The Lady In Number 6

The filmmaker and producers of the film “The Lady in Number 6” contacted me this week,  and asked me to write an article about this Academy Award-qualifying documentary.

“The Lady in Number 6” is one of the most uplifting and inspirational films of the year. It was written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Malcolm Clarke and produced by Nick Reed, an international film producer.

So this week I have the great honor to write to you about this wonderful film and hope that you will be uplifted, inspired and comforted by Alice’s story.

This film is about Alice Herz Sommer, the world’s oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor. To see the trailer, go here: http://bit.ly/1bbAfnV

 Before the second World War, Alice was a well known concert pianist performing throughout Europe. But when Hitler declared war on the world, all of Europe collapsed and witnessed many years of unspeakable pain and suffering. Alice’s concert career and life as she knew it was over. Both her beloved husband and mom were deported to Auschwitz and gassed to death, and Alice and her six-year-old son, Raphael, were imprisoned in Theresienstadt concentration camp , where her most painful memories are of her helplessness and inability to feed her child or to answer his many questions about why they and so many others were being subjected to the indescribable nightmare of the Holocaust.

Despite her desperate circumstances, Alice found a way to look beyond the horrors of the concentration camp, and tried to find joy and strength. She found joy, happiness and strength through her music. Music preserved her sanity and her life. She loves speaking of playing more than 100 concerts inside the concentration camp, because it brought hope to the countless prisoners.

Alice says:”Music is beautiful. Life is beautiful. Beethoven, Bach, Brahms gave us a miracle, they gave us their music. One of the greatest philosophers said that music is on the first place of art. It brings us in another world, an island of peace, beauty and love. It helps us to have HOPE. Music is God.”

 “Kids all over the world grow up on superheroes, what we, their parents, must remind them, is documentaries tell stories about ‘real superheroes.’ Superheroes are based on great people, real people, like Alice Herz Sommer.” – Nicholas Reed, Producer

For more information and to see the Trailer of this film, go to:

http://nickreedent.com

Music Transforms You,

Daniela

Daniela Clapp is speaking at The ASMTA Conference 2012

Renowned Music Teacher Daniela Clapp is speaking at The Arizona State Music Teachers Association holding the ASMTA Conference 2012 at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak in Phoenix from May 31, 2012, through June 2, 2012.  See the complete program here http://www.asmta.org/conferences.php 

This year the ASMTA is starring some big presenters, among them is the renowned Piano Teacher Daniela Clapp, who will introduce the audience into a whole new era in piano teaching, on Saturday June 2nd. from 2:45-3:45pm.

Daniela is teaching children with Down syndrome how to play piano, and how to use the piano as a new form of therapy. This has shown to be an effective way to help kids with Down Syndrome and advocate for them. Daniela Clapp is presenting her teaching methods to all music teachers at the Arizona State Music Teachers Association Conference 2012.
For more information and to see the conference schedule go to: http://www.asmta.org/conferences.php
or contact Daniela directly at info@danielaclapp.com or visit her website http://DanielaClapp.com