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How does teaching orchestral music to children from troubled neighborhoods advance social change?



In this edition of Making Change, Hildy Gottlieb, the host, talks with Margaret Martin, founder of Harmony Project, a Los Angeles organization that teaches children the study, practice and performance of music.



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In an article by the Wall Street Journal "Why Dictators Hate to See Us Moved by Music", Eric Felten writes a insightful opinion editorial which explains a trend throughout history and the present where dictators try to stamp out music in the pursuit of total control.



Felten goes on to explain a new study about the power of music or "the manipulative arts" which explains to the extent that… Continue

Too often the successes of philanthropic organizations are illustrated only in numbers of recipients and dollars spent. In an effort to truly illustrate the impact that music education is having on our children's lives, we must take a moment and listen to each individual's transformative story. Additionally, because individual success stories appeal to the heart more than numbers, it is possible that in harvesting these stories, serious funders will have a greater propensity to invest in our… Continue

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Follow the link below to learn more about the great photographer Herman Leonard, whose images of jazz musicians at work deserve the overused term “iconic.”



At recording sessions, nightclub gigs, on stage, backstage, between cuts, or in the heat of the moment, Leonard captured the spirit, joy, and intensity of the music and its whole culture more evocatively and empathically than anyone else.



His classic work comes from the late 1940s and ‘50s, featuring the likes of… Continue