SOUND IMPACT

NOI+F NEW PARTNERSHIPS

This summer, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival begins a partnership with Sound Impact (SI), a collective of musicians dedicated to igniting personal transformation of individuals in underserved communities.

Sound Impact performance

NOI+F and SI will collaborate in Summer 2019 to guide NOI+F Fellowship Ensemble Adelphi Quartet in the curation of an educational residency in Washington, D.C.’s Youth Services Center at the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

Sound Impact and Adelphi Quartet will co-create a socially relevant curriculum that empowers incarcerated teenagers to find healthy channels to express their voices and expand their perspectives. This community-centered residency, “Use Your Voice,” will focus on self-expression and teamwork through a combination of interactive performances of classical, contemporary and popular music paired with writing exercises and collaborative activities.

Founded in 2013, SI believes that music engagement is a vehicle to empower individuals to expand their perspectives, connect individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds and engage people with new experiences. SI’s various educational programs have served incarcerated youth in California, New Mexico and Washington, D.C.

Formed in 2017 by cellist and NOI+F Orchestral Futurist Fellow Marza Wilks, the Adelphi Quartet was born from a dream of having a string quartet made up of underrepresented minorities with exceptional talent. Adelphi Quartet has given dozens of recitals throughout the D.C. area and has run educational programming in more than 15 different schools.