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Vote to name the Atlanta Music Project Van!
The AMP Van needs a name! You’ve seen the AMP Van driving around Atlanta, shuttling our young artists to and from rehearsals and concerts. Now we’ve narrowed the list of your name submissions to five […]
Guest Musician Lil John Roberts featured in AMPlify Lecture & Performance Series
Internationally-acclaimed drummer Lil John Roberts presents a lecture and performance, followed by a musical collaboration with the AMPlify Choir. This exclusive opportunity for the AMPlify students to perform alongside a world-class musician is the first […]
Two AMP Students Become First to Go to GMEA ALL-State Orchestra
Two Atlanta Music Project students will participate in the Georgia Music Educator’s Association All-State Orchestra in March 2016 after successfully passing two rounds of auditions and winning second chair in different orchestras. Bassists Joshua Sheperd and […]
AMP Co-Directors win Spelman College Award
The co-directors of the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) have been honored with the 2015 Spelman College Local Community Service Award. The honorees, Dantes Rameau, Co-founder and Executive Director of AMP, and Aisha Bowden, Co-founder and […]
VIDEO: AMPlify Choir performs at Art on the Atlanta BeltLine
The AMPlify Choir made its Atlanta BeltLine debut, performing at the Art on the Atlanta BeltLine concert series on October 11, 2015 at the Historic Old Fourth Ward Park Amphitheater. Watch the full concert below. […]
AMP Performs for Free Community Screening of “Crescendo: The Power of Music”
The Atlanta Music Project in partnership with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra present a free community screening of the documentary “Crescendo: The Power of Music” on Sunday, November 8. The screening will be followed by a […]
Hometown Hero Returns to Atlanta To Support AMP Scholarships
Internationally-hailed violist and Atlanta native Jennifer Stumm performs works with Pianist Roman Rabinovich at Spivey Hall at Clayton State University on Tuesday, September 1 at 8 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Music Project Endowed Scholarships at Clayton […]
AMP Accepting Guitar & Snare Drum Donations
The Atlanta Music Project is now accepting guitar and snare drum donations for its new AMPlify Flagship Site until September 8, 2015. Donate your gently used guitars (all sizes), snare drums, snare drum stands, and […]
YEAH! Burger hosts fundraiser for AMP Tuesday, Aug. 11
Atlanta Music Project and YEAH! Burger Virginia-Highland restaurant team up to support Music For Social Change as a part of YEAH! Burger’s FEEL GOOD TUESDAYS program. On Tuesday, August 11, from 6 to 10 p.m., […]
When Opportunity Comes Knocking…
A chance for the Atlanta Music Project to be recognized in the national spotlight! A special gift that would literally change the way we do business forever! An opportunity for our young artists to perform […]
Knock Knock Live Visits AMP
Well, not sure what to say about this particular moment in the history of my life and the Atlanta Music Project! This is the kind of stuff that’s so amazing, you can’t even dream about […]
Atlanta Music Project Featured on Season Premiere of “Knock Knock Live”
Atlanta Music Project Executive Director Dantes Rameau Surprised by Rapper Common on New Unscripted FOX Television Event Series Atlanta, July 21, 2015 – Knock knock…it’s Common at the door! Atlanta resident and Executive Director of the […]
AMPlify Choirs 2014-2015 Year-in-Review Video
The AMPlify@IvyPrep Choirs had some amazing performance opportunities this year; they opened an Atlanta Film Festival premiere, performed on the stage of Spivey Hall, and sang alongside the venerated musicians of the Morehouse College and […]
Bringing Communities Together Through Music
As many of you know, the 2014-2015 school year was AMP’s fifth year of programming. For this special milestone we wanted to create something special for our students who spend so many hours patiently honing […]
Watching the beauty unfold (VIDEO)
Ira Glass speaks on the process of creating something beautiful. There are stages where things are not as lovely as you thought they would be, and the product you see doesn’t quite match your initial […]