MUSICAMBIA INC
MUSICAMBIA INC
MUSICAMBIA INC
Programs
Music Programs in Prisons
MUSICAMBIA BRINGS MUSIC LEARNING AND ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE TO PRISONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH WORKING CLOSELY WITH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS ON PERFORMANCE, MUSIC THEORY, EAR TRAINING AND COMPOSITION, OUR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS BUILD ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES THAT NURTURE THE HUMANITY OF ALL INVOLVED.MUSICAMBIA AT SING SING CURRENTLY SERVES 32 INMATES WHO WERE ADMITTED TO THE PROGRAM BASED ON A RECORD OF GOOD BEHAVIOR. EVERY OTHER WEEKEND BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND JUNE, OUR DEDICATED FACULTY OF WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS OFFER MEN INCARCERATED AT SING SING A DIVERSE SYLLABUS THAT FOCUSES ON INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION, MUSIC THEORY, COMPOSITION AND ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE SKILLS.STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSICAL SKILLS. SOME HAVE SPENT YEARS AS MUSICAMBIA STUDENTS, SOME ARE PICKING UP AN INSTRUMENT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD, AND OTHERS ARE DISCOVERING MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS GOOD CONCERTS ARE A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY, OUR MORE EXPERIENCED STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO MENTOR THEIR LESS EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO STRENGTHEN THE ENSEMBLE AND BUILD TEAMWORK SKILLS. IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR WORKSHOPS, WE ALSO CURRENTLY ORGANIZE SIX RECITALS FEATURING MUSICAMBIA STUDENTS PERFORMING WORKS BY INMATE COMPOSERS EACH YEAR, WITH AUDIENCES AS LARGE AS 300 PEOPLE, INCLUDING INMATES & CORRECTIONS OFFICERS.IN ADDITION TO OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.THIS SEASON OUR PROGRAM REACHED OVER 5,000 INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN LOCATED AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN OSSINING, NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ALLENDALE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN FAIRFAX, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR WOMEN IN BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK, SAN QUENTIN IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND LANSING CORRECTIONAL IN KANSAS.THE MUSICAL WORK WE DO IN PRISONS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BUT IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. A JOURNEY WITH MUSIC IS LIFELONG AND WE ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO HELP OUR ALUMNI EXPAND THIS JOURNEY AFTER THEIR REENTRY INTO SOCIETY. ONE OF THE WAYS WE DEVELOPED THIS IDEA WAS THROUGH OUR FIRST EVER ANNUAL HOLIDAY ALUMNI CONCERT WHICH TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2017 IN THE RESNICK EDUCATION WING OF CARNEGIE HALL. THIS CONCERT NOT ONLY FEATURED THE STAFF AND ALUMNI OF OUR SING SING PROGRAM BUT WAS FULLY PRODUCED BY JASON NARADZAY, A VIOLINIST AND ALUMNI OF THAT VERY PROGRAM. THIS CONCERT NOW HAPPENS EVERY DECEMBER. WE ALSO OFFER SEVERAL PAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALUMNI TO PERFORM AT PUBLIC CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$137.5KProgram 1 [2024]
OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN 2014, MEETS EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. THIRTY-TWO INCARCERATED PARTICIPANTS CURRENTLY ATTEND MORNING AND AFTERNOON CLASSES FOR 5 HOURS, AND IN DOING SO, FOSTER TEAMWORK, EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEMSELVES AS WELL AS TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. WE ALSO OPERATE THE JEPTHA PROGRAM (MENTAL HEALTH UNIT) AND SUMMER SONGWRITING WORKSHOP AT SING SING. IN ADDITION, WE OPERATE A WEEKLY MUSIC PROGRAM AT BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, IN BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK; AS WELL AS SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS AT LANSING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, IN LANSING, KANSAS; AND SAN QUENTIN REHABILITATION CENTER, IN SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA. WE ANNUALLY REACH 125 INCARCERATED PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS AUDIENCES OF SOME 220 INCARCERATED PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR CONCERTS.OUR ALUMNI PROGRAM OFFERS SEVERAL PAID MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALUMNI IN NEW YORK CITY PER YEAR.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$169.8KProgram 1 [2025]
MUSICAMBIA IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHICH BRINGS PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS INSIDE PRISONS TO HELP INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WRITE, PLAY, AND PERFORM MUSIC. OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN 2014, MEETS EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. 30 INCARCERATED MUSICIANS ATTEND MORNING AND AFTERNOON CLASSES FOR OVER 4 HOURS, AND IN DOING SO, FOSTER TEAMWORK, EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEMSELVES AS WELL AS TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS.TODAY, WE ALSO OPERATE THE JEPTHA PROGRAM (MENTAL HEALTH UNIT) AND SUMMER SONGWRITING WORKSHOP AT SING SING. IN ADDITION, WE NOW HAVE PROGRAMS AT BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND IN KANSAS AND CALIFORNIA. WE ANNUALLY REACH 125 INCARCERATED PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS AUDIENCES OF SOME 220 INCARCERATED PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR CONCERTS. SINCE 2014, MUSICAMBIA HAS CREATED PROGRAMS IN 10 DIFFERENT FACILITIES.MUSICAMBIA'S TEACHING ARTISTS ARE AMONG THE FINEST MUSICIANS AND TEACHERS IN THE NATION. THEY HOLD POSITIONS IN THE GRAMMY-WINNING ATTACCA QUARTET AND IMANI WINDS. THEY TEACH AT JUILLIARD, CURTIS, PRINCETON, AND PEABODY. THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH PULITZER-PRIZE WINNERS AND POP STARS LIKE PRINCE, AND PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL. THEIR MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS SPAN WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, MUSICAL THEATER, HIP-HOP, AND POP, AS WELL AS INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. ONE TEACHING ARTIST, KENYATTA EMMANUEL, IS ALSO AN ALUMNUS. HE PERFORMED A FULL CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL THE DAY HE WAS RELEASED.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$264.7K
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