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# ISNGen. Independent Sector National Conference Sarah Johnson, Director, Weill Music Institute Carnegie Hall September 29, 2013. Musical Connections ACS Choral Project at Horizon Juvenile Center. How can we make the work better?. Inquiry Assessment/Measurement Aspiration Collaboration.
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Independent Sector National Conference • Sarah Johnson, Director, Weill Music Institute • Carnegie Hall • September 29, 2013 Musical Connections ACS Choral Project at Horizon Juvenile Center
Inquiry • Assessment/Measurement • Aspiration • Collaboration Too Hot to Handel at Harlem Stage
Inquiry • The importance of great questions • Courage and curiosity Musical Connections: Horizon Songwriting Project
Inquiry • What’s best for music? • How can we serve people through music?
What do I believe and why? What does that means for my place in my community? Bernstein Mass Choral Workshop
Inquiry • What is a significant challenge I’m currently facing in my organization? • What other questions does that question raise?
Inquiry • Balancing vision and a culture of inquiry Musical Connections: ACS Choral Project
The People We Serve • Students and Teachers • Young Musicians • Audiences in New York City • People in Need • in New York City, around the country, and across the globe Link Up in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Musical Connections • High-quality performances, creative projects, and residencies in institutional settings • Partnerships with government agencies, venues, and service providers • Professional development for roster artists • Documentation and evaluation • Tools to share with the field Musical Connections at Jacobi Medical Center
How can artists serve those in acute need? • How might the arts contribute to solving serious social problems? Musical Connections at Queensboro Correctional Facility
Responsive Programming • Seek different perspectives on a community’s needs • Program in response to those needs
HIV/AIDS Songwriting Project Jacobi Medial Center Bronx, NY
HIV/AIDS Songwriting Project • Needs addressed: • Teen’s need for community and self expression • Hospital’s need to promote well-being • Society’s need to address the HIV/AIDS crisis
Assessment/Measurement 360°Impact • Participants • Staff • System • Facility • Artists
Aspiration • El Anatsui
Aspiration WMI: Professional Training Workshop with Leon Fleisher
Aspiration • Church, Passing Storm, NM, 1990 – Michael Johnson Photography
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America CBS This Morning July 20, 2013
How might one of these capacities advance a project or idea within your organization? • Inquiry • Assessment/Measurement • Aspiration • Collaboration
Jacobi Hospital: Evolution of songwriting from Adolescent HIV Project to…
The Lullaby Project • Designed to help pregnant teens develop an emotional attachment to their infants • The mothers and fathers write lullabies with professional musicians, who notate and record them. The parents keep the recording and sheet music as keepsakes and are encouraged to “use” the lullaby. The Lullaby Project at Jacobi Medical Center
The Lullaby Project Rock My Baby
The Lullaby Project Hey Baby Boy
The Lullaby Project Components • Creative sessions • Professional recording • CD launch party/sharing • Extensions to support “using” the lullaby The Lullaby Project at Jacobi Medical Center
The Lullaby Project Lullaby Possibilities? The Lullaby Project at Jacobi Medical Center
The Lullaby Project 2013-2014 • 4 pilot national partners • Columbia Presbyterian Hospital research study • Carnegie Hall Concert featuring lullabies with major artist Musical Connections - Lullaby Project Creative Session at Siena House
Q&A Musical Connections: Songwriting Workshop at Harlem NeON
Dream Big, Never Give Up The Lullaby Project at Jacobi Medical Center Students arrive for Link Up concerts.