Sing For Hope
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Sing for Hope is a charitable organization founded by opera singers Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. The two New York City based vocalists and alumnae of the Juilliard School
established Sing for Hope as a resource for New York artists who want to use their art to benefit the community through volunteer service programs that benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The organization uses the talents of over 700 professional artists. The three programs are as follows:
As part of the Community Arts program, New York City's Sing for Hope's Pop-Up Pianos has been an annual summer program, since 2010, to bring live art to New York City with the installation of 88 pianos – representing each of the 88 keys on a piano – placed in parks and public places for all to enjoy. From June 18 to July 2, 2011, the pianos featured formal and impromptu concerts by amateurs and artists alike in an open festival of music involving all elements of New York’s culturally diverse population. Following their two-week public residency, Sing for Hope’s Pop-Up Pianos were donated to under-resourced schools, hospitals, and communities. The program supplied 60 pianos throughout New York in the summer of 2010. CBS News wrote that the project was "reminding us all of the power of music to inspire and unite."
Piano project
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
established Sing for Hope as a resource for New York artists who want to use their art to benefit the community through volunteer service programs that benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The organization uses the talents of over 700 professional artists. The three programs are as follows:
- Art U! exposes under-resourced school children to the arts as a tool for positive social change. Volunteer artists teach classes about the arts at after-school programs and public schools. These are complemented by visiting guest artists who lead students in collaborative performances and other arts exercises. The children study inspiring American artists who changed society, such as Marian AndersonMarian AndersonMarian Anderson was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century...
and Pete SeegerPete SeegerPeter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
, as well as international examples of how arts can be a force for social change, such as the "Singing Revolutions" that took place in former Soviet bloc nations. As a final project, the students create an original arts activist project using techniques that range from environmentalist beat poetry to choral pieces about human freedom. The students’ final projects are presented to their schools and local communities. - Healing Arts program offers live performances in hospitals and other healthcare facilities to patients and care-givers. Volunteer artists give free public concerts and bedside performances tailored to community and individual patient needs designed to complement the healing process.
- Community Arts is a project that provides access to the arts and supports events that benefit charitable causes. Hundreds of the organization's volunteers work on public art projects, such as the Pop-Up Pianos project, that seek to make art available for free to the public. Concerts and benefit performances by the organization's volunteers raise funds and awareness for humanitarian non-profit organizations.
As part of the Community Arts program, New York City's Sing for Hope's Pop-Up Pianos has been an annual summer program, since 2010, to bring live art to New York City with the installation of 88 pianos – representing each of the 88 keys on a piano – placed in parks and public places for all to enjoy. From June 18 to July 2, 2011, the pianos featured formal and impromptu concerts by amateurs and artists alike in an open festival of music involving all elements of New York’s culturally diverse population. Following their two-week public residency, Sing for Hope’s Pop-Up Pianos were donated to under-resourced schools, hospitals, and communities. The program supplied 60 pianos throughout New York in the summer of 2010. CBS News wrote that the project was "reminding us all of the power of music to inspire and unite."
External links
General- official website
- Sing for Hope 2010 gala
- Wall Street Journal article on Sing for Hope concert
- BroadwayWorld article
- Photos from Sing for Hope event
Piano project