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Bill Shipsey is a Barrister, and the founder and chair of Art for Amnesty – Amnesty International's global artist engagement programme. thumbnail == Art for Amnesty - Music Projects == Shipsey joined Amnesty in the late 1970s, inspired in part by the activism of entertainers, who performed at the Monty-Python-esque ‘Secret Policeman's Ball’ benefit show. As founder of Art for Amnesty, Shipsey has brought together a number of world-renowned artists for musical projects that benefit Amnesty: # Shipsey was co-executive producer of ‘Instant Karma,’ Amnesty's multi-star benefit album of John Lennon compositions. The album hit number one on iTunes stores around the world, and was nominated for several Grammies. Shipsey said the idea was “to allow Amnesty to engage with the iPod-listening, music-downloading, 16-to-26 year-olds. (album ) enabled us to reach out and engage young kids in a way we hadn’t for years.”〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1110&dat=20070824&id=_V4lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LRUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1217,4458594〕 # He devised and produced the Small Places Tour, a 2008 music concert project which partnered with over 800 concerts in some 40 countries worldwide. # From 2009-2011 Shipsey oversaw the participation of Amnesty on U2’s global 360° tour of 110 concerts, which included the announcement of Aung San Suu Kyi as Ambassador of Conscience Award winner in 2009 by Bono from the stage at Croke Park in Dublin. # In October 2010, he met with German entrepreneur Jochen Wilms and their mutual musician friend Carl Carlton in Dublin. The idea for a commemorative song for Amnesty’s 50th Anniversary was born. This led to the groundbreaking Art for Amnesty Band ‘Toast to Freedom’ song with contributions from nearly 50 singers from all over the world. ‘Toast To Freedom’ was launched worldwide on 3 May 2012.〔http://toasttofreedom.org/bill-shipsey/〕 # Shipsey produced 'Electric Burma' a concert held on 18 June 2012 in honour of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi featuring Bono, Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Bob Geldof, Angelique Kidjo and others. # He co- executive produced 'Bringing Human Rights Home' a concert held on 5 February 2014, benefitting Amnesty International in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 7. In May 2015 he produced and directed two concerts in Mexico City for Amnesty entitled 'Desde Aqui' to mark the opening of the Amnesty International regional hub for the Americas in Mexico City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Shipsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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