Events

First Fridays: The Power of Music

May 9, 2016
Nicolle
Art, Events, Featured Post, Seniors
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I had the joy of attending our First Fridays at Bailey’s Cafe this past week; an event led by legendary singer/songwriter and FtM teaching artist Janice Pendarvis that combines singing, food and conversation in an intergenerational event for any and all to attend. No matter what ages happen to be there, it is always amazing to see how the act of singing together opens up conversations that, I believe, would not happen otherwise. Our theme this past week was mothers; and a…

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FtM founder Valerie Ghent featured in FEMA Think Tank

September 23, 2013
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9/11, Events, News
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We are delighted to announce our founder and Executive Director, singer-songwriter Valerie Ghent, was a panelist in a recent FEMA Think Tank conference call, held on September 25, 2013. Valerie spoke about Feel the Music!, her own experience as a volunteer at the WTC site, and the role of music and the arts during the 9/11 recovery to a national audience. After her presentation, the call was opened up to questions and comments from disaster relief workers and from the…

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Feel the Music! Fall 2013

August 21, 2013
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9/11, Events, Seniors
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WOW! Do we have a busy fall! Percussion workshops at VISIONS, singing & songwriting for seniors at St. Peter’s Church – all now posted on our upcoming Events page. The above music workshop series are launching in October, with culminating public concerts planned for November and December. We’re excited! And that’s not all, special events are in the works for music workshops at Columbia Presbyterian, Bailey’s Cafe and our annual fall retreat for 9/11 families. Stay tuned! & wherever you…

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NYC Master Chorale 9/11 Concert to Benefit Feel the Music!

September 8, 2011
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9/11, Concert, Events, Fundraising, News, Uncategorized
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On Saturday, September 10, 2011, 3 pm, at Church of St. Paul the Apostle (60th and Columbus), NYC Master Chorale will perform a 9/11 Remembrance Concert with the Empire City Men’s Chorus. NYC Master Chorale will sing Paul Leavitt’s Requiem and donations will be collected for Feel the Music!, a non-profit founded in the aftermath of 9/11 that uses music to bring healing to trauma survivors. Please join us for this very special concert performance. Feel the Music! extends tremendous…

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“9/11 Reflections” Public Art Project Displayed in Lower Manhattan

August 1, 2011
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9/11, Events, News, Public Art
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9/11 Reflections – Public Art Project for People Who Live and Work in Lower Manhattan Displayed at the Battery’s Gardens of Remembrance on August 4th, 2011 On August 4, 2011, from 10:00am to 6:00pm, reflections about 9/11 written by over 200 New Yorkers will be displayed in a temporary public art installation in the historic Battery’s Gardens of Remembrance. The piece, “September 11th Tenth Anniversary Reflections“, is the culmination of a public art project created by the Tribute WTC Visitor…

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9/11 Tenth Anniversary Reflections Public Art Project Launched

July 1, 2011
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9/11, Events, News, Public Art, Visual Arts
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Public Art Project for People Who Live and Work in Lower Manhattan Launched by Tribute WTC Visitor Center & Feel the Music! As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Lower Manhattan is feeling the increasing impact of the anniversary commemorations. Tribute WTC Visitor Center, arts nonprofit Feel the Music!, and The Battery Conservancy have joined together on a public art project to provide residents and those who work in the area with a unique opportunity to reflect on their experiences,…

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Feel the Music! Mural to open at Tribute WTC Visitor Center

June 27, 2011
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9/11, Events, News, Visual Arts
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BIG NEWS! We are delighted to share that one of our Feel the Music! murals will have its first opening at Tribute WTC Visitor Center this summer. Tribute WTC Visitor Center will display one of the Feel the Music! murals during the upcoming 10th anniversary. To have the work of 9/11 families in our Feel the Music! program recognized by Tribute, which welcomes 500,000 visitors to the WTC site each year, is indeed an honor – especially this fall, during…

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Thank you to Music Over Manhattan, Wool&Grant & Bashiri Johnson

June 15, 2011
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Concert, Events, Fundraising, News
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We send tremendous thank yous to Music Over Manhattan for hosting and organizing such a wonderful benefit concert with Sloan Wainwright on May 22nd, 2011. All proceeds raised will go to support the Feel the Music! Songwriting for Seniors program – we plan to use some of the funding to record songs written by seniors in recent months! And thanks to Wool&Grant – Ina May Wool and Bev Grant – for their musical performance and lending their voices and guitars…

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Songwriting for Seniors Concert

May 27, 2011
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Concert, Events, Musical Arts
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You’re invited! Please come to this delightful public concert and listen to songs written in our Feel the Music! Songwriting for Seniors workshop series this spring. At this culminating concert, to be held at the York Theatre on June 20th at 1pm, participants will perform their original works for friends, family and one another. Open to the public. FREE. All members of the Lenox Hill Senior Center at St. Peter’s Church and friends welcome! This program is supported, in part,…

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