page_title: The September Concert
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The September Concert / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Sept Concert in Rome
context_page_description: The September Concert is a charity which organises free public concerts on the anniversaries of 9/11. It was founded by Haruko Smith, following the events of that day in 2001.
context_section_description: Following the events of September 11th 2001, Haruko Smith had the idea to fill the skies of NYC with music, inspired by the words of Aldous Huxley:
  After silence, that which can express the inexpressible, is music
  The September Concert started out as a local grassroots charity and has grown to have a worldwide presence involving 10,000 volunteers and 15,000 musicians.
  The September Concert Foundation was incorporated in April 2002 as a 501(c)(3) public charity, inspired a small army of volunteers, and on September 11th 2002 the first September Concert was born. To date this organization has functioned solely through the efforts of volunteers.
  In addition to the Board of Directors that included artists Jacques d'Amboise and Robert Rauschenberg, The September Concert Foundation's Advisory Board was set up in 2002 with  entertainers such as Quincy Jones, Ravi Shankar and Christy Turlington Burns. Business leaders such as Tom Freston also joined in to help the foundation.
  In 2010, 200 concerts were held all over the world on or near September 11. In New York City 58 concerts were held, joined by another 30 U.S. cities  and 45 international cities including Edinburgh  London, Rome, Tamale (Ghana), Cap-Haïtien and Tokyo.
caption: September Concert in Rome, 9/11/2010
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