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We are so excited to be involved in a fabulous project in Athens in July 2018. We will be working alongside musicians from Greece; inspiring the volunteers in the refugee camps in Athens, who are working tirelessly with Syrian refugees.

In this blog we will be sharing some of the great work our Greek music colleagues and ourselves will be doing.

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