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Figures; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Hollywood; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford plans to make his Broadway debut in the 2007-8 season as the director of "Leap of Faith," a new musical 12 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Figures; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford's 'Ray' home video release takes $44 million on first day 3 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford's long journey to make 'Ray' may end in Oscar glory 31 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford gleeful as 'Ray' scores six Academy Award nominations 26 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford and Money Man Philip Anschutz battled constantly over some of the more adult elements of the film, with Hackford either quitting or being fired on several occasions. 19 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Golden Globe Win for Ray: This is a great achievement for Jamie Foxx and a testament to Taylor Hackford´s visionary direction 17 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Jamie Foxx, an African American personally thanked Director Taylor Hackford, who is white for believing in the film "Ray" 16 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford's 'Ray' to be released to video early 14 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood; Awards

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: RPCV Taylor Hackford's "Ray" Nominated for 'Best Picture'* and 'Best Actor' Golden Globe(R) Awards 12 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood; Awards

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: RPCV Taylor Hackford was nominated Thursday for the 2004 Directors Guild of America award for "Ray" 8 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood; Awards

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford was around to introduce the film and share a few words on the man, the music, and the film. 1 November 2004
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford (RPCV Bolivia) cleverly uses some of the more dramatic points in Charles' personal life and career to illustrate how the late singer-pianist's music evolved from a young man trying to parrot Nat "King" Cole to a player who could command genres from gospel to country to R&B. 29 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: If ever there was a pop-music biopic crying to be made, that movie is "Ray," about Ray Charles, the legendary singer, pianist, and songwriter who died in June. Small wonder it's directed by Taylor Hackford, a pop-savvy filmmaker whose credits include producing "La Bamba," the entertaining 1987 picture about Ritchie Valens, and directing "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," the marvelous Chuck Berry documentary of the same year. 29 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: An Interview with RPCV Taylor Hackford about his movie "Ray" 29 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford (RPCV Bolivia), who worked with the jazz/R&B/country/pop star for 15 years in an effort to get his story on film, might have been too close to his subject 27 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford, director of "Ray," is among the executive producers of the "Genius" special, and his star, Jamie Foxx, is host for the evening 17 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford ("An Officer and a Gentleman") was turned down by every studio for the story of Ray Charles. 15 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Taylor Hackford followed his studies by serving two years with the Peace Corps in Bolivia, during which time his career goals changed from law and politics to communications and film 14 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: More than 20 years later, director Taylor Hackford is still proud of 'An Officer and a Gentleman," and admiring of Gere's emotionally naked performance. 14 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Director Taylor Hackford pushed the lions share of the blame onto Crowe and Ryan saying their blooming relationship hurt the films potential 7 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Ray Charles himself insisted that director Taylor Hackford tell the truth, no matter how downbeat — the heroin addiction, cold-hearted business dealings and rampant womanizing that compromised his marriage — as well as celebrate the more up-tempo memories. 29 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; RPCV Taylor Hackford (Bolivia); Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Movies; Music; Hollywood

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Artist Maria Termini worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sucre, Bolivia 5 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Music; Art

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Artist and Musician David Ewing served in the Peace Corps in Bolivia 5 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Music; Art

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Bolivia: Correction: Artist and Musician Duane Ewing served in the Peace Corps in Bolivia 5 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Bolivia; Directory of Bolivia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bolivia RPCVs; Music; Art

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso RPCV Eli Newberger played tuba as a founding member of the Black Eagle Jazz Band 14 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Peace Corps Burkina Faso; Directory of Burkina Faso RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Burkina Faso RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Burkina Faso: In 1966, Eli H. Newberger and Carolyn left for Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), with our five-week-old daughter. 26 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; Peace Corps Burkina Faso; Directory of Burkina Faso RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Burkina Faso RPCVs; Music; Medicine; Writing - Burkina Faso

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Cameroon: Cindy Cain's singing career was launched while she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon 31 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; Peace Corps Cameroon; Directory of Cameroon RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cameroon RPCVs; Music; Oklahoma

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Cameroon: Cameroon RPCV Cindy Cain returns to blues 5 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; Peace Corps Cameroon; Directory of Cameroon RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cameroon RPCVs; Music; Oklahoma

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Cameroon: Singer Cindy Cain landed her first singing gig in 1988 with a Cameroonian jazz quartet while working in the West African nation as a Peace Corps volunteer 20 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Cameroon; Directory of Cameroon RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cameroon RPCVs; Music

• 2000: Peace Corps: Music: Cameroon: Vocalist Cindy Cain has been active in the D.C .area blues scene since 1992. Originally from Oklahoma, Cindy started her music career in 1988 as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. 6 August 2000
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 2000; Peace Corps Cameroon; Directory of Cameroon RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cameroon RPCVs; Music

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: Chad: RPCV David Grant sings about Peace Corps 19 June 2002
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2002; What RPCVs are doing; Peace Corps Chad; Directory of Chad RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chad RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: Gary A. Edward joined the Peace Corps and went to Santiago, Chile where he started a 30 year plus career in Social Work 27 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Idaho

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: Chile RPCV Gary A. Edwards is going back to school on May 24 to listen as the school's string orchestra performs one of his own classical pieces -- "Coeur d'Alene Suite." 27 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; Headlines; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Idaho

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: RPCV Dale A. Olsen performed as principal flutist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile in the late 1960s, and has conducted fieldwork throughout South America, Asia, Polynesia and elsewhere around the world 21 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Florida

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: The South Bend-based Irish music ensemble Kennedy's Kitchen has recorded its second CD, "Music in the Glen." The Group's Founder John Kennedy learned to play guitar while serving in the Peace Corps in Chile 4 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Indiana

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: Chile RPCV joHn Kennedy writes and sings the best storytelling songs that I've heard since Harry Chapin 4 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Indiana

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: Chile RPCV John Kennedy founded the musical group Kennedy's Kitchen 1 January 2003
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2003; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music; Indiana

• 2000: Peace Corps: Music: Chile: After three years living in Chile, South America, as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1966 to 1969, Dale A. Olsen, Ph.D and his wife Diane first experienced a tropical rainforest--the Amazon--on their slow trip back to the United States 1 January 2000
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 2000; Peace Corps Chile; Directory of Chile RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chile RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Colombia: John M. Schechter taught choral conducting in the Peace Corps (Colombia, 1968-1969) 13 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Colombia; Directory of Colombia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Colombia RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Congo Kinshasa: Congo RPCV Charles Lewis builds his dream of Multi-cultural Art Center 26 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; Peace Corps Congo Kinshasa; Directory of Congo Kinshasa RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Congo Kinshasa RPCVs; Service; NGO's; Oregon

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Costa Rica: Jazz release "Dark Triumph" tells the story of Costa Rica RPCV Victoria Lancaster Smith 22 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Peace Corps Costa Rica; Directory of Costa Rica RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Costa Rica RPCVs; Music; African American Issues

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Costa Rica: With more than 10 years of classical vocal training, Costa Rica RPCV Pamela Temple has performed in many venues, from coffeehouses to opera houses 4 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Peace Corps Costa Rica; Directory of Costa Rica RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Costa Rica RPCVs; Music

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Costa Rica: Costa Rica RPCV Pamela Temple and Spencer Funk are wild carrot 4 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Peace Corps Costa Rica; Directory of Costa Rica RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Costa Rica RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Czeck Republic: RPCV Mick Hawk is Chief Executive of Bonton Entertainment Group in Czeck Republic 4 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Business

• 2001: Peace Corps: Music: Dominica: Chaddie ran off to join the Peace Corps in the wilds of Dominica, West Indies, where as a P.C. volunteer, she was expressly forbidden to sing! 7 July 2001
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2001; Peace Corps Dominica; Directory of Dominica RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominica RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Dominican Republic: Folk-Singer Steve Schuch (RPCV Dominican Republic) Taps into his Roots with "Trees of Life" 26 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Peace Corps Dominican Republic; Directory of Dominican Republic RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominican Republic RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Dominican Republic: After college Steve spent two and a half years as a Peace Corps volunteer, planting trees with farmers in the mountains of the Dominican Republic 26 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Peace Corps Dominican Republic; Directory of Dominican Republic RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominican Republic RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Ecuador: Another Review of "Doing Good" based on book by RPCV John Perkins 13 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; RPCV John Perkins (Ecuador); Peace Corps Ecuador; Directory of Ecuador RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ecuador RPCVs; Theatre

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Ecuador: "Doing Good" describes the progression from altruistic young Peace Corpsman to cynical huckster for projects benefiting America's multinational corporations 9 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; Peace Corps Ecuador; Directory of Ecuador RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ecuador RPCVs; Theatre; California

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Ecuador: Mime Troupe tackles history, politics and the World Bank with Musical Memoir of RPCV John Perkins 4 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; RPCV John Perkins (Ecuador); Headlines; Peace Corps Ecuador; Directory of Ecuador RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ecuador RPCVs; Theatre; California

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Ecuador: Wendy Santis presents songs with a Latin American flavor in Bedford on May 7. She served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and plays the quena, an Andean flute 5 May 2005
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2005; Headlines; Peace Corps Ecuador; Directory of Ecuador RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ecuador RPCVs; Music; Massachusetts

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Eritrea: Dr. Cynthia Tse Kimberlin: Ethnomusicologist and Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Eritrea 20 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Eritrea; Directory of Eritrea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Eritrea RPCVs; Music; Asian American Issues

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Gabon: Gabon RPCV Molly Flannery plays in Jazz Quintet 9 December 2005
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2005; Peace Corps Gabon; Directory of Gabon RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Gabon RPCVs; Music

• 2007: Peace Corps: Music: Guinea: Beth Ashley writes: Earlier this month I spent four days at the Festival on the Niger in Mali where I met some of the Peace Corps Volunteers who had recently been evacuated because of political unrest in Guinea 23 February 2007
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2007; Peace Corps Guinea; Directory of Guinea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Guinea RPCVs; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Music

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: Guinea: Guinea RPCV Stephanie Chasteen writes about Bonnie Raitt's solar benefit 15 November 2002
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2002; Peace Corps Guinea; Directory of Guinea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Guinea RPCVs; Music; Solar Energy

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: Guinea: Guinea RPCV Stephanie Chasteen writes about Bonnie Raitt's solar benefit 15 November 2002
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2002; Peace Corps Guinea; Directory of Guinea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Guinea RPCVs; Music; Solar Energy

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: India: India RPCV Gene Tackett rocks with the Rolling Stones 25 December 2002
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2002; Peace Corps India; Directory of India RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for India RPCVs; Humor; What RPCVs are doing; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Iran: Iran RPCV Joseph Truskot is Executive Director of the Monterey County Symphony 18 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Peace Corps Iran; Directory of Iran RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Iran RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Jamaica: Jamaica RPCV Bob Sinicrope teaches jazz to young people 11 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Peace Corps Jamaica; Directory of Jamaica RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Jamaica RPCVs; Music; Education

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Kenya: Kenya RPCV Renice Jones' Global Crafts sponsors African Drums in Daytona 22 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; Peace Corps Kenya; Directory of Kenya RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Kenya RPCVs; Business; Crafts; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Kenya: Kenya RPCV Yvonne Taylor founded One Heart with Africa 16 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Kenya; Directory of Kenya RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Kenya RPCVs; Service; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Korea: Korea RPCV Cris Groenendaal has played the role of the Phantom in the hit musical "The Phantom of the Opera" more than 860 times on Broadway and with international companies 19 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; Peace Corps Korea; Directory of Korea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Korea RPCVs; Acting; Theatre; Music; South Carolina

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Latvia: Latvia RPCV Josh Vanek's record label Wäntage USA will release a two-CD compilation album that goes beyond the music 27 February 2004
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2004; Peace Corps Latvia; Directory of Latvia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Latvia RPCVs; Music; Business

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Lesotho: Lesotho RPCV Jason Wilder Evans' song, "Come Home Soon," has attracted lots of attention on Neil Young's Web site 22 December 2006
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2006; Peace Corps Lesotho; Directory of Lesotho RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Lesotho RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Lesotho: Lesotho RPCV Al Zdrazil plays Japanese Drums 25 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Lesotho; Directory of Lesotho RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Lesotho RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Liberia: Liberia RPCV Kijana Wiseman teaches lessons of Juneteenth as "The Griot" 19 June 2003
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2003; Peace Corps Liberia; Directory of Liberia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Liberia RPCVs; Acting; Music; Minority Volunteers; Theatre

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Liberia: Liberia RPCV Kijana Wiseman tells audiences stories ofAfrican-American ancestors 3 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Liberia; Directory of Liberia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Liberia RPCVs; Acting; Music; Minority Volunteers; Theatre

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Macedonia: Holly Hayes served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Macedonia 21 December 2006
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2006; Peace Corps Macedonia; Directory of Macedonia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Macedonia RPCVs; Music

• 2007: Peace Corps: Music: Malaysia: Kinky invites country greats to sing his songs on "Why The Hell Not..." 2 February 2007
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2007; RPCV Kinky Friedman (Malaysia); Figures; Peace Corps Malaysia; Directory of Malaysia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Malaysia RPCVs; Writing - Malaysia; Humor; Music; Texas

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Malaysia: Kinky Friedman thinks ''A Salty Piece of Land'' is very possibly Buffett's best work to date 28 November 2004
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2004; RPCV Kinky Friedman (Malaysia); Peace Corps Malaysia; Directory of Malaysia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Malaysia RPCVs; Writing - Malaysia; Humor; Music; Texas

• 1999: Peace Corps: Music: Malaysia: The Songs of Malaysia RPCV Kinky Friedman 18 February 1999
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1999; RPCV Kinky Friedman (Malaysia); Peace Corps Malaysia; Directory of Malaysia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Malaysia RPCVs; Humor; Music; Texas

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Mali: Dan DeWayne gained a new perspective on music in 1977, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, where playing music wasn't reserved for just professionals 29 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Mali: Adam Klein did a two-year stint with the Peace Corps, and the experience seems to have definitely affected his songwriting 29 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Mali: Adam Klein's songs “Lonesome and Aching,” “Full Moon Night,” “Mississippi Momma” and “Dusty Rose” all were written during his time in Mali as a Peace Corps Volunteer 27 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mali: Mali RPCV Dan DeWayne has been putting on music festivals for 23 years 10 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Music; California

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: "The Time When I Was Mamadou" tells the story of, as Mauretania RPCV Matt Gould puts it, "a redheaded, gay, Jewish boy, which is basically me and three backup singers 17 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: Review of "The Time When I Was Mamadou" written and performed by Mauritania RPCV Matt Gould 16 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: Another Review of "The Time When I Was Mamadou" written and performed by Mauritania RPCV Matt Gould 15 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: RPCV Matt Gould writes and performs "The Time When I Was Mamadou," a hilarious and touching one-man musical play about the ill-guided misadventures of a red-headed, black, Jewish, gay boy who wants to help the "poor souls of the world to see life through [his] eyes." 13 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: RPCV Matt Gould writes and performs musical about the time he spent living in Mauritania: "The Time When I was Mamadou" 12 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: Mauritania RPCV Shauna Wells release first CD 13 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Music

• 1997: Peace Corps: Music: Mauritania: Mauritania RPCV Matt Gould has always been headed for Broadway 11 June 1997
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1997; Peace Corps Mauritania; Directory of Mauritania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mauritania RPCVs; Theatre; Hollywood

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Micronesia: Micronesia RPCV Carrie Korn headed towards Broadway 1 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Peace Corps Micronesia; Directory of Micronesia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Micronesia RPCVs; Music

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: Moldova: Musician Mark Sheehy taught English in Moldova with the Peace Corps 9 June 2002
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2002; Peace Corps Moldova; Directory of Moldova RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Moldova RPCVs; Music

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Mongolia: Jen Carter-Kelly is moving to Mongolia with her partner, Staci Carter-Kelly, and their 3-year-old daughter, Amelia. Staci has recently joined the Peace Corps and, as a medical officer, will be taking care of volunteers. The Peace Corps is paying for Staci and Amelia to move, but not for Jen. The civil union Jen and Staci celebrated in Vermont isn’t recognized by the Peace Corps. 31 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Peace Corps Mongolia; Directory of Mongolia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mongolia RPCVs; Music; Gay Issues; Vermont

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Morocco: Enjoy Sounds of Morocco's Mystique in NPCA's Embassy Program on January 28th 3 January 2003
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2003; NPCA; Peace Corps Morocco; Directory of Morocco RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Morocco RPCVs; Music

• 2002: Peace Corps: Music: Morocco: Morocco RPCV Norma Griner sings in chorus 17 September 2002
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2002; What RPCVs are doing; Peace Corps Morocco; Directory of Morocco RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Morocco RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Namibia: Amy Taylor, along with other Peace Corps volunteers in Namibia, is using her music skills to produce a CD called "NamibiAlive!" that will raise awareness about Namibia's AIDS crisis inside the country itself 20 November 2006
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2006; Peace Corps Namibia; Directory of Namibia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Namibia RPCVs; AIDS Education; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Nepal: Friends and Fellow Volunteers remember Nepal RPCV Beverly Leo 8 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; Peace Corps Nepal; Directory of Nepal RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nepal RPCVs; Music; New Hampshire

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Nepal: Nepal RPCV Beverly Leo plans a musical memorial to her life 14 October 2005
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2005; Peace Corps Nepal; Directory of Nepal RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nepal RPCVs; Music; New Hampshire

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Nepal: It came out that Thorste had been a member of the Peace Corps, in Nepal. He had thoroughly enjoyed that experience. While in Nepal he had come to embrace the Buddhist religion. 3 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Peace Corps Nepal; Directory of Nepal RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nepal RPCVs; Music

• 1982: Peace Corps: Music: Nepal: 1982: Tim Peterson served in Nepal in Musicot, Hile beginning in 1982 31 December 1982
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1982; Peace Corps Nepal; Directory of Nepal RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nepal RPCVs

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Nicaragua: Nicaragua RPCV Brenda S. Nienhouse leads West Shore Symphony Orchestra 3 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Peace Corps Nicaragua; Directory of Nicaragua RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nicaragua RPCVs; Music

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Niger: Lindsay Rust who first encountered the Afropop group Mamar Kassey as a Peace Corps volunteer living in Niger in the late '90s is now their agent 3 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; Peace Corps Niger; Directory of Niger RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Niger RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Nigeria: Nigeria RPCV John Sherman writes libretto for brand-new opera, "Biafra," to be presented at the Artsgarden in downtown Indianapolis at 7pm on Wednesday, December 6 30 November 2006
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2006; Peace Corps Nigeria; Directory of Nigeria RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nigeria RPCVs; Music; Art; Indiana

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• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Paraguay: Paraguay RPCV Rich Hopkins leads the Sidewinders, one of Tucson's biggest desert rock bands 15 September 2005
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2005; Peace Corps Paraguay; Directory of Paraguay RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Paraguay RPCVs; Music; Arizona

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Paraguay: Musician Rich Hopkins joined the Peace Corps as a crop extension agent who was sent to work in rural Paraguay 20 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Paraguay; Directory of Paraguay RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Paraguay RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Paraguay: Rich Hopkins has performed in many bands, toured the world several times and produced a number of artists on his own label, but his real musical training began in Paraguay around 1981 when he was serving in the Peace Corps. 20 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Paraguay; Directory of Paraguay RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Paraguay RPCVs; Music

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Paraguay: "Sincero Amor," features Paraguayan vocalist Concepcion Romero, a friend of Rich Hopkins from his '80s stint in the Peace Corps, crooning in his native language. 20 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Paraguay; Directory of Paraguay RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Paraguay RPCVs; Music; Arizona

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Paraguay: From 1981-83, I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in a very small rural area, calle 12,000, which is in central Paraguay, South America. 20 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Peace Corps Paraguay; Directory of Paraguay RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Paraguay RPCVs; Music

• 2007: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will receive a $50,000 grant to commission a new orchestral work from composer Gabriela Lena Frank 22 January 2007
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2007; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music; Awards; Hispanic Issues; Indiana

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Composer Gabriela Lena Frank is featured composer at Great Lakes Festival 5 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: African-American Peace Corps volunteer Angela Jones has — to her surprise — blended into Peru 15 February 2006
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2006; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; African American Issues; Minority Volunteers; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Gabriela Lena Frank Quits California Symphony Composer-in-Residence Post 27 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2006: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Biography of Gabriela Lena Frank 20 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Jun Maerkl conducted the work by young Peruvian/Jewish composer Gabriela Lena Frank 12 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Jun Maerkl debuts piece by Gabriela Lena Frank 12 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Kronos presents the premiere of “Inkarrí,” a five-movement work by Gabriela Lena Frank 8 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Michael Frank, from the Bronx, met mother Sabrina when he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru. They married and moved to Berkeley, where he did post-graduate work, and became part of Cal's Mark Twain project. And that's where children Marcos and Gabriela were born, Gabriela in 1972. 6 May 2005
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2005; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music; Marriage

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Ghosts in the Dream Machine, by the 32-year-old composer Gabriela Lena Frank, was a failure at its Sunday premiere. Put it this way: I'd sooner hear other works by this talented composer than revisit her dream machine 12 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; Figures; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Gabriela Lena Frank's "Three Latin American Dances" will be featured by the California Symphony 11 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank wrote "An American in Peru," a work that combines Jewish and Peruvian music to recount her father's travels in South America as a Peace Corps volunteer 21 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music; Fathers

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank will present a public lecture and piano recital Feb. 21 as part of her stay at the University of Kansas as an artist-in-residence 16 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: The Ives Quartet will open its 2004-2005 concert season with its Fall Series of programs featuring, "An Andean Walkabout", written in 2001 by one of the Bay Area's rising composers, Gabriela Lena Frank, daughter of a Peace Corps volunteer 26 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2004: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Gabriela Lena Frank's folk influences come from her own polyglot background. Her mother is Peruvian, her father is descended from Lithuanian Jews, and she grew up in Berkeley, Calif. Her parents met when her father was a Peace Corps worker in Peru in the 1960s 14 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music; Fathers

• 2003: Peace Corps: Music: Peru: Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank is daughter of Peace Corps volunteer 8 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Music

• 2005: Peace Corps: Music: Philippines: Philippines RPCV Alan Robock writes about Bob Dylan and Weather Imagery 1 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; Peace Corps Philippines; Directory of Philippines RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Philippines RPCVs; Music; Humor

• 2001: Peace Corps: Music: Philippines: Royal James Hartigan - 1981-86 Peace Corps, Philippines: English as a second language for elementary school