A shekarar 2009, 'yar wasan piano 'yar kasar Iraki, Zuhal Sultan, 'yar shekaru 17 ta cimma burin hada kan matasan kasarta. Hangeninta ya hada da hada matasa Kurdawa da Larabawa ta hanyar ba da shirin zaman lafiya ta hanyar kiɗa. Ta haka ne aka haifi Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Matasa ta Ƙasar Iraki (NYOI). A kowace shekara ƙungiyar makaɗa ta kan gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo ta YouTube kuma tana zaɓar mawaƙa 43 tsakanin shekaru 18 zuwa 29 waɗanda ke haɗuwa tare don shawo kan kabilanci, addini, yare, da shingen jinsi, wanda ke haifar da rashin jituwa ga wannan ƙungiyar makaɗa ta musamman.
A wannan lokacin rani Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra (EYSO)–wanda ke da ofisoshi a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill.–zai yi aiki a matsayin rundunonin NYOI don kwas ɗin kiɗa na mako uku mai zurfi, koyarwa mafi mahimmanci a cikin wasan orchestral da dabarun kayan aiki da wadannan 'yan wasan Iraki za su samu duk shekara. NYOI, da mawakan EYSO ke goyan bayan, za su yi kide-kide na jama'a a Elgin, Washington, DC, New York, da Chicago, don isa ga al'ummomin masu fasaha, 'yan Iraki, jami'an diflomasiyya, da masu zaman lafiya.
Ta hanyar balaguron balaguro zuwa ƙasashen waje, mawaƙa ba wai kawai mawakan ke samun amintaccen wuri don yin karatu da yin wasa tare ba, har ma suna koyon fasahohin da ake buƙata don sake gina yanayin fasaha a gida. Iraki har yanzu wuri ne marar kwanciyar hankali, mai hadari kuma akwai karancin ababen more rayuwa, na jama'a ko na sirri, don raya wani abu kamar wannan makada. Daraktan kiɗan Paul MacAlindin ya sani koyaushe cewa fiɗaɗɗen hangen nesa na duniya da goyon bayan majiɓintan duniya zai zama dole don tabbatar da ingancinsa.
Tun daga 2009, NYOI ta yi wa masu sauraro siyar da su a Jamus, Faransa, da Burtaniya. Yanzu lokaci ya yi da za a kawo wa]annan mawa}an matasa masu jajircewa – da yawa daga cikinsu suna shiga cikin haxarin kansu – ga Amurka don faɗaɗa isar da saƙonsu da bai wa Amirkawa damar tallafa musu.
"Ziyarar 2014 ta samo asali ne akan nasarorin kwarewa da darussan da aka koya daga shekarun da suka gabata, kuma mun san cewa za mu iya ƙirƙirar manyan kide-kide, dangantaka, da kuma tallatawa ga kowa da kowa," in ji Paul MacAlindin, darektan kiɗa. "Bugu da ƙari, wannan aikin wani ɓangare ne na dabarun kamuwa da cuta mai zurfi don koyan aiki mafi kyau a Amurka da yada shi a cikin Iraki. Kungiyar kade-kade ta matasa ta kasar Iraki jerin kade-kade ce, amma fiye da haka, ita ce fuskar jama'a na matasan Iraki, wadanda suka kuduri aniyar nuna kansu a mafi kyawun haske ga Amurka da ma duniya baki daya. Kamar yadda shekarun baya suka nuna, balaguron na Amurka zai canza rayuwarsu, da kuma rayuwar duk wanda ke da alaka da ziyarar."
Wakokin da za a yi a Elgin
NYOI za ta kwashe makonni uku na nazari mai zurfi a cikin Amurka tare da kide-kide na hadin gwiwa guda biyu tare da EYSO a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Al'umma ta Elgin Community a harabar kwaleji a 1700 Spartan Dr., Elgin, Rashin lafiya. Kwanaki na kide-kide sune Asabar, Agusta 16. , da Lahadi, Agusta 17, da karfe 7:30 na yamma Ayyukan da za a yi sun hada da Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto tare da soloist Angelia Cho, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, da sabbin kwamitocin biyu na Iraqi composers Amir ElSaffar da Abdullah Jamal Sagirma. Tikiti shine $ 25 ($ 20 ga ɗalibai masu ID da tsofaffi masu shekaru 65- ƙari). Tikitin VIP $35 kuma sun haɗa da ganawa da gaisawa tare da masu fasahar NYOI da EYSO bayan wasan kwaikwayo. Ana sayar da tikiti a ranar 16 ga Yuni. Don tikiti ko ƙarin bayani kira 847-622-0300 ko ziyarci tikiti.elgin.edu .
An samar da waɗannan wasannin kide-kide tare da tallafi daga ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwa masu zuwa: Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Matasa ta Iraki, Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, Jami'ar Arewacin Illinois, Elgin Community College Arts Center, Iraki Foundation, Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, da Ma'aikatar Al'adu ta Iraki.
Kungiyar Orchestra ta Matasa ta Elgin, karkashin jagorancin zane-zane na Randal Swiggum, taron zama ne a Cibiyar Fasaha a Kwalejin Al'umma ta Elgin kuma gida ne ga makada biyar da kungiyar mawakan tagulla tare da dalibai 350 daga al'ummomin sama da 60. An kafa shi a cikin 1976, manufar EYSO ita ce ƙirƙirar al'umma na matasa mawaƙa, wadatar da rayuwarsu da rayuwar danginsu, makarantu, al'ummomi, da ƙari, ta hanyar nazari da aiwatar da kyakkyawan kiɗan.
Ƙara koyo a EYSO.org/NYOIraq kuma goyi bayan yawon shakatawa a kck.st/QKiVOy .
- Rachel Elizabeth Maley ta EYSO ta ba da gudummawar wannan rahoton.