MAGICAL STRINGS OF YOUTH PERFORM IN ITALY

In June of 1987 Betty Haag-Kuhnke, founder and director of the Betty Haag Academy of Music presented her students at the Vatican before Pope John Paul II and 200,000 people.

June 15^th Mrs. Haag and 40 children will return to Italy to perform for the new Pope, Pope Benedict XVI at a special Vatican Mass June 18^th.

The Magical Strings of Youth is the performing group of the Academy.  They have traveled the globe to international acclaim, and appeared widely on national television to astonish audiences with their virtuosity.

These goodwill ambassadors have traveled to Korea under the auspices of UNICEF, with proceeds from their concert benefiting the children of Ethiopia and Bangladesh.  They have been honored by dignitaries all over the world including the late Princess Margaret of the British Royal Family, Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Boris Yeltsin in Russia, President Lee of Taiwan and President Nasurbaev of Kazakhstan who remarked, �Politicians come and go from our country, but no one has made a more lasting impression than these young violinists�.

In this country Mrs. Haag�s students have displayed their talents at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and two appearances in the East Room of the White House as well as performances with the Chicago Symphony.

The Betty Haag Academy is located at 1250 Radcliffe Road in Buffalo Grove servicing children from the following suburbs:

Today we live in extraordinary times when the sound of music serves the entire world community and expresses the vast range of human feelings.