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An invitation to re-signification
The history of Colombia and its people has been historically marked by various conflicts and acts of violence. In 2019, the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra created the Reconciliation Choir, a meeting space through song for victims of the conflict and signatories of peace processes. Music, that universal language which throughout time has served to sing to lovers, the land, work, and other human feelings, has become an instrument for reconciliation and peace-building, rooted in the stories of those who comprise it.
What is the Reconciliation Choir?
The Reconciliation Choir is a space for peace, free of stigmatization, where victims and peace process signatories re-signify their experiences of the conflict through collective singing.
Social Impact
Choir participants attend rehearsals for 11 months of the year and take part in various performance spaces relevant to the peace and reconciliation ecosystem. The choir seeks to strengthen the following in its participants:
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Active listening
Self-care
Caring for others
Recognition
The Reconciliation Choir actively participates in cultural, social, and institutional events related to peacebuilding, historical memory, victims of the armed conflict, and the peace process in Colombia, establishing itself as an artistic benchmark in settings of dialogue, reconciliation, and social transformation, with notable invitations from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization (ARN), the Medellín House of Memory Museum, and the Medellín Book and Culture Festival, among other entities committed to human rights, peace, and the reconstruction of the social fabric.
News articles
EDGELANDS INSTITUTE
Battered by years of violence, the inhabitants of the Medellín region exorcise their pain through singing. The Reconciliation Choir thus allows victims and ex-combatants to unite in an unprecedented way and make their voices heard…
By supporting this social program, you contribute to:
Lowering barriers and stigmas regarding victims and peace process signatories
Providing spaces for the construction of conflict re-signification
Building a more inclusive and empathetic society
Inspiring similar initiatives
Transforming lives through the universal power of music
Why Support the Reconciliation Choir
The choir brings a message of hope to different stages: peace is built by everyone. Thousands of people hear the choir annually and open the door to this possibility of re-signifying the conflict.
