Bel Canto
International Society
Congressional Recognized 501C3 Non-Profit Organization
Dr. Sungbae Ju
President & CEO
Mobile: 551-486-4747
E-mail: figaroju@gmail.com
Bel Canto International Society is an alternative name of Bel Canto Opera, Inc. (as a DBA). Bel Canto Opera, Inc., has been established as a Non-Profit charitable organization in July 2009 (originally named as Garden State Opera, Inc., which has been changed to Bel Canto Opera, Inc., on February 2019).
The president of Bel Canto International Society is Dr. Sungbae Ju. Dr. Ju has always tried to use music as a tool for improving communities. With that in mind, Dr. Ju and others formed the Bel Canto International Society as a non-profit organization that aims to unify communities with music in order to aid those in the world who live without education, food, hope, or human rights, and those who live with the threat of disease, terror, poverty, and war.
Awards
(Appreciation letter from President of United States of America, Congressional Record, Resolutions, Proclamations, Citations): White House, The President Volunteer’s Awards, United States Congress, Prime Minister of ROK, United States Attorneys, Federal Courts, New Jersey State Attorney General Office, Federal Governments, New State Senate & General Assembly’s Resolutions, County of Bergen, County of Passaic, City of Jersey City, City of Newark and Veterans Memorial Home.
In October 6 2011
Dr. Sungbae Ju was honored for his Lifelong Achievements In The Performing Arts
by Hon. Steven R. Rothman
of New Jersey
in The House Of Representatives
text from official government website
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2011-10-06/html/CREC-2011-10-06-pt1-PgE1794-2.htm
HONORING DR. SUNGBAE JU FOR HIS LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PERFORMING
ARTS
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HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN
of new jersey
in the house of representatives
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr.
Sungbae Ju, for his exemplary public service and devotion to the
performing arts.
Dr. Sungbae Ju is the President of both the Garden State Opera and
The Figaro Group, and is an accomplished musician. He holds a Masters
Degree from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, a Doctoral
Degree from the Yeshua Theological Seminary and an Honorary Doctor
Degree from the Universidad Christiana De Bolivia. He has experienced
unmatched levels of professional success, including performances at
notable New York and New Jersey performances venues such as Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center, and the New Jersey and Bergen Performing Arts
Centers. He has also performed in operas including ``The Barber of
Seville'' and ``Rigoletto'' with singers from the Metropolitan Opera.
Dr. Ju and his family are members of the New Jersey State Opera, and
are widely renowned and respected for their numerous recitals to
benefit worthy causes throughout the nation. Dr. Ju has always tried to
use music as a tool for improving and developing communities. With that
in mind, Dr. Ju and others formed the Garden State Opera, Inc., a non-
profit organization that aims to unify the community with music in
order to aid those in our global community who live without food, hope,
human rights and with the threat of disease, terror, poverty and war.
In addition to the Garden State Opera, Dr. Ju and his family have
volunteered their musical talents and services at over 130 events,
including various holiday concerts and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage
Celebrations at the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police, NJ State
Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Air
Marshal Service in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Labor
Department, Bergen County Public Safety Institute, Honor Legion Police
Department and for many Asian and Korean-American communities.
Dr. Ju is also involved with many other cultural organizations
throughout Bergen County including his positions as Chairman of the
Korean American Day in New Jersey, Event Chairman of Northern-Eastern
Korean Festival at New Overpeck Park, and Board Member of the Multi-
Cultural Committee in the Bergen County Sheriff's Department.
Additionally, he has received a multitude of awards from Members of
Congress, the New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly, the Newark
and New York divisions of the FBI, the DEA in New Jersey, the TSA, the
Federal Air Marshall Service, the U.S. Labor Department, the NJ State
Association of Chiefs of Police, the Bergen County Police Chiefs
Association, the Ambassador of Taiwan Consul General, and the Bergen
County Public Safety Institute.
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Dr. Sungbae Ju, and thank
him for his devotion to the performing arts, the Korean-American
community, and the American community at large, both in the great State
of New Jersey and across the Nation.
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