The Philadelphia Citizen
20 January 2020
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Founded in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, the Harmony Project brings together people of various musical experience, races, income levels, and professional backgrounds to sing as one. The project aims to get people out of their comfort zones and silos in a segregated city.
http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/can-this-music-be-a-force-for-good/75516
Priyanka Borpujari
OZY
17 March 2017
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Even in the face of rampant violence, corruption, and poverty in El Salvador, hope rises for youth in the form of TuYulu ("our hearts") batucada workshops. The organization promotes and encourages young groups of musicians and performers to foster community and positive change through the "turbocharged" beats of African-Brazilian drumming.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/musicians-add-counterterrorism-briefing-to-pre-grammy-schedule-w515827
Molly McCluskey
Rolling Stone
26 January 2018
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For the first time, high-profile Grammy attendees this year received an all-day security briefing on how to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks. In light of recent mass shootings and bombs at concerts in Manchester, Las Vegas, and Paris, the musicians met directly with U.S. State Department and European Union officials to learn best practices to help protect themselves, their crews, and their fans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/puerto-rican-art-hurricane-maria
Samuel Granados
The Washington Post
28 February 2018
Video / Over 15 Minutes
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, artists are putting on performances of all kinds in traditional and non-traditional spaces. These performances provide entertainment; express pain, loss, and anger; satirize and critique government inaction; and instill pride and hope.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/21/595192877/invisibilia-they-risked-their-lives-to-bring-music-back
Alix Spiegel
NPR
21 March 2018
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
With the extremist group Al-Shabab active in the country, music has been a source of trauma for Somalis with music banned in Shabab controlled territory and musicians assassinated. A reality show centered around musical performance is hoping to bring music back into public life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/arts/music/we-have-voice-jazz-women-metoo.html
Giovanni Russonello
The New York Times
30 April 2018
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The We Have Voice Collective, a group of female and non-binary jazz and experimental musicians, have developed a code of conduct in response to rampant sexual harrassment and abuse in the music community. The collective has urged the code—which is organized into “commitments” and “definitions”—to be adopted by festivals, organizations, venues, labels, media outlets, schools, and more.
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/30/607142770/a-map-to-the-line-and-how-not-to-cross-it-a-code-of-conduct-for-the-performing-a
Michelle Mercer
NPR
30 April 2018
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The We Have Voice Collective is a group of 14 diverse female and non-binary musicians who have developed a code of conduct to address harrassment. Their goal is for the code to be instituted by venues, festivals, labels, schools, and for the code to be incorporated into artists’ riders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/mostar-rock-school-bosnia-herzegovina
Gillian Dohrn
The Guardian
16 March 2018
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Mostar Rock School is a school that takes students from both sides of the Nereta river, which divides the Bosnian Croat population and the Bosnian Muslims. The school allows students from different ethnic backgrounds to intermingle, create music, and it defies the ethnic division created after the Bosnian war. “There were 16 students in the first class. This year, there are 128 enrolled and 80 more on the waiting list.”
http://www.wlrn.org/post/we-are-going-survive-douglas-students-use-music-art-heal-camp-shine
Jessica Bakeman
WLRN
14 August 2018
Multi-Media / 5-15 Minutes
Camp Shine, is helping student survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, heal. Through art, dance, and music, they are processing their trauma. The camp, was founded by two upperclassmen from MSDHS who believe in the idea of healing through art. Data shows it’s working. Researchers from the University of Miami who surveyed the students before and after the camp saw a reduction in PTSD symptoms. "They're here to have fun, but they're also here to heal.”
https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/8/Features/Alive_and_Kicking.html
Joshua Rosenblum
Opera News
1 August 2018
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The Young People’s Chorus of New York City uses music and dance to provide an emotional and creative outlet for children and teens from disparate communities. Through opera, dance, and chorus, this group creates connections between students who may never interact otherwise. The YPC now has a membership of 1,700 students and partnerships with famous composers, like Michael Torke, that produces original music. On top of everything else, the group also offers SAT tutoring, homework help, and guidance on applying to college.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswvrm
Dougal Shaw
BBC
18 September 2018
Podcast / Over 15 Minutes
Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.
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