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HISTORY: |
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Music
For The World began in late March of 1996 by founder and president,
Katherine L. Bunker. After graduating cum laude with a degree in Music
Education from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, IL in 1976
Katherine began her teaching experience in music in both public and private
schools, along with teaching private lessons. She saw how her students
and the people in various communities attending their concerts were impacted in
such a positive way by the wonderful gift of music. During high school and
college she performed in various city orchestras and also began composing her
own songs. In college she was also able to do her student teaching with string
students using the Suzuki method and was amazed at such incredible talent in
such young children.
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Katherine eventually married her husband David who is
also a musician. They, along with some other friends, formed a band
called Shelter that ended up getting signed to Benson Records in Nashville,
Tennessee in the early 80's. Katherine left her classroom teaching
position to tour the country and perform with Shelter. She also started
her booking agency, KB Productions, at that time and booked Shelter.
Katherine has booked artists such as Sixpence None The Richer (for six
years), Iona, Steve Bell, Bob Bennett, This Train, Jason and the G-Men, Ben
Okafor originally from Nigeria to name a few.
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has also promoted events and concerts with Rich Mullins, DC Talk, Michael W.
Smith, Take 6, Audio Adrenalin as well as others. As the result,
Katherine has interfaced with music and musicians throughout the world for the
past three decades. |
Katherine has always had a deep love for the less fortunate. Her travels
deeply impacted her awareness of the power of music and also the overwhelming
need for resources, training and encouragement. Out of these travels and
experiences came the vision for an organization that could encourage, enthuse,
and empower those in third and fourth world countries, as well as in urban and
rural areas throughout the world. In March of 1996, Katherine shut down
her office in Illinois one day and went on a three hour drive and finally ended
up sitting by a beautiful lake in Wisconsin to ponder how to bless the poor
with music. Thus, that spring day the organization of Music For The World
was birthed.
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