Sadako Peace Choir
(the Sadako Peace Choir is no longer Performing)

The Sadako Peace Choir in Seattle, WA. at the Sadako Peace Park

The Sadako Peace Choir was made up of a multi-cultural group of children ages 5-13 years old from the Puget Sound area. The choir was organized in the spring of 1995 by Michiko I. Pumpian. The choir sang Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. They have performed in the Seattle area as well as  Internationally in Hiroshima, Japan.

Award winning Children's Music Artist, Michiko, has created an international peace song entitled "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes." This International Peace Song, sung entirely by children, was written and performed in both Japanese and English. The song is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki of Hiroshima and her quest to fold one thousand paper cranes. The paper crane has become an international symbol of peace in recent years as a result of it's connection to the story of Sadako.
These children have chosen to participate in the choir to give a message of hope and peace to the world. The children are vital to make this world a truly positive place. They have an inner power to do something great if we as adults can help them to grow and provide them with the right tools.

Some of the events which Michiko and the Sadako Peace Choir have participated in include:
Hiroshima, Japan for the 50th Anniversary Children's Peace Conference for 10,000 children.
The 100th birthday celebration of world famous peace activist and 1995 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Floyd Schmoe.
Seattle's Greenlake for the Commemoration and Lantern Floating Ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Nagasaki Peace Commemoration in Bremerton, WA. in 1995.
The Peace and Friendship Celebration at the Seattle Children's Museum in 1995.
At halftime for the Seattle Sounders soccer game.
As part of the theatrical production of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes at the Eastlake High School in Spring 1997
Commemoration of Nagasaki Day at the Newmark Center Gallery - 1401 Second Ave. (corner of 2nd and Union) in Seattle - 1996
Eastside Community Street Fair at the Downtown Bellevue Park - 1996
Sayuri Yoshinaga Poetry Readings - Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA - 1999

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