Sing for Hope recently received our second six-figure grant from a Europe-based foundation to replicate our programming overseas, with a focus on the creative arts
The Sing for Hope Piano Artists often say they feel like they’ve all become a family. For three of our artists, this is not just a feeling: when they finish painting under the same roof, they return home to eat dinner under the same roof. Meet Sing for Hope parent-daughter trio, Peggy, Robert, and Megan Padovano.
The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates has announced Sing for Hope as its official cultural partner for Summit activities. The
To bring the beloved Sing for Hope Pianos to NYC, we need 1) pianos, 2) people, & 3) … PAINT. We’re thrilled to have Liquitex Official as our 2019 Paint Sponsor! Liquitex brings not only the paint that brings the SFH Piano Artists’ designs to life but skill-building and education for our community of artists.
Sing for Hope announced this week that Linda E. Johnson has been elected Chair of the Board by unanimous board vote. “Linda’s passion for equal access to creative resources for all people is a hallmark of her work on the Sing for Hope board as well as her transformational leadership of Brooklyn Public Library. As Sing for Hope continues to drive new solutions for social cohesion through the arts, from the Sing for Hope Pianos that enliven our cityscape to our youth arts and healing arts programs in under-resourced areas, there is no one more equipped than Linda to help guide our next chapter,” say Sing for Hope Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors Camille Zamora and Monica Yunus.
Hit TV show Broad City featured a familiar face (using “face” loosely) in the penultimate episode: this Sing for Hope Piano by incredible SFH Piano Artist Lexy Ho-Tai! From the Unisphere to Washington Square Park & hit TV, to its permanent home at PS 64Q, Ho-Tai’s SFH Piano has lived quite a New York life.
Sing for Hope partnered with the Richard Tucker Music Foundation to bring holiday cheer to the staff, patients, and families of SFH Healing Arts site The Mount Sinai Hospital. It was truly a holiday concert for the ages, featuring Angel Blue, Stephen Costello, Lucas Meachem, and Brent Funderburk.
On Tuesday, December 11th, Sing for Hope united young artists from Queens and Haiti for an afternoon of performance, collaboration, and community-building through the universal language of the arts. The Andrea Bocelli Foundation’s “Voices of Haiti” Choir, which performed with Mr. Bocelli at Madison Square Garden the following night, exchanged performances and stories with the middle school choir at IS 10 Horace Greeley, one of 180 Sing for Hope partner schools.
It’s been a melodious fall in NYC public schools. There are now 180 Sing for Hope Citizen Artist Schools in NYC, 50 of them new this year. In partnership with the NYC Department of Education, we selected these schools through a competitive RFP process to become permanent homes for the Sing for Hope Pianos featured each June. Sing for Hope staff, Piano Artists, and Artist Partners have been busy visiting these schools for their inaugural Citizen Artist Assemblies.
Sing for Hope proudly held our first booth at the annual Broadway Flea Market this fall, in the form of the ultra-popular Playbill Sing for Hope Piano. While the day also raises crucial support for Broadway Cares’ expansive work,
Sing for Hope’s new program, FEEDING BODY AND SOUL, will provide 1,000 meals plus special musical messages of hope to frontline healthcare workers. Made possible
While the worldwide healthcare community is dealing with COVID-19, Sing for Hope is reaching our partner facilities virtually until the time when we can join
On #WorldHealthDay and every day, #SingforHope salutes healthcare workers around the world who must brave the unfathomable. We are as committed as ever to supporting their healing efforts
Sing for Hope celebrated Women’s Herstory Month with a Citizen Artist Assembly for the young women of Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School,
“The idea that music has healing power goes back to ancient times,” said Dr. Ali Taher to the crowd gathered in the lobby of American
Sing for Hope has long worked in public schools, with 200+ SFH Pianos in schools and 50+ assemblies every year, Sing for Hope is further
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Sing for Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 01-0856384).
Sing for Hope is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
Sing for Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 01-0856384). A copy of our most recently filed financial report is available from the Charities Registry on the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys.com) or, upon request, by contacting the New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or Sing for Hope at 99 Wall Street #1812, New York, NY 10005. You also may obtain information on charitable organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8401.
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