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CALLING ALL SONGWRITERS: CONTEST FOR A CAUSE! 26 May, 2010, New York, NY Enter your song for a chance to win a $1000 Martin guitar, get your song heard by top record producers, a chance to perform your song at this year's Songwriter's Beat Festival AND raise funds for Feel the Music! Submission deadline is June 27, 2010.
Submit your song(s): Prizes include: a $1000 Martin Guitar, a $750 Kala ukelele, a prix fixe dinner for two at the renowned Cornelia Street Cafe, plus a chance to perform your winning song at the 2010 Songwriter's Beat Festival! Judges include: legendary songwriters Ashford & Simpson, Grammy award winning producers Mike Barbiero & Ted Perlman, hit record producers Mike Thorne, Steve Addabbo, Joel Jaffe, Harvey Goldberg, Songwriter's Guild ProShop songwriter/mentor Ann Ruckert, and others TBA. Cost: only $10 for the first song, $5 for additional songs. Benefit: All song submission fees support the nonprofit Feel the Music!. Your $10 will help bring music where its needed most - to children, families and adults impacted by trauma, loss or illness. Make a difference in the life of a child! Festival: The 6th annual Songwriter's Beat Festival will take place Thursday July 22, Friday July 23 and Saturday 24, 2010 at The Cornelia Street Cafe. The top three winners will each perform their winning song on one of the three festival nights. Confirmed performers include Felicia Collins, Martha Redbone, Steve Addabbo, Tabitha Fair, Keith Fluitt, Rob Morsberger, Bertha Hope & Monica Hope, Peter Calo and more, including our multi-talented festival producers.
Feel the Music! Frog Project
The Feel the Music! Frog Project continues in 2010! Feel the Music! families are busy hand-painting a third batch of percussion frogs for children and families in Haiti. In 2008 we sent handpainted "Feel the Music!" frogs to an army hospital in Iraq. The frogs provided much needed moments of joy to dozens of soldiers and, we learned, soldiers were also giving the frogs to Iraqi children. Also in 2008, first responders and their families painted frogs at the first WTC Responder Day in Lower Manhattan.
Frog Project History: Starting in 2007, 9/11 families in Feel the Music! hand-painted over 150 percussion frogs, in the hopes of connecting families in different countries and regions experiencing similar losses and grief. Half of the frogs were sent to "Asociacion 11-M" in Madrid, and were delivered to children affected by the 2004 train bombings. The remaining frogs were sent to childcare centers in New Orleans through "We Care New Orleans". The frog project has grown from there and continues to touch hearts and bring smiles all over the world!
Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco holds fundraiser musical for Feel the Music!
February 27, 2009, We at Feel the Music! are absolutely overjoyed that Archbishop Riordan High School has chosen Feel the Music! to be the beneficiary of proceeds raised at performances of "Back to the 80's...the Totally Awesome Musical!". Performances take place March 27 - April 5, 2009 at the Lindland Theatre in San Francisco. Tremendous thanks to Drama Department Chair and Director Valerie O'Riordan for making this happen! Please visit Riordan High School's website to purchase tickets and for more info! Feel the Music! Frog Project Bookmarks Available! Nov 27, 2007, Beautiful full colour bookmarks with a picture of the handpainted frogs now available! Download PDF!
Support the Feel the Music! Frog Project by purchasing bookmarks to hand out at your school or workplace! contact Lucia at lucia@musicandhealing.org to order. Feel the Music! Frog Project Reaches Out to Families in Spain and New Orleans Oct 5, 2007, The frog is an unlikely symbol of recovery, resilience and compassion. Yet for families who lost loved ones on September 11th, in the 2004 Madrid bombings, and for families left devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the humble frog became a gentle reminder that others "care about us and share our sorrow." Thanks to the Feel the Music! ‘Frog Project’, families who lost a loved one on September 11th hand-painted over one hundred percussion frogs, in the hopes of connecting families in different countries and regions experiencing similar losses and grief. About half of the frogs were sent earlier this year to "Asociacion 11-M" in Madrid, to be delivered to children affected by the 2004 train bombings (see below for more info). The remaining frogs were sent to childcare centers in New Orleans through "We Care New Orleans”. The response to these tiny gifts was truly overwhelming. During the weeks Feel the Music! families worked on painting and decorating the frogs, many discussions arose about loss and recovery and the wish to give to others in similar circumstances. No one expected that these gifts would trigger a domino effect of children of one disaster helping children of another disaster. Yet when the frogs arrived in Madrid, children there responded by wanting to “create something for our friends in New York.” When the frogs arrived in New Orleans, teachers there were inspired to expand 'The Frog Project' and plan to decorate and send frogs to tsunami victims in the Pacific, and to children more recently affected by the 2007 California wildfires in San Diego and Los Angeles. The Frog Project continues to grow, with plans to decorate another set of frogs in 2008. Sponsor a frog and bring a smile to a child's face!
Four Feel the Music! films receive 7 awards at RECYouth Multimedia Festival
And also shown at the festival last night:
Feel the Music!, Tuesday's Children and RECYouth extend their heartfelt congratulations to all award nominees and invite teens 13-19 to sign up for the 2007 fall video workshops - you never know, your film could end up winning an award at the 2008 RECYouth Festival!! Feel the Music! and WFMH are honored to be featured with a beautiful photo on pages 22-23 of the Red Cross 125th Anniversary Annual Report 2006. Photo by Valerie Ghent.
Feel the Music! families outreach to Madrid families affected by the 2004 train bombings in Spain |