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Nicholas Trahan/GeNreal: Using Music to Connect with Rural Youth

“Just doing what I had wished another person had done for me when I was that age.” That’s what fuels New England hip hop and rap artist “GeNreal,” otherwise known as Nicholas Trahan, to make an impact on rural youth. For him, success has always been about mindset. And if…

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Accelerating Change House Concert: Oct. 25, 2020

Empowering Rural Youth Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: EmZ, DJ Sean and GeNreal DATE: Sunday, October 25, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET ARTIST: Em Z ARTIST: DJ Sean ARTIST: GeNreal EMCEE: Liz Stookey Sunde HOSTS: Upper Valley Music Center (Ben Van Vliet) and…

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Emilia Dahlin: Facilitating the Voices of Immigrant Mothers

Photo: Lauryn Hottinger If a picture paints a thousand words, it can also forever change a life. That’s what happened to musician Emilia Dahlin when she saw the starkly haunting images of the arduous journeys faced by immigrants, taken by renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado in his book "Migrations: Humanity in…

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Myles Bullen: Musical Healing Beyond Prison Walls

Creativity, connection and community... That's what encompasses the work of Myles Bullen, a Native American musician, poet and performer from Portland, Maine—and one of Music to Life's Northern New England Accelerator participants. Over the past few years, Bullen has performed in schools, prisons and recovery centers around the world. Just…

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Accelerating Change House Concert: Sept. 13, 2020

The Art of Belonging DATE: Sunday, September 13, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: Emilia Dahlin, Myles Bullen and Noel Paul Stookey ARTIST: Emilia Dahlin ARTIST: Myles Bullen ARTIST: Noel Paul Stookey EMCEE: Liz Stookey Sunde HOSTS: Ruth…

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Accelerating Change House Concert: July 26, 2020

Equity and Empowerment DATE: Sunday, July 26, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: HOST: Dr. Rick Halperin, Director, SMU Human Rights Program EMCEE: Leti Bueno ARTIST: Amanda Pascali ARTIST: Kamica King ARTIST: Gina Chavez Music has always played a…

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Concert Archives: Jaimee Harris and Cheryl Cawood: July 12, 2020

"Recovery and Resilience" Learn more about: Jaimee Harris & Cheryl Cawood DATE: Sunday, July 12, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET ARTIST: Jaimee Harris ARTIST: Cheryl Cawood HOST: Brian Kalinec EMCEE: Leti Bueno Music has always played a vital role in the social change movements of our…

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Concert Archives: Sasha Klare-Ayvazian & Steven Hernandez, June 28,2020

Learn More about Sasha Klare-Ayvazian & Steven Hernandez ARTIST: Steven Hernandez ARTIST: Sasha Klare-Ayvazian HOST: Anmol Mehra EMCEE: Leti Bueno Music has always played a vital role in the social change movements of our time. Now more than ever we need it! Become part of the musical response team by attending…

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Accelerator Artists Respond to COVID-19

In this update, we hear from Music to Life's social change artists in Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston) and Northern New England (Bethlehem, NH). They share their experiences, what they're learning and how Music to Life is helping.

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Launched: Texas Accelerator

Photo: Amanda Pascali, Houston Music to Life launched its Texas Accelerator in January 2020 (with artists in Austin, Dallas and Houston) in collaboration with the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA); here's a short introductory video. We welcome six Texas-based activist artists to our national family of social change musicians: Cheryl Cawood…

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