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Ghetto Classics is the flagship programme of the Art of Music Foundation.

The 11th edition of the Global Citizen Festival returns to New York's Central Park with a focus on addressing the climate crisis, global hunger, and extreme poverty. This gathering unites artists, influencers, and policy makers, working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

On the occasion of World Refugee Day on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, the UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS), in collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, bring you this concert.  World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees and all forcibly displaced people across the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee to escape conflict, violence or persecution.

Herbie Hancock to host All-Star Global Concert with UNESCO featuring performances in 13 global cities by Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Melody Gardot, Sérgio Mendes, Cyrille Aimée, Antonio Sánchez, John Beasley and many more

The session will be an opportunity to motivate the civil society community to act by sharing inspiring stories of impact, progress, and action through the various forms of arts. 

On 22 March 2023, the UN Chamber Music Society will present a concert for World Water Day.

On Monday, 20 March 2023, the UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS) will present a virtual concert in partnership with the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). The concert will take place on French Language Day, and will also honor the month of Francophonie – by celebrating the linguistic and cultural diversity of humanity, particularly through French language and music.

Experts will discuss the importance of pieces composed during Holocaust, or by the composers who did not survive the Holocaust, and the response of contemporary musicians to the history of Holocaust; The event is organized in memory of November 1938 Pogrom.

Performance by the UN Chamber Music Society and Sara Marley – daughter of artist-musician Ms. Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, at the Opening of the Transforming Education Summit.

Music performance by the UN Chamber Music Society, during the closing ceremony of the Victims of Terrorism Global Congress. Participants and delegations were invited to lay a white rose at the foot of the podium in solidarity and in Memoriam to all victims and survivors of terrorism.

"We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference." ~Nelson Mandela

Kenyan musicians performing at the closing of the UN Ocean Conference 2022.