MAKING UNIVERSAL SOUNDS FOR AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY (MUSIC)
MUSIC is a comprehensive music program that aims to admit individuals aged 10 + who have expressed a passion for recording music to help guide them on a positive path through music. Its goal is to help fractured communities by allowing youth to feel comfortable to express themselves through music, while gaining valuable skills, within a like-minded community and program.
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It’s easier to imagine greatness when our teachers and role-models look like us. Those aspiring to be a part of MUSIC must submit a verse to be reviewed by the Program Manager. Once admitted into MUSIC, participants must maintain a five day attendance record for school and/or work and maintain a positive attitude within and around the program and its facilities.
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Our mission is to help inspire, educate, and provide youth in marginalized communities opportunities to express themselves through music and this will be accomplished by teaching enrolled participants how to:
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Professionally write, produce, mix and master music with a focus on the rap and hip hop genre
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Choose specific topics to speak on when composing lyrics while using literary devices
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Bring awareness to the communities they grew up in and give a better understanding to outside communities on what's happening
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Combine what they've seen outside the program with what they’ll learn in the program
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Express themselves through music in a positive artistic creative manner
Shaquille Thompson
Program Manager