Brooklyn Youth Chorus' Silent Voices
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Holding Gentrification: Toshi Reagon on What it Means to Build and Unbuild Brooklyn
Singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon's "Brooklyn Bound" offers a honest and poetic musical look at gentrification in Crown Heights. Watch the second of our "Silent Voices" documentaries. Aug 23, 2017
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My Body as Me: Kamala Sankaram Shows Us How to Keep the Look Loose
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus recently created space for conversation about social justice through commissioning ten new works. We dive into one: Kamala Sankaram's "Keeping the Look Loose." Aug 2, 2017
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Listen: Brooklyn Youth Chorus Singers on Life and Empowered Music-Making
We spoke with singers in the Brooklyn Youth Chorus before the release of the debut album, "Black Mountain Songs," about the journeys within the choir and what music-making means to them. Apr 24, 2017
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Listen: Next Look at 'Silent Voices' With Brooklyn Youth Chorus and ICE
In January, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus offered an early listen to their "Silent Voices" project, which gives voice to those who have been silenced by social and political circumstances. Mar 29, 2017
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Listen: Early Look at 'Silent Voices' With Brooklyn Youth Chorus at National Sawdust
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus "Silent Voices" project gives voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized. Listen to the first workshop in a year-long series of performances. Dec 1, 2016
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Watch: Brooklyn Youth Chorus Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season
Watch a live video-stream of the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus celebrating the launch of its 25th anniversary season with music by Jeff Beal, Nico Muhly and Caroline Shaw. Oct 27, 2016
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How to Get Kids to Fall (and Stay) in Love with Music
As school swings back into session, so does music lessons for a number of students. We spoke to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus' Dianne Berkun Menaker about getting kids to love music. Sep 12, 2016
