Use Your Voice Residency featuring Chaz’men Williams-Ali
Jan
21
to Jan 23

Use Your Voice Residency featuring Chaz’men Williams-Ali

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Sound Impact returns to work at FUNSINCOPA’s annual summer music camp from Feb 17-22, 2025. Sound Impact will work with students in masterclasses, seminars and present community concerts alongside the Cultural Exchange Program musicians. Sound Impact 2024 Team: Kayla Moffett, violin, Danielle Cho, cello, Sarah Frisof, flute

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Feb
17
to Feb 22

FUNSINCOPA Music Camp in Panama

Sound Impact returns to work at FUNSINCOPA’s annual summer music camp from Feb 17-22, 2025. Sound Impact will work with students in masterclasses, seminars and present community concerts alongside the Cultural Exchange Program musicians. Sound Impact 2024 Team: Kayla Moffett, violin, Danielle Cho, cello, Sarah Frisof, flute

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Asian Pacific American institute for Congressional Studies Ceremony
Jan
7
6:00 PM18:00

Asian Pacific American institute for Congressional Studies Ceremony

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Sound Impact was honored to contribute to an inspiring evening! Violinist Regino Madrid opened the ceremony with a performance of the Star Spangled Banner at the Ceremonial Congressional Swearing-In & Welcome Reception where they honored Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) members of the 119th Congress.

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Sound Impact Soirée
Dec
8
4:00 PM16:00

Sound Impact Soirée

Sound Impact celebrates 11 years of transformative music education at its annual Soirée at the beautiful Barns at Wolf Trap, empowering the voices of the future. The evening includes a cocktail hour, seated dinner and special performances by Sound Impact musicians and guests.

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Sound Impact Salon Concert in McLean
Nov
7
7:00 PM19:00

Sound Impact Salon Concert in McLean

Join us for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and a performance by Sound Impact musicians Kayla Moffett (violin), Regino Madrid (violin), Tiffany Richardson (viola), and Danielle Cho (cello) and learn more about our upcoming programs this season.

This salon concert is part of a larger series of events which will culminate in Sound Impact’s Annual Soirée, its largest fundraiser of the year, to be held at The Barns at Wolf Trap on Sunday, December 8!

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Free Flo: Youth and Opera Stars in a Transformative “Use Your Voice” Workshop
Oct
29
to Nov 1

Free Flo: Youth and Opera Stars in a Transformative “Use Your Voice” Workshop

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Location: Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center Over three transformative days, teens at the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn and create a musical narrative with guidance from acclaimed bass Soloman Howard, members of the Cafritz Young Artists program, and musicians from the WNO Orchestra and Sound Impact, by channeling their personal experiences into a moving interpretation of Fidelio called “Free Flo.” Read more here.

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Sound Impact Alexandria Salon Concert
Oct
6
5:00 PM17:00

Sound Impact Alexandria Salon Concert

Join us for a Salon Concert in Alexandria, VA on Sunday, October 6! This event is part of a larger series of events which will culminate in Sound Impact’s Annual Soirée, our largest fundraiser of the year, to be held at Wolf Trap Barns on Sunday, December 8! The Salon will feature a musical performance by Sound Impact musicians: Regino Madrid (violin), Kayla Moffett (violin), Jerome Gordon (viola), Danielle Cho (cello). Register here

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Voices of Prince George's County (VOPGC) at Maryland Day
Apr
27
3:00 PM15:00

Voices of Prince George's County (VOPGC) at Maryland Day

Sound Impact had the opportunity to showcase its work as a part of Voices of Prince George’s County, a community engagement program stemming from a partnership between The Clarice, University of Maryland School of Music, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Teens from the Hyattsville Library shared spoken word/community poem creations with a drum circle, and the School of Music’s graduate fellowship ensembles Terrapin Brass and the Varié Quartet presented interactive music programs for the audience.

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Company E & Sound Impact at Natural History Museum
Apr
20
10:00 AM10:00

Company E & Sound Impact at Natural History Museum

Join us for a special The World & Me as we celebrate diversity found in nature, movement, and the planet we call home with local dancers from Company | E, musicians from Sound Impact, science students from local colleges, and educators from the National Museum of Natural History. Watch a performance titled Letters to Earth* and explore different hands-on activities with museum specimens, microscopes, and more, to learn about DNA and some of the tiny and large organisms we share the Earth with. Learn More

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VoPGC with Afghan refugee families
Apr
17
to May 17

VoPGC with Afghan refugee families

Members of Sound Impact, artistic leads on our Voices of Prince George's County program, met with several refugee families who have resettled in the College Park area. The artists played Afghan-inspired folk songs and encouraged people to join in the writing of a community poem.

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Sound Impact in Puerto Rico
Apr
16
to Apr 20

Sound Impact in Puerto Rico

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Our team will be working with the students of Música 100 x 35 at the Arturo Somohano school in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Students will receive sectionals, masterclasses and a side-by-side performance with Sound Impact. Música 100 x 35 is a music organization that offers free access to music education in many communities throughout the island.

Sound Impact team Juan Jaramillo, violin; Tiffany Richardson, viola; Danielle Cho, cello; Emilia Guerra Montenegro, CEP Artist, cello

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Time Travel through Ukulele after-school program
Apr
9
to Jun 4

Time Travel through Ukulele after-school program

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We are excited to bring back our Time Travel through the Ukulele class, an 8-week afterschool course for 2nd grade students at William Ramsay Elementary School. Students are taught fundamentals of the ukulele, songs in both English and Spanish, and elements of songwriting and collaboration led by teaching artist Glenda Bates.

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Summer Music Camp in Panama
Feb
26
to Mar 3

Summer Music Camp in Panama

Sound Impact returns to work at FUNSINCOPA’s annual summer music camp from Feb 26-March 3, 2024. Sound Impact will work with students in masterclasses, seminars and present community concerts alongside the Cultural Exchange Program musicians. 

Sound Impact 2024 Team: Anne Donaldson, violin, Danielle Cho, cello, Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet, Michelle Yang, french horn.

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Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Jan
24
6:00 PM18:00

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center

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Sound Impact performs with Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra musicians on the Kennedy Center Stage! Join us live or online.

Musicians: Jessica Tong, violin, Jennifer Fritz Kim, violin, Tiffany Richardson, viola, Danielle Cho, cello

Link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2024/january/kcoho/

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Dumbarton Concerts: Chamber Music
Jan
27
7:30 PM19:30

Dumbarton Concerts: Chamber Music

In its Dumbarton debut, Sound Impact explores classical composers’ fascination with folk songs and musical nationalism, from Dvořák’s stirring and nostalgic “American” quartet to stunning quartet arrangements of Scandinavian folk songs by the Danish String Quartet.

Founded in 2013, (SI) is a collective of musicians dedicated to connecting, engaging, and empowering youth beyond the concert hall through performances and education programs. Its mission is underpinned by the belief that music can ignite positive social change when employed as a tool for community engagement. Sound Impact’s members perform regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Ballet, Washington National Opera and Wolf Trap Opera.

Program:

Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”

Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

Jungwoo Wie: “Saeya, Saeya, Paran Saeya” from Han

Selections of Scandinavian folk songs, arranged by The Danish String Quartet

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Musicpalooza
Sep
24
10:00 AM10:00

Musicpalooza

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Join Sound Impact & students from Patrick Henry K-8th School for Musicpalooza, an interactive community music event! Musicpalooza will feature live performances by Sound Impact, collaborative side-by-side performances with students, an instrument petting zoo, and an opportunity for everyone to make music as a community.

Sound Impact is a proud recipient of a Creative Neighborhood Grant Program grant award. The Creative Neighborhood Grant Program is made possible by City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts and an Arts Project grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Creative Neighborhood grant program will help underwrite the cost associated with Musicpalooza!

To learn more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

To learn more about other programs and services of the Office of the Arts visit: alexandriava.gov/arts.

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