Artist Statement: Seeing how much people liked our names concept from last year, which got people interacting with the piano and posting on social media, we decided to do something in the same vein. The one thing that we knew we couldn't do last year was write everyone's names, which is what the chalkboard was for, but this year we decided to come up with something more general so that if you go up to the piano, you will definitely be able to find something to identify with. The front of the piano says "Music makes me feel ___________ .....Find a word that best completes this sentence for you, take a picture & post it with #SingForHope." The the piano is covered in larger words that are cut out from magazines that will be able to finish this sentence - everything from "good" and "happy" to "old" and "mad." There will be something for everyone. Like a ransom note, all of the words are from different places, with different looks and styles, mirroring all of the people this piano will be exposed to. There will be repeated words, of course, but they will all look different and each design will speak to someone else, bringing together different people from different backgrounds and tastes, all being unified by art and music.
Melanie & Marie are a mother-daughter team who have been working together creatively for the past 20+ years. This will be their second piano for the Sing for Hope Pianos project. They are also part of the songwriting group The Better Half, which writes, records, and produces original music for sync placements in TV and movie soundtracks. Melanie & Marie had the pleasure of running a songwriting workshop for Sing For Hope's Arts Intensive this past summer and continue to pursue any and all creative opportunities that come their way.
