LOOK: OneBeat Offers Another Year for Cultural Innovation in Music

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is proud to announce the OneBeat initiative. OneBeat is an international music exchange that celebrates musical collaboration and social engagement through innovative people-to-people diplomacy. In the fall of 2012, 30 musicians (ages 19-35) from around the world will come together in the U.S. for four weeks to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop ways that music can make a positive impact on our local and global communities.

Administered by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation, OneBeat builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy. It embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools, including music, to bring people, especially youth, together for greater understanding.

For more information on OneBeat and this fantastic initiative, please visit their official site Here. Apply to the program Here.