Clik here to view.
Luck, In Launching AMP
Atlanta Music Project logo After the Abreu Fellows graduated, my plan was to continue blogging as the Atlanta Music Project started coming together. I thought it’d be interesting for people to come...
View ArticleClik here to view.
El Sistema through the eyes of the Talented Tenth
And we’re off! The Abreu Fellows Program has gotten off to a dynamic start! We have had almost two months of fun filled learning in Boston and our knowledge of El Sistema is expanding rapidly. There...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atlanta Music Project: A Dream Realized
I remember the day I first learned of El Sistema. It was during a normal meeting of music teachers in D.C. when Ben Hall (Director of Music for D.C. Public Schools) mentioned this amazing music program...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Game Changers…
It is now midnight…I’m all packed for our trip tomorrow, but can’t sleep due to excitement. Not because this is my first trip to Los Angeles…not because we are flying on my favorite airline of all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Coming…
There is more than one way to tip an epidemic, in other words. Epidemics are a function of the people who transmit infectious agents, the infectious agent itself, and the environment in which the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AMP Supporters Raise $21,000 to Launch AMPlify!
A short time ago the marvelous supporters of the Atlanta Music Project were offered the opportunity to come together to help launch AMPlify, a new choral program. The campaign was wildly publicized,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AMPlify’s Inaugural Concert – An Evening To Remember!
AMPlify’s Marian Anderson Primary Choir performs at the Inaugural Concert. Photo by Anthony Alston/Solidarity Films LLC. Congratulations AMPlify! After a great introduction to vocal techniques, choral...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AMPlify Begins on a High Note!
AMPlify, our all new choral program, is off to a wonderful start. In just two months of programming, the students have had some amazing experiences. Just take a peek at some of the happenings…...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beyond Beyond! A week at Westminster Conducting Institute!
Co-Founding and directing AMPlify has been a joy for me. A joy that I hope will deepen as the years go by. Wanting the best for our young artists in AMPlify means first wanting the best for myself, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“In the Music”
Gabrielle, a first year student in AMPlify, reacts to hearing AMPlify and the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir sing together for the first time! Meet Gabrielle. As you may surmise from this photo, she is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching the beauty unfold (VIDEO)
Ira Glass speaks on the process of creating something beautiful. There are stages where things are not as lovely as you thought they would be, and the product you see doesn’t quite match your initial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
El Sistema through the eyes of the Talented Tenth
And we’re off! The Abreu Fellows Program has gotten off to a dynamic start! We have had almost two months of fun filled learning in Boston and our knowledge of El Sistema is expanding rapidly. There...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atlanta Music Project: A Dream Realized
I remember the day I first learned of El Sistema. It was during a normal meeting of music teachers in D.C. when Ben Hall (Director of Music for D.C. Public Schools) mentioned this amazing music program...
View Article
