ANNOUNCING THE AMP ACADEMY RARE INSTRUMENT PROGRAM

The Atlanta Music Project is pleased to announce the AMP Academy Rare Instrument Program, available to young music enthusiasts interested in learning and performing with AMP.

This extraordinary program offers tuition-free, virtual private lessons for youth in Metropolitan Atlanta. In alignment with AMP’s mission to empower underserved youth to realize their possibilities through music, this 1-on-1 instruction is available to any student, regardless of their prior experience. 

Students admitted to the AMP Academy Rare Instrument Program will receive weekly virtual lessons with an AMP teaching artist, perform solo recitals and even participate in masterclasses with renowned artists. 

Most important, this intensive music instruction will prepare even novice students to successfully audition for AMP’s most advanced ensembles, the AMP Youth Orchestras and Choirs. 

Spots in the AMP Academy Rare Instrument Program are limited to the instruments below. If you know of a young student interested in studying privately and one day performing with AMP ensembles, this is the perfect opportunity for them!

AMP ACADEMY RARE INSTRUMENT PROGRAM 
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Students interested in one of the following instruments may apply:
Orchestral: oboe, bassoon, tuba, viola, percussion, French horn
Vocal: tenor, baritone, bass

In addition, a student is eligible to apply for the AMP Academy Rare Instrument Program if they fit this criteria:
 – 3rd grade and  above (Orchestral instruments)
– 8th grade and above (Voice only)  

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
 To apply, please complete the AMP ACADEMY APPLICATION.  Students who are admitted into the program will be required to attend a family interview at a later date. 

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Our virtual fundraiser Cooking Notes with Iron Chef Hugh Acheson is this Sunday! Tickets & Sponsorships still available!

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE: Cooking Notes w/ Iron Chef Hugh Acheson

The Atlanta Music Project Board of Directors
Cordially Invites You To

Cooking Notes: A Virtual Cooking Class

with Iron Chef Hugh Acheson

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Gather your friends, family, and co-workers for the virtual cooking event of the season: “Cooking Notes,” a scrumptious virtual cooking class led by Iron Chef Canada’s Hugh Acheson! Join us for this fun and interactive virtual cooking class combining fresh ingredients and expert techniques to complete the dish right in your own home. 

Tune-in live to cook side-by-side with Chef Acheson and witness first hand how he creates a mouth-watering meal. An appetizing Q&A with Chef Acheson will follow the meal preparation. The event will also feature delectable musical interludes performed by the young musicians of the Atlanta Music Project!

Our goal for Cooking Notes is to raise $25,000 to support the music education programs of the Atlanta Music Project during the 2020-2021 school year. With your support, we will serve 300 K-12 students through creative musical pursuits, including musical ensembles, private lessons, production, and editing. Your support will also help provide a platform for our students to share their talent and hard work with the world all year long via virtual performances.

THE DETAILS

When: Sunday, November 15, 2020 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm EST.
Ticket Price: $40. You will receive Zoom information and class details via email upon registration.
Featured Dish: Cozy Fall Chicken Thighs with Salsa Verde and a salad of Corn, Tomato, and Basil
Class structure: Iron Chef Canada’s Hugh Acheson will show you on screen the technique for making a favorite chicken dish.
Ingredients: The ingredients list will be shared after registering. We encourage you to purchase your own ingredients before the event.

This class is intended to gather people together to raise funds for the Atlanta Music Project — while having some fun and sharing a delicious meal! Join us to build community and support the kids who need us most!

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EVENT SPONSORS

We are deeply grateful to the sponsors below for their support of
Cooking Notes with Iron Chef Hugh Acheson

ABOUT THE CHEF

Hugh Acheson is the chef/owner of 5&10 (Athens, GA) and Empire State South (Atlanta, GA). He is the founder of The National in Athens and Spiller Park Coffee in Atlanta. He is the chef/operator of the restaurants By George, in the Candler Hotel in Atlanta, and Ovide, in Hotel Effie in Sandestin, Florida.

In 2010, Hugh competed on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters: Season 3. He returned to the hit show as a judge on Top Chef: Seasons 9 – 13 as well as Top Chef: Duels. He also hosted Bravo’s online complement to Top Chef Masters Season 5, called Battle of the Sous Chefs. He was an “Iron Chef” on Iron Chef Canada, and a lead chef on the Canadian production Wall of Chefs.

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The Next Movement Podcast Interviews Atlanta Artist Fabian Williams aka Occasional Superstar

Atlanta artist Fabian Williams, aka Occasional Superstar, shares his inspiring story from growing up as an artistic child in a military family, taking his talents to Los Angeles to work in advertising for some of the biggest brands, only to leave corporate America behind to focus on creating murals with social and political messages. The destruction of his original Colin Kaepernick mural led to his response – #kaeperbowl – centered around Superbowl 53 in Atlanta, and leading to a global media frenzy. Podcast host and AMP CEO Dantes Rameau is joined by Alivia Carter and Landon Wilkins, two alumni from the AMP Class of 2020.

WATCH THE NEXT MOVEMENT PODCAST EPISODE 4
WITH FABIAN WILLIAMS

Fabian Williams aka Occasional Superstar is an artist born and raised in Fayetteville, NC, now living in Atlanta, GA. Fabian studied illustration at East Carolina University. After working for 13 years in the advertising industry with a long list of clients from Nike, Warner Bros to HBO, he decided to move to a purely expressive practice outside of the commercial space where he had the freedom to express more political and socially relevant contemporary themes.

Hosted by Dantes Rameau, our Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, and recorded at the AMP Center for Performance and Education,The Next Movement podcast features in-depth video interviews with today’s artistic luminaries. In these conversations we discuss the issues of the day, from COVID-19 to childhood upbringings, and structural racism to music education. In addition, each episode features a special Q&A session with young musicians and faculty of the Atlanta Music Project.

WATCH THE NEXT MOVEMENT PODCAST EPISODE 1
WITH ANTHONY MCGILL & DEMARRE MCGILLW

WATCH THE NEXT MOVEMENT PODCAST EPISODE 2 
WITH JOHANNES MOSER

WATCH THE NEXT MOVEMENT PODCAST EPISODE 3
WITH JOSEPHINE LEE

Full podcast episodes are available on AMP’s YouTube channel (don’t forget to subscribe!), iTunes, and wherever you enjoy listening to your favorite podcasts. 

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Atlanta Music Project Opens Applications for 2020-2021 School Year

Due to Covid-19 and in the interest of the health and well-being of our community, the Atlanta Music Project will offer virtual instruction for the fall 2020 semester.

But we have something special planned.

Tell us: is your child excited to improve their playing? Is your child creative? Is your child a whiz at social media and tech?

If your answer is yes, then they will make you extra proud this year, as their participation in AMP turns your home into a performance hall.

Who is eligible? We want singers! We want band musicians! We want string players! Trust us, we’ve got something for everyone!

Each virtual program lasts nine weeks and will culminate in a beautifully produced virtual concert, to premiere live via AMPtv, our online production arm. Here’s a sample. 

Do we have your attention? Read on to find the program that’s right for you! Please don’t delay, as classes start next week!

This semester the AMP Youth Orchestras will take the shape of chamber music ensembles that will put together two pieces, one classical and one of their choice, into a music video to be broadcast to the world via AMPtv. Virtual rehearsals once per week. Professional coaching and video editing provided. Designed for intermediate and advanced middle and high school band and orchestra musicians. LEARN MORE & APPLY

This semester the AMP Youth Choirs will place vocalists into small groups to prepare the most fabulous repertoire. For the culminating performance students will produce their own music video to be broadcast to the world via AMPtv. Virtual rehearsals once per week. Professional coaching and video editing provided. Designed for intermediate and advanced vocalists of all ranges. LEARN MORE & APPLY

The AMP After-School Orchestras will offer nine-weeks of virtual small group lessons culminating in the production of unique video performances. Designed for beginning and intermediate instrumentalists in grades 1 – 8. Group lessons available for: violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone. LEARN MORE & REGISTER

The AMP Preparatory Choir will be a nine-week virtual choir course for beginning vocalists in grades 3 – 5. This ensemble is designed to prepare students to eventually audition for the AMP Youth Choirs. Vocalists of all abilities are encouraged to join. LEARN MORE & REGISTER

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International Solo Cellist Johannes Moser Featured on Episode Two of The Next Movement Podcast

World-renowned cellist Johannes Moser joins the Atlanta Music Project’s The Next Movement podcast to talk about life as a traveling solo artist (before, during and after COVID-19), discuss how working with a mental coach helped him prepare for his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, and tells wonderful stories about his music education initiatives. Johannes also takes the time to answer an AMP student’s questions about how to set up your practice sessions and how one can work to develop a unique sound. Johannes first connected with AMP in 2012 when he conducted a masterclass with our students, while in town for a solo performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. 
 

Hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists”, German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser has performed with the world’s leading orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, BBC Philharmonic at the Proms, London Symphony, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Tokyo NHK Symphony, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras with conductors of the highest level including Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Christian Thielemann, Pierre Boulez, Paavo Jarvi, Semyon Bychkov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Gustavo Dudamel.

Hosted by Dantes Rameau, our Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, and recorded at the AMP Center for Performance and Education,The Next Movement podcast features in-depth video interviews with today’s artistic luminaries. In these conversations we discuss the issues of the day, from COVID-19 to childhood upbringings, and structural racism to music education. In addition, each episode features a special Q&A session with young musicians and faculty of the Atlanta Music Project.  

Full podcast episodes are available on AMP’s YouTube channel (don’t forget to subscribe!), iTunes, and wherever you enjoy listening to your favorite podcasts. Coming up on episode three: Josephine Lee, President & Artistic Director of the Chicago Children’s Choir. 

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AMP Premieres its First Virtual Performance, Pass The Mic!

The 2020 Atlanta Music Project Summer Series, a music festival and school, was held virtually this past July, offering each young musician exclusive one-on-one coaching by a team of professional musicians.

With so much going on in the world right now, we wanted to provide our youth with a safe platform to express their thoughts through music and more. They did not disappoint! From selecting their performance piece to curating a unique-at-home performance video, AMP’s young musicians took their musical journey into their own hands this summer.

The result? Pass The Mic, a one-hour special that premiered live on Facebook last weekend that showcases the creativity and originality of our youth, and illustrates what happens when they tell their own stories.

Join us in congratulating the young musicians of the 2020 AMP Summer Series, as well as our faculty and staff. Together, they made it a one of a kind summer music experience.

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