Musical Arts

Creating w/Kids Kicking Cancer

June 28, 2016
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Art, Featured Post, Hospital, Musical Arts
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We have the privilege of working with youth, families, and care providers at the Herbert Irving Child and Adolescent Oncology Center at Columbia University; what an inspiration they are, and what a joy for us to be able to learn from and create with them. As one of our teaching artists for this program, Eleanor Dubinsky, so eloquently put it, the “difference between you and I” becomes very minuscule in this grounding, real space where love truly abounds, and music…

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Creative Aging Updates!

April 29, 2016
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Concert, Featured Post, Musical Arts, Seniors, Uncategorized
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  Our programs for seniors are thriving this spring! Feel the Music! Singin’ Seniors at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House are in full swing, with a packed house for their April 1 concert, and another planned for June 17! Please mark your calendars now, come and join teaching artists Deborah Berg and Clare Cooper, along with our talented singers for another ROCKIN’ show! Not only are we singin’ the winter blues away, but our own Bashiri Johnson has our Feel the Music!…

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Singin’ Seniors are Thriving!

February 27, 2016
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Featured Post, Musical Arts, News, Seniors
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On 2/18/16, I paid a visit to our Feel the Music! Singin’ Seniors class at St. Peter’s Church – what a treat! This thriving group has a loyal following of repeat students, and has grown with newcomers each year – this class had a whopping 21 students! It is a thrill to see and hear how they’ve grown in learning complex harmonies and rhythms – and most importantly, in learning to create together within community. After class, I showed them…

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Indiegogo Campaign Launch!

November 18, 2014
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Featured Post, Fundraising, Hospital, Musical Arts, News
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our first Indiegogo campaign to support Feel the Music! workshops for children with cancer at Columbia Presbyterian Children’s Oncology Center. Join us by making a donation and spreading the word! Help us lift the hearts and spirits of dozens of children, teens and families through music, song and rhythm. THANK YOU! ps: If you feel moved by our work, please share our campaign link with your friends on Facebook and Twitter: igg.me/p/feel-the-music-for-kids-kicking-cancer

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National Rebuilding Day and Feel the Music!

April 24, 2014
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Featured Post, Musical Arts, News, Sandy
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Feel the Music! joins Rebuilding Together NYC on Saturday, April 26, 2014, to celebrate the Canarsie, Brooklyn community as part of National Rebuilding Day.  Volunteers will make major repairs for home-owners affected by Hurricane Sandy, host a neighborhood clean up and a mural beautification project. As a part of the day’s culminating event, Feel the Music!’s own teaching artist Dende Macedo will lead volunteers and community members in a drumming workshop as they come together to share, reflect and connect.…

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Janice Pendarvis Leads Inter-Generational Choir for Feel the Music!

April 18, 2014
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Musical Arts, News
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We are delighted to announce our newest teaching artist, Oscar winner Janice Pendarvis, is leading an inter-generational choir for Feel the Music! at Bailey’s Cafe. Youth and seniors meet Fridays from 3pm-5pm for six weeks; culminating in a public performance May 16, 2014. Have a desire to sing? Join our Inter-generational Choir! Janice Pendarvis, Choir Director Marienne Thomas, Assistant Choir Director When: Choir classes are April 4, 11, 25; May 2, 9, 16 Where: Fort Greene Stuyvesant Heights Senior Center…

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Feel the Music! at Bailey’s Cafe

February 28, 2013
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Art, Musical Arts, News, Seniors
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Feel the Music! and Bailey’s Cafe join hands to bring seniors and young people together in the arts. Beginning February, 2013, Feel the Music! brings arts programming to Bailey’s Cafe in Brooklyn, where young people and seniors exchange experiences and ideas through music and art projects. Youth (ages 8-17) and seniors learn to sing together, write songs, make art with one another, and facilitate meaningful bonds between generations. FREE for participants. Feel the Music! at Bailey’s Cafe: Two generations making…

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Feel the Music! Sandy Relief

December 4, 2012
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Art, Musical Arts, News, Sandy
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Feel the Music! launches arts program for communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy: What a devastating fall we have been through together. The ongoing aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is heart-wrenching, as is the knowledge that it will continue to be felt by so many in the weeks and months ahead. Here at Feel the Music! we are quickly developing a program to bring music, art and creative self-expression directly into the communities most impacted by the storm. With FtM Sandy Relief…

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Feel the Music! Songwriting for Seniors – Fall 2012

September 28, 2012
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Musical Arts, Seniors
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Announcing our Feel the Music! “Songwriting for Seniors” workshops this fall! We are delighted to kick off October bringing Singing and Songwriting to members of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, at St. Peter’s Church. Starting October 5, 2012, Feel the Music! will bring weekly songwriting workshops to seniors at Lenox Hill with renowned songwriting instructors Ina May Wool and Thomas Boyd. This free songwriting workshop series runs for 10 Fridays, culminating in a public concert. Save the date now – December…

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Feel the Music! at VISIONS

July 12, 2012
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Concert, Musical Arts, Seniors
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Feel the Music! launched a new program this spring at VISIONS! Renowned percussionists Bashiri Johnson and Gary Fritz taught weekly percussion workshops for the blind and visually impaired at VISIONS, engaging participants in rhythms and hand techniques. By the end of the workshop each participant could solo on their own drum! The series culminated in a wonderful concert, featuring all participants, on June 27th.  Congratulations to all our new DRUMMERS! This program is supported, in part, by public funds from…

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