Music to Life maintains a dynamic hub for learning, exchange and best practices in music and social justice. We offer educational support for musician changemakers, facilitate relationships between diverse artists at various stages of their career, and the first-ever awards show for artists who harness the economic, social and spiritual value of music’s capacity to heal and revitalize our communities.
Artist Educational Support
- Bi-weekly mentoring sessions for Accelerator grads (office hours with experts in the fields of fundraising, grants development, social media, marketing and budgeting/accounting, self-care as social justice advocates)
- Quarterly (bi-monthly) instructional sessions (open to all artists: fundraising, social change branding, partnership development, integration of self-care as social justice advocates, etc.)
- Peer-to-peer exchange and troubleshooting
- Access to resources (funding, fellowship and performance opportunities) through our Juried Artist Newsletter
Sessions for Justice
- Musical dialogue connecting notable social change musician leaders with like-minded next gen musicians
- Held in-person (when possible) and remotely to allow for exchanges between artists around the globe
- Flexibly organized to accommodate various schedules and levels of exchange and mentorship
- For artists across all genres who seek ways to extend their impact beyond performances and sustain their social change work
Songs Across America: Accelerating Social Change through Music
- Large-scale, annual, televised/broadcast program that fills a void in the awards circuit
- Showcases the best emerging social change musicians in the country, who are building bridges and alliances around core issue areas
- Progressive celebrity presenters
- Music-driven community impact profiles
- Raises funds to empower social change musicians
