Welcome to AMPlify! This week was exhilarating! We began class on Tuesday with over 60 brilliant scholars of Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood. AMPlify consists of two dynamic choral ensembles, grouped by grade. All first […]
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new player on the team. We recently announced my new and improved relationship with the Atlanta Music Project as the Director of AMPlify, the choral program […]
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 infectious […]
What a trip. You may know this already, but Venezuela is truly awe-inspiring. The sessions and readings we experienced as Fellows prepared us well – and then the trip itself catapulted us into another dimension! […]
Welcome to Coro! I remember our first meeting with our “organizational guru/Sistema Fellows Team Mom” – Beth Babcock. She simply told us “I am here because I love you”. Since I had only known her […]
What if it all depended on me to change the world, change the world Today was the first of many beautiful days in Guarico. What joy this town has brought us after only one day! […]
Our first week in Venezuela was action-packed! From witnessing our first El Sistema class in Venezuela on Wednesday to a special moment with Gustavo Dudamel and Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu on Saturday night, this was […]
Encantada! After 6 months of preparation, the Fellows have finally arrived in Venezuela! We are feeling immensely fortunate to be among the chosen few that are invited to experience the Sistema in its most authentic […]
On January 27, 2012, the fellows flew to Los Angeles, CA to take a stand. We had the great honor of delivering a keynote presentation at “Take A Stand”, a 3 day symposium on the […]
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 […]
