Musicians for World Harmony is an international non- profit organization founded by the Ugandan-American musician Samite Molundo. Molundo provides music to war torn areas and regions of the world as a form of healing and escape. Geneseo students have been in- spired by Molundo’s goal, creating a Student Association to share the hidden healing power of music on campus and beyond.
Sophomores Hannah Hunt- er and junior Melissa Sproul founded Geneseo’s chapter of Musicians for World Harmony. “It took a year of planning and an entire semester’s worth of work to get this group start- ed, but now it’s finally paying off,” Hunter said of launching the organization. Hunter and Sproul said that they plan to associate their club with various music organizations like Guitar Club and the various a cappella groups on campus and to have organized group pieces written and performed.
“We aim to have two or three theme songs a semester to represent our goals, and have them performed at an event,” Hunter said. When asked about other functions in which the club plans to partake, she said, “We want to do open mic nights. We want to get the word out that way, but it’s pretty open ended.”
The club not only involves music, but also service and socializing. Local project goals include visits to soup kitchens, nursing homes and after school programs. But those who don’t consider themselves musicians shouldn’t stay away.
The basis of the club is service-orientated so the events welcome all students. Long-term goals for the club include organizing a fundraiser concert at Geneseo in hopes of sending students to countries in Africa to spread music abroad. They also have a dream of bringing founder Samite Molundo to Geneseo. Their goals are ambitious, but Hunter and Sproul said that they feel they have the initiative to get their feet off the ground.
Sproul noted that she hopes to find members that will “find the same passion we have for it. When visiting areas abundant with poverty, it just humbles you.”
The group meets every Sunday at 4 p.m. at the College Union in room 319.