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The Atlanta Music Project has launched a podcast! Hosted by Dantes Rameau, our Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, and...
The 2020 Atlanta Music Project Summer Series, a music festival and school, was held virtually this past July, offering...
Media Inquiries: Dantes Rameau Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Music Project203-887-5108 | dantes@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRICKET WIRELESS PRESIDENT JOHN DWYER...
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT TO HOST “THE COLLEGE YEARS” A VIRTUAL TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY...
The AMPmasterclasses continue for a sixth straight week, with new class for opera singers and trombonists. Plus our multi-part classes...
This week the adults step aside to make room for the youth! Join us on Wednesday for the AMPtalks panel “Driven: Atlanta’s Young Artists...
This week we introduce two, four-part masterclasses for violin! If you know an intermediate or advanced violin player, send them...
Have you always wanted to learn to read music? Are you tone deaf (or maybe your friends say you are…)?! Your...
The Atlanta Music Project’s virtual programming continues this week with AMPmasterclasses for brass, viola, flute and voice. This week’s AMPtalks panel...
As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives. The Atlanta Music Project...
The young musicians of the Atlanta Music Project have been busy giving back to their community! On February 1st,...
Media Inquiries: Dantes Rameau Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 203-887-5108 | dantes@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Atlanta, GA) (January...
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Apply now to get an audition time! The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce open auditions for the...
The Atlanta Music Project is about to launch its celebratory tenth season! We are now based at our new headquarters space,...
A few weeks ago CNN’s HLN was in the AMP house! “Weekend Express” anchor Susan Hendricks and producer Tamisha Harris toured the new...
Click the video below and relive a historic moment in the development of the Atlanta Music Project: the grand...
The Atlanta Music Project has helped young musicians for nearly a decade. Now, they'll do it from a new...
Media Inquiries: Dantes Rameau Co-Founder & Executive Director | 203-887-5108 | dantes@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT OPENS...
Dantes Rameau, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Atlanta Music Project, is one of seven arts managers selected for...
AMP Signs Lease on Future Headquarters Space AMP’s “The Next Movement” Capital Campaign 80% Complete The Atlanta Music Project...
Join us on Saturday February 9 at 12:30pm at Sylvan Hills Middle School for the 7th Annual Atlanta Music...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce that our co-founder & executive director Dantes Rameau was recently awarded...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce that it has been awarded, for the fourth year in a row,...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce open auditions for the AMP Youth Choirs & Orchestras sponsored by...
WSB-TV New Anchor Fred Blakenship Features AMP on Georgia Game Changers On Wednesday November 28, the Atlanta Music Project...
Atlanta Music Project Visits the CBS46 Atlanta Studios Recently CBS46 news anchor Alicia Roberts invited AMP executive director Dantes...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce its 2018 Holiday Concert season. Our performances are numerous, varied and...
Media Inquiries: Dantes Rameau Co-Founder & Executive Director | 203-887-5108 | dantes@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRICKET WIRELESS TO CONTRIBUTE...
Today, NPR released the live recording of Atlanta rapper T.I.’s Tiny Desk concert. The recording features T.I. performing his...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce the launch of the Atlanta Music Project Youth Choirs, sponsored by...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce the launch of the Atlanta Music Project Youth Orchestras for the...
In a matter of days after receiving a call from Cricket Wireless about collaborating with some of their...
Media Inquiries: Stephanie Shapiro, MBA, MSW, CFRE Director of Development | 678-520-5325| stephanie@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRITISH SOPRANO ALISON...
2017 Annual Report & Audited Financial Statements The Atlanta Music Project is committed to transparency and sound fiscal management....
My Mexico City Experience By Alivia Carter Sixth year double bassist at the Atlanta Music Project On February 28th...
The Atlanta Music Project mourns the loss of Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema, Venezuela’s internationally renowned...
Greetings! I am Nyasjah Brooks from the Atlanta Music Project. I have been participating in the music program for...
THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT ANNOUNCES FULL-TIME JOB OPENING FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Full-Time, Entry Level NOTE TO APPLICANTS: Please follow...
Clayton State University Orchestra & Atlanta Music Project Symphony Orchestra Joint Concert ...
Upon returning to Atlanta, violinist Donovan Fuller, an 8-year veteran of AMP, and AMP executive director Dantes Rameau stopped by...
Mercedes-Benz USA has made Atlanta their North America headquarters. AMP is grateful to be featured in Mercedes-Benz’s “Greatness Lives...
For the past few days seven young musicians of the Atlanta Music Project have been in Mexico City participating in a...
Media Inquiries: Stephanie Shapiro, MBA, MSW, CFRE Director of Development | 678-520-5325 | stephanie@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MUSIC...
All the details and application information for the 2018 Atlanta Music Project Summer Series can be fond on our...
Ready to celebrate music, culture, and community? Music has the power to make us smile as well as bring...
The Atlanta Music Project would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the James J. Griffin Family Foundation for...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce that it has been awarded, for the third year in a...
The Atlanta Music Project is off to an amazing start in the 8th year of programming. The most recent...
Media Inquiries: Durand Bailey | Marketing Manager | Atlanta Music Project 404-668-1611 | durand@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT TO PERFORM...
JOIN THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT TEAM!! The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce job openings for the below...
Atlanta Intown Magazine features the Atlanta Music Project. Read the whole article here. Reaching musically inclined, underserved youth is...
L to R: Donovan Fuller, Lailah Carter, Nyasjah Brooks, Danielle Liburd. Photo by Zachary Toth. The Atlanta Music Project...
Last fall the Atlanta Music Project was fortunate to be awarded Bank of America’s prestigious 2016 Neighborhood Builders Award,...
Media Inquiries: Durand Bailey | Marketing Manager | 404-668-1611 | durand@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT LAUNCHES EIGHTH...
Media Inquiries: Durand Bailey Marketing Manager Atlanta Music Project 404-668-1611 durand@atlantamusicproject.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT RECEIVES...
THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT ANNOUNCES FULL-TIME JOB OPENING FOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Full-Time, Starting September 2017 NOTE TO APPLICANTS:...
May 24, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Durand Bailey durand@atlantamusicproject.org Cell (404) 668-1611 GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING HARLEM QUARTET TO...
Practice that swing…and support Music for Social Change! Join supporters of the Atlanta Music Project on the golfing green for...
AMPlify Choirs present the fifth annual AMPlify Black History Month Concert on Saturday, February 25 at 12 p.m. The...
Atlanta Music Project has partnered with Kendra Scott jewelry to offer AMP supporters a beautiful incentive to give this...
Do you celebrate #GeorgiaGivesDay yet? This state-wide online day of giving celebrates organizations in Georgia doing good work and...
Reporters May Contact Matthew Daily, Bank of America, 404.607.2844 Matthew.Daily@bankofamerica.com Support comes as part of Bank of America’s Neighborhood...
Atlanta, Ga. – The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced last week that it will award the Atlanta Music...
The Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association hosts the Third Annual Brews for Tunes, a beer tasting event...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce that it has been awarded, for the second year in a...
Program To Expand To Five Musical Instruction Sites, Reaching 250 students In Underserved Atlanta Neighborhoods ATLANTA – The Atlanta...
Georgia-based flooring company Patcraft LLC debuted a video featuring the Atlanta Music Project as part of its Transforming Performance...
SIX ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT STUDENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL TAKE A STAND FESTIVAL IN ASPEN, COLORADO Selected Students Performed...
The Atlanta Music Project was one of seven instrumental music education programs from across the United States selected as...
GRAMMY NOMINATED PIANIST TERRENCE WILSON TO OPEN THE INAUGURAL ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SUMMER SERIES CONCERTS AMP Summer Series...
BLACK EYED PEAS’ TABOO PERFORMS AT W ATLANTA – MIDTOWN Partnered with American Cancer Association and Atlanta Music Project...
Atlanta Music Project Executive Director Dantes Rameau was interviewed in Mailchimp’s 2016 Investor Report “Better, Weirder, More Human.” The...
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT NAMED A NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM (NAHYP) AWARD FINALIST Atlanta Music Project One of...
The Atlanta Music Project Needs YOUR Help to Launch the AMP Summer Series! Watch the video below and give...
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF INAUGURAL SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL Program To Offer Free Summer Music Instruction...
Oboe & Friends Benefit Concert Sunday, April 17, 5 p.m. First Congregational Church, UCC 105 Courtland St. NE Atlanta,...
There’s a new member of the AMP Team – and we love it! It is no secret that the...
The AMP Van needs a name! You’ve seen the AMP Van driving around Atlanta, shuttling our young artists to...
Internationally-acclaimed drummer Lil John Roberts presents a lecture and performance, followed by a musical collaboration with the AMPlify Choir....
Two Atlanta Music Project students will participate in the Georgia Music Educator’s Association All-State Orchestra in March 2016 after...
The co-directors of the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) have been honored with the 2015 Spelman College Local Community Service...
The AMPlify Choir made its Atlanta BeltLine debut, performing at the Art on the Atlanta BeltLine concert series on...
The Atlanta Music Project in partnership with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra present a free community screening of the documentary...
Internationally-hailed violist and Atlanta native Jennifer Stumm performs works with Pianist Roman Rabinovich at Spivey Hall at Clayton State...
The Atlanta Music Project is now accepting guitar and snare drum donations for its new AMPlify Flagship Site...
Atlanta Music Project and YEAH! Burger Virginia-Highland restaurant team up to support Music For Social Change as a part...
Well, not sure what to say about this particular moment in the history of my life and the Atlanta...
Atlanta Music Project Executive Director Dantes Rameau Surprised by Rapper Common on New Unscripted FOX Television Event Series Atlanta, July...
The AMPlify@IvyPrep Choirs had some amazing performance opportunities this year; they opened an Atlanta Film Festival premiere, performed on...
As many of you know, the 2014-2015 school year was AMP’s fifth year of programming. For this special milestone...
Ira Glass speaks on the process of creating something beautiful. There are stages where things are not as lovely...
By Guest Columnists DANTES RAMEAU, co-founder and executive director of the Atlanta Music Project; and AISHA BOWDEN, co-founder and...
AMPlify, the choral music program of the Atlanta Music Project, to serve 85 Kindezi students. ATLANTA, JUNE 18, 2015 – The...
By Dantes Rameau and Aisha Bowden, Co-Directors of the Atlanta Music Project AMP Note: edited versions of the below essay...
The AMPlify at Ivy Preparatory Academy Choir was featured as guests artists of the 10th Annual Urban Sources of...
The Atlanta Music Project and Clayton State University Announce Music Scholarships for Underserved Students Clayton State University and The...
For the second time in five years I was honored to be interviewed by Lois Reitzes, the host of...
Make a difference in your community…volunteer with AMP! Have you been looking for opportunities to give back to your...
Joseph Young, Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Music Director, will guest...
Announcing the Atlanta Music Project 2015 Spring Concert Season We’re finishing up AMP’s celebratory Year 5 with some amazing...
The AMPlify Choir performs live at the Rialto Center for the Arts to kick off the world premiere of “IMBA MEANS SING”...
Thank you to all those who purchased tickets to the Atlanta Music Project Year 5 Raffle! And the lucky...
In honor of their late son Nick Wadley, Steve and Jill Wadley launched the Annual Nicholas Evan Wadley Charity...
Meet Gabrielle. As you may surmise from this photo, she is a bundle of joy. This photo captures a...
AMP 2014-2015 Concert Season Announced! Join us as we celebrate a fifth year of musical excellence at AMP. This year, in...
Here is the extended cut of the first commercial of the 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff game on ESPN, featuring the...
The Atlanta Music Project celebrates Year Five and you’re invited! Thanks to you, we are celebrating five years of using music to...
Dantes Rameau isn’t your typical entrepreneur out looking to change the business world. The Carnegie Hall performing bassoonist-turned-social activist...
Here it is! The first commercial of the 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff game on ESPN, featuring the Atlanta Music Project....
In a most fitting way to “Kick-off” its Fifth Season, the Atlanta Music Project will be featured on national...
Great stuff from the folks at TED.com. Here is a link to the original post of this video from...
Last night the Atlanta Music Project was awarded the Harlem Fine Arts Show Arts and Education Award. The event...
The Atlanta Music Project was recently featuring on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s On The Story with Bill Nigut. Click on...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features the students of the Atlanta Music Project, in this article by features reporter Elizabeth Montgomery....
The Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association will be hosting “Brews for Tunes,” a beer tasting event...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dantes Rameau 203-887-5108 dantes@atlantamusicproject.org The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan to host Atlanta Music Project...
AMPlify‘s 2014 Spring Concert will go down as a magnificent first in the annals of Atlanta Music Project history. On...
Dear AMP & AMPlify Supporters: Please note that due to the recent winter storm, AMPlify’s Black History Month Concert...
The journey to musical excellence continues! Thanks to your ongoing support, our young artists are hard at work everyday after school...
The 50 Young Artists of the Atlanta Music Project Gilbert House-South Bend Orchestra performed a splendid holiday concert last...
Last week the Young Artists of AMPlify, the choral program of the Atlanta Music Project, put on a charming...
To celebrate the life of their late son Nick Wadley, Steve and Jill Wadley recently launched the 1st Annual...
Our very own co-founder and executive director, Dantes Rameau, has been named to Ebony Magazine’s 2013 Power 100, a...
Each year, several AMP supporters ask us if they can sponsor the music lessons that our students take from...
We are thrilled to announce that violinist Lindsey Stirling has launched a 60-day fundraiser benefitting the Atlanta Music Project....
Last Tuesday September 24 we had a fantastic morning at Chick-Fil-A headquarters. The Chick-Fil-A Foundation held the first meeting of...
The Atlanta Music Project started the year off by shaking things up a bit – that is, by performing...
Atlanta Music Project Job Announcements Below are the latest opportunities with the Atlanta Music Project 2013-2014 Atlanta Music Project...
THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT ANNOUNCES TWO OPENINGS FOR 2013-2014 AMP INTERNSHIP Stipend Provided, Starting August 2013 Statement of Job: In...
For the second summer in a row, the Atlanta Music Project is offering free string lessons at the Coan...
The Atlanta Music Project Gilbert House-South Bend Orchestra ended its 2012-2013 season in style, with their spring concert taking...
The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to hold programming at the following locations, dates and times. To register your...
This week our 2013 Spring Concert season comes to a close with our Gilbert House-South Bend Orchestra! The performance...
On Friday May 10, students of the Atlanta Music Project Academy performed their second recital of the year. There...
From April 8 to April 18, the string students of the Atlanta Music Project Academy got a chance to...
The Atlanta Music Project is proud to announce its 2013 Spring Concert Season. The five concert season features students...
Congratulations AMPlify! After a great introduction to vocal techniques, choral singing, and ensemble basics, AMPlify students conquered the stage...
The Atlanta Music Project proudly announces the 2013 AMP Academy Masterclasses, featuring prominent guests artists from around the country....
Congratulations to the students for the AMP Academy! On February 22, 2013 they took their first steps on to stage...
GUEST BLOGGER: Jessica Sherer, Lead & Flute Teaching Artist, Atlanta Music Project A couple of months ago, I was...
Welcome to AMPlify! This week was exhilarating! We began class on Tuesday with over 60 brilliant scholars of Ivy...
Intensive, after-school choir program will serve 50 children and put on public concerts The Atlanta Music Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
Happy New Year’s Eve! 2012 was an amazing for AMP and our students. Here are our Top Ten Moments...
The room at Coan Middle School seems to expand and shiver with the booming sound, as Asia Latimore moves...
A short time ago the marvelous supporters of the Atlanta Music Project were offered the opportunity to come together...
Just south of downtown Atlanta lies the neighborhood known as Mechanicsville. Established as a mostly working-class neighborhood in the...
Fox 5 Atlanta features AMPlify Fundraiser. With tight local school budgets, music education programs keep getting cut. But one...
This fall, AMP will expand to launch AMPlify, the all-choral program of the Atlanta Music Project! AMPlify will give 50 elementary...
Do you remember where we were two years ago? I certainly do. We didn’t have a site, or students...
On June 13, 2012, Atlanta Music Project students took a break from their orchestral instruments for a different kind...
His Atlanta Music Project features intense education for at-risk kids Dantes Rameau is co-founder and executive director of the...
Stanford Thompson is on a mission. He has dedicated himself to making it normal for a parent to say,...
The Atlanta Music Project, a non-profit that provides intense music education for at-risk children, has received a grant of...
THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT AWARDED $122,000 GRANT FROM THE JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION Prestigious Grant is the Largest Ever...
Finally, concert week is upon us! Here at the Atlanta Music Project, the ten-plus hours a week our students...
You never know who’s gonna stop by the Atlanta Music Project! This past week we had a world-renonwed cellist...
Maestro Abreu Receives Gifts From AMP A big moment for AMP! On January 30, 2012 Atlanta Music Project Choral...
2011 has been a great year for the Atlanta Music Project! From student performances and media attention, to Teaching...
Get your business out into the community! Contact the Atlanta Music Project today to sponsor an Atlanta Music Project...
Entrepreneur Al Meyers was attending a TED conference in Palm Springs in 2009 when a presentation by TED Prize...
TEDxPeachtree has been a strong supporter of the Atlanta Music Project since before we even existed. At TEDxPeachtree 2009,...
A newsletter for the U.S. El Sistema Movement. Download your copy of the newsletter here!
AMP Launches Second Program Site We’re thrilled to announce that this past Monday October 3, we launched our second...
This October, the Zeist Foundation ushers the ‘Music for Social Change’ after-school youth orchestra program into Atlanta’s Edgewood neighborhood...
WSB-TV covers AMP Summer Concert and Music Instrument Donation Drive.
What does the Venezuelan Orchestra have in common with a local Atlantan? Dantes Rameau started off as a talented...
AMP has announced some job opportunities for some talented people to join to their music team. Apply
Canadian-raised Dantes Rameau is a 28-year-old classically trained bassoonist who serves as the co-founder and director of the nonprofit...
July 18 2011 – August 6 2011 Starting Monday, July 18th the Atlanta Music Project will host its first-ever...
The AMP Teaching Artists performed their second, free community concert today, at the Stewart-Lakewood Library in Southwest Atlanta. The...
This recent announcement marks the second time The Coca-Cola Foundation has supported The Atlanta Music Project with funds to...
AMP AT ALTITUDE: A Video Summary CLICK HERE to watch a 4-minute video summary of AMP AT ALTITUDE, the...
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Recently inducted Abreu Fellow, Aisha Bowden, picks the Atlanta Music Project as her El Sistema inspired post-grad assignment aiding...
The recent accolade affiliates Dantes Rameau with the oldest sustained community leadership program in the nation Dantes Rameau, a...
Premier Logic sponsored the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) at the ATP CIO POST CREDIT: View Youtube Video on the...
Last night our students closed out the first school-year of the Atlanta Music Project with an amazing performance at...
Atlanta Metro Low-Income Youth to Reap the Benefits Investing early in youth in underserved communities is a practice of...
Tuesday night, May 3rd will be one to remember for the students, parents, teaching artists, and audience members in...
Recently Launched Music-for-Social-Change Organization, The Atlanta Music Project, is anticipated to become an important part of the social and...
TONIGHT AT 7:00PM: RINGING FOR A REASON: A Benefit Concert for the Atlanta Music Project by the Handbell Choirs...
The Atlanta Music Project in partnership with The City Of Atlanta Office Of Cultural Affairs proudly invites you to: AMP...
The Abreu Fellows Program at New England Conservatory is delighted to announce its third class of 10 post-graduate musicians...
AMP Students Amaze in Debut! On February 10, 2011, at the Museum Bar, the students of the Atlanta Music...
The Atlanta Music Project cordially invites you to a “Winter Performance” Please join us for the first performance of...
2010 was not the most eventful of years for Atlanta’s classical ensembles, which in many ways tracked national trends...
The Azalea City Chapter of The Links, Inc. recently held their second Holiday Artisans Showcase. This year’s Artisan Showcase...
In the schools of Philadelphia and dozens of other cities struggling for basic resources, the realms of big ideas...
At odds over expansion plans, El Sistema USA may leave NEC, Boston. When it launched in 2009, El Sistema...
Imagine a group of 4th-grade students excited to remain after school for classical music instruction. They play instruments, study...
“The System” has been called a miracle and a fairy tale. Atlanta is beginning to learn how true that...
When the first notes of the highly anticipated Roger Waters “The Wall” Tour resound in Phillips Arena at 8:00...
When it comes to money and alumni at the School of Music, it is the school that does the...
The Atlanta Music Project was recently featured on CNN. Dantes Rameau was interviewed by Ali Velshi and discusses what...
Dantes Rameau had some convincing to do when he approached 10-year-old Donnell Fulton about trying out a new instrument....
Yesterday our Executive Director, Dantes Rameau, has been awarded $25,000 from AOL’s 25 For 25 Grant Program. The program...
The Atlanta Music Project announces its launch in a press release today. Our El Sistema program site is located...
Atlanta’s own Manga African Dance, Inc. is leading AMP students in a workshop of African Drum and Dance, which...
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On June 28, 2010 the Atlanta Music Project announced an online fundraiser on the popular Kickstarter.com. The goal was...
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