9/11

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

June 27, 2011
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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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Feel the Music! Fall Retreat

September 27, 2010
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Feel the Music! goes to the country! Come join us on this fun-filled trip to Dressel Farms in New Paltz, NY. Pick your own apples and pumpkins, go on a hayride, play in the maze or just enjoy the crisp October air as we sing in the mountains. Open to 9/11 families and Feel the Music! participants.

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Feel the Music! goes to Belfast, Northern Ireland

July 16, 2010
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(July 12, 2010, New York, NY) This August NYC nonprofit Feel the Music! will go to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to bring music and healing to 75 teens from around the world who have lost a family member in a terrorist act. For the first time, Feel the Music! will offer music programming overseas, through an ongoing collaboration with Project Common Bond, a weeklong summer camp started by 9/11 partner organization, Tuesday’s Children.

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9/11 School Recovery Program booklet features Feel the Music!

July 13, 2009
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In 2009, the 9/11 School Recovery Program published, “How We Healed”, a review of the many programs and people who came together to assist lower Manhattan schools, students, teachers and social workers after September 11th. Feel the Music! was honored to be able to provide after-school workshops in percussion and songwriting to students in several schools

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Feel the Music! Frog Project Sends Frogs to Soldiers in Iraq

May 6, 2009
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The frog project continues! Feel the Music! families hand-painted a second batch of percussion frogs and we sent them to an army hospital in Iraq. These hand painted “Feel the Music!” frogs provided much needed moments of joy to dozens of soldiers. What brought tears to our eyes was learning the soldiers, once out of the hospital, are giving their frogs to Iraqi children.

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Feel the Music! Frog Project Bookmarks Available!

November 27, 2007
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Feel the Music! Frog Project Bookmarks Available! Beautiful full colour bookmarks with a picture of the handpainted frogs now available! Download PDF Download JPG Feel the Music Frog Projectpercussion frogs are hand-painted by 9/11 families and send a message of peace, healing and hope. Support the Feel the Music! Frog Project by purchasing bookmarks to hand out at your school or workplace! contact Nicolle at nicolle@feelthemusic.org to order.

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Four Feel the Music! Films Receive 7 Awards at RECYouth Multimedia Festival

August 24, 2007
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Aug 24, 2007, Four films made by Feel the Music! students received SEVEN AWARDS last night at the 4th Annual RECYouth Multimedia Festival! Congratulations!! Award Recipients are: BEST SCREENPLAY: THE LETTER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE LETTER BEST TV SHOW: FOOD LUST BEST ACTOR (3 way tie): MONSTER IN MY CLOSET BEST NARRATIVE: MONSTER IN MY CLOSET BEST DOCUMENTARY: EDUCATING CATTLE BEST EDITING: EDUCATING CATTLE And also shown at the festival last night: THE BOOK The above films were made by teens…

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