about melodic impact
Melodic Impact is a benefit concert featuring amateur and professional musicians coming together to share their love of music and raise support for a worthy cause. The first Melodic Impact concert was held in April 2007, raising more than $5,000 for Special Love, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer.
event information
When:
May 10, 2008 at 7PM
Where:
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church
1500 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22207
Free parking is available
Directions on Google Maps
Cost:
Free!
Donations for Special Love Inc. are encouraged.
Silent Auction:
A silent auction with gift certificates from local
merchants will take place before the concert and at
intermission.
donations
If you'd like to contribute to Special Love, Inc. in support of Melodic Impact, click above. Please make sure to type "Melodic Impact" in the box marked "Dedication or Gift." All contributions are tax-deductible, and go towards Special Love, Inc., a NIH charity that sponsors camps and programs for children with cancer and their families in the mid-Atlantic area.
contact information
E-mail melodicimpact2008@gmail.com with questions or if you would like to become a sponsor.
Sponsors can help by putting ads in the concert program, on this website, or donating goods or services to the Silent Auction.
history
The first Melodic Impact concert was held in April 2007, raising more than $5,000 for Special Love, Inc. Melodic Impact was founded by Grace Deng and Jenny Van, two University of Virginia graduates from Taiwan who had recently entered the working world and missed the days when they performed music as students. The two initially planned simply to hold a recital, but inspired by benefit events organized by others, they decided to turn their recital into a benefit concert. To find a charity to benefit, Deng and Van worked with Michael Zhuang, president of MZ Capital, LLC. With Zhuang's help and sponsorship, they eventually settled on Special Love, Inc., as that organization fit their criteria of being locally-based, helping children, and benefiting cancer patients.Having found a cause to benefit, Deng and Van went out on a limb and recruited musicians, graphic designers, as well as other volunteers from their network of friends and acquaintances. They found performers ranging from classical violinists to singer songwriters, and convinced local merchants to sponsor the event through contributing goods to a silent auction. The concert was generally very well-received by the audience of 200 attendees, which was comprised largely of the (mostly amateur) performers' friends, families and co-workers, as well as Special Love, Inc. donors. Compelled to continue the success of Melodic Impact 2007, Jeff Hsin and Pauline Wu, two of the concert's performers, volunteered to organize the concert in 2008.