This past year Carnegie Hallʼs Weill Music Institute invited YPP to join the pilot year of its Musical Connections Program. Through Musical Connections, we’ve had the opportunity of leading music composition and production workshops with patients at Beth Abraham Hospital’s Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF), and with young inmates on Rikers Island in collaboration with the Charlie Porter Quartet. This winter YPP joined forces with vocalist Jo Lawry and percussionist James Shipp in two successful and emotionally charged projects at Horizons and Crossroads Juvenile Detention Centers in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Featured Tracks:
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“Crossroads Podcast” featuring interviews and music produced by residents at Crossroads.
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1: “Sky Super Fly” featuring Charlie Porter and Joseph Lepore
2: “On The Corner” featuring Jo Lawry and James Shipp
3: “Untold Story” featuring Charlie Porter
