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AMPlify Brings on Charm at 2013 Holiday Concert
Last week the Young Artists of AMPlify, the choral program of the Atlanta Music Project, put on a charming show at their 2013 Holiday Concert sponsored by MailChimp. The vocalists’ hard work and sacrifice was on […]
AMP Strings play Tchaikovsky!
From AMP’s recent holiday concert, the AMP Gilbert House String Orchestra performs an arrangement of the Finale from Tchaikvosky’s String Serenade, conducted by yours truly. Click here to support one of these fabulous young artists through our 2013-2014 […]
AMPlify sings Kwanzaa!
From AMPlify’s 2013 Holiday Concert, the R. Nathaniel Dett Concert Choir, sings Kwanzaa by Yvette Holt conducted by yours truly. Click here to support one of these fabulous young artists through our 2013-2014 Sponsor-A-Musician campaign. […]
AMPlify artists lift their voices for social change!
Note: This post submitted by Tislam Swift, Site Assistant for the AMPlify Concert Choir. This past week, I had the pleasure of working alongside Aisha Bowden and Dantes Rameau at the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s […]
Student-Teaching Artist Corner
AMP Student-Teaching Artist Corner Makeda Freer, Trombone Student Age: 12 Joined AMP: 2010 Instrument: viola for two years, now trombone since September 2013 Why the trombone: Unique instrument, easy to hold because I’m tall! Making a sound came easy […]
Golf Tournament Raises $15,000 for AMP
To celebrate the life of their late son Nick Wadley, Steve and Jill Wadley recently launched the 1st Annual Nicholas Evan Wadley Charity Golf Invitational. The tournament was held on October 26, 2013 at Bear’s […]
AMP’s Dantes Rameau named Ebony Magazine Power 100
Our very own co-founder and executive director, Dantes Rameau, has been named to Ebony Magazine’s 2013 Power 100, a list of year’s most influential African-Amercians! Joining prestigious names on the list such as President Barack […]
AMP Launches Sponsor-A-Musician Campaign
Each year, several AMP supporters ask us if they can sponsor the music lessons that our students take from us. This year, we finally got all the mechanisms in place to do just that! We […]
Violinist Lindsey Stirling Raises Money for AMP!
We are thrilled to announce that violinist Lindsey Stirling has launched a 60-day fundraiser benefitting the Atlanta Music Project. Lindsey performed on America’s Got Talent in 2010 and the rest, as they say, is history. […]
AMP Featured at Chick-Fil-Foundation
Last Tuesday September 24 we had a fantastic morning at Chick-Fil-A headquarters. The Chick-Fil-A Foundation held the first meeting of its Advisory Board and they graciously invited the AMP String Teaching Artists to provide background music […]
The Importance of the Journey
A graduate school colleague once explained to me how she cherished every step of the journey to a concert even more than the concert itself. She enjoyed the process of slowly but steadily learning the […]
AMP Shakes Things Up to Launch Year Four
The Atlanta Music Project started the year off by shaking things up a bit – that is, by performing at the Social Media Today conference called “Social Shake Up“. Twelve of AMP’s rising artists from the […]
AMP 2013-2014 Job Openings
Atlanta Music Project Job Announcements Below are the latest opportunities with the Atlanta Music Project 2013-2014 Atlanta Music Project Internship (Stipend Provided) In alignment with the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) mission, the 2013-2014 AMP Intern […]
AMP Announces Paid Internships
THE ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT ANNOUNCES TWO OPENINGS FOR 2013-2014 AMP INTERNSHIP Stipend Provided, Starting August 2013 Statement of Job: In alignment with the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) mission, the 2013-2014 AMP Intern will assist senior AMP […]
AMP Summer String Program in Edgewood Successfully Underway
For the second summer in a row, the Atlanta Music Project is offering free string lessons at the Coan Recreation Center in the Edgewood neighborhood. The registration period was open during the month of May […]