This session was arranged by Kristel Pedak, Mothomoni Mapela-Mphatja, Victoria Liedbergius and Kate Declerck all of which have acquiered impressive experiences of the social power of choir music, despite they all come from different backgrounds. Central in every presentation was the question how exactly the experience of unity, as a result of joint singing, can be sustainable once the music stops and how this can be translate into civic action.
Highlighting the non-violent power of choral singing Kristel Pedak gave a historic overview of the Estonian tradition of singing for social change, which reached its peak at the end of the 1980’s when Estonia free itself from the Soviet occupation through the Singing Revolution without a single shot being fired.
