Thanks. To be clear (as I realised it isn't on the page, and someone asked): 
Carla did have some insurance. The problem is that given that most of her work 
involves the hand-made Kingma system instruments, she won't really be able to 
work for months, or longer.

S.

On 11 Aug 2011, at 16:10, Scott Wilson wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Some of you know my friend Carla Rees, who is a wonderful flutist based in 
> London. Carla has been a staunch advocate of contemporary and electroacoustic 
> music, having commissioned and premiered many pieces with her ensemble 
> rarescale over the years. (http://www.rarescale.org.uk/) Unfortunately her 
> flat in Croydon was one of those that burned to the ground in the riots over 
> the past few days, and she lost everything, including her (extremely 
> valuable) instruments. Some of these (in fact the ones which she played most 
> often) were specialist hand-made quarter-tone instruments which will take a 
> long time to have replaced. This means that not only has she lost her home, 
> but also her livelihood.
> 
> http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/aug2011/0/4/image-1-for-riots-in-croydon-monday-8th-august-gallery-302865710.jpg
> 
> Her friends are trying to organise some ways to help her get back on her 
> feet, and Jonathan Myall of Just Flutes in London has set up a page to accept 
> donations for her.
> 
> I know that some of you don't know Carla, but I'm sure everyone reading this 
> is appalled at what has happened here over the last few days, and that you 
> can all appreciate (especially those of you who also make your living from 
> music) what a blow this has been to her. This is a chance to do something 
> positive in the face of this awfulness, and show that we the 
> music/UK/World/decent human beings community also have the power to change 
> things. 
> 
> Any donation would be a help, even if it's just a few dollars or pounds. 
> Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested as well.
> 
> Donate at: http://www.justflutes.com/fund-for-carla-rees-page66.html
> 
> Best,
> 
> Scott
> _______________________________________________
> Sursound mailing list
> Sursound@music.vt.edu
> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
> 

_______________________________________________
Sursound mailing list
Sursound@music.vt.edu
https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Reply via email to