DEAR FRIENDS
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the Atlanta Music Project’s 16th season. For those of you who may not know, our first program, back in 2010, was a small but mighty after-school orchestra program at the Gilbert House, a City of Atlanta Recreation Center in Southwest Atlanta. We had 30 elementary school students attending five days per week, in class for two hours each day! I remember being so inspired by their enthusiasm and natural ability. I was also grateful for their parents, who had the courage to entrust their children to a brand new organization. The teaching artists we hired were not just absolute professionals, they were fully behind our mission to empower youth to realize their possibilities through music.
Sixteen years later, those three groups - students, families, and teaching artists - remain the heart of our success. If they are the heart, our donors are our lungs. Donors breathe life into our vision that music training can lead to life-changing outcomes for youth. Without our cherished donors, AMP would simply not exist. Therefore, they have our ever-lasting gratitude. Tonight’s concert represents all the best parts of AMP coming together. The young musicians of our current youth orchestras and choirs have taken on the repertoire and coachings of our faculty with remarkable courage and artistry. I’m excited to follow their progress throughout this season. Thank you to you all for your continued involvement and support. Cheers to 16!
With Gratitude,
Dantes Rameau, Co-Founder & CEO
Atlanta Music Project INSTITUTIONAL DONORS
Funding provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Department of Community Development.
Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
KEEYEN MARTIN AMP SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
Keeyen Martin, a dynamic Charlotte, NC native, has swiftly established himself as a captivating force in R&B, Pop, and Soul music. Recently celebrated as the “Electrifying R&B Prince,” Keeyen’s genreblending style continues to inspire audiences worldwide, with performances that bridge generations and leave a lasting impact at every show.
Earning the prestigious Michael Jackson Scholarship to Morehouse College, Keeyen achieved his BA in Music and Spanish before going on to complete his Master’s in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University. His academic achievements are matched by an illustrious performance career: Keeyen has shared stages with industry legends including Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Monica, Lil Wayne, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Teyana Taylor, Kanye West, Rick Ross, Keyshia Cole, Tweet, Michelle Williams, Mya, Keri Hilson, Raheem Devaughn, Peabo Bryson, KeKe Wyatt, PJ Morton, Common, Lalah Hathaway, and BeBe & CeCe Winans, among others.
Keeyen’s performance résumé spans major music platforms, from sold-out R&B tours and an extensive 25-city international tour across the UK and Europe, to high-profile appearances at The BET Awards, Roots Picnic, Red Bull Music Fest, Vh1 Save the Music, BET Music Matters, Sofar Sounds, Grammy Week events, TV One Trumpet Awards, and many more. His powerful presence has been felt on iconic stages such as the Vatican for Pharrell’s “Grace For The World” Concert and at renowned festivals, television events, and global tours.
Offstage, Keeyen is equally impactful as an educator and mentor. Through his involvement with The Atlanta Music Project and Inspire The Fire, he has guided over 1,000 youth—providing voice lessons, coaching, and artistic training to soloists, ensembles, and choirs of all ages. Most recently, he has begun teaching Artist Development at Morehouse College, Led instruction with The ABSYO Chorus in Antigua and Barbuda, and facilitated instruction and taught arrangements to a 25O voice choir in Rome, Italy. All of these endeavors readily pave the way for the launch of his own artist development agency.
Keeyen’s artistry is marked by chart-topping releases, with singles like “Scared To Love,” “You Should Know,” “Girl I’m on the Way,” and “Paradise” earning spots on the iTunes Top 100 and his debut EP “Neutral” amassing over a million streams. His music has received prominent placement on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, BET, Bravo, Fox, and in national films, further showcasing his reach and versatility. With each accolade and performance, Keeyen Martin redefines the sound and soul of contemporary R&B—proving himself an artist, mentor, and visionary to watch.
TAMARA DWORETZ AMP SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
American conductor Tamara Dworetz is driven by her belief in the power of classical music to inspire, spread joy and enrich the human experience. Dworetz’s 2025-26 season includes debuts with the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas (SONA). Her 2024-25 season included debuts with the Atlanta Ballet (The Rite of Spring & The Nutcracker) and Sarasota Orchestra and she will debut with the Cincinnati Symphony and Boulder Philharmonic in Summer 2025. Tamara is the Artistic Director & Conductor of the Georgia Philharmonic, which performs five subscription concerts a year, in addition to special events like World Wrestling Entertainment, DragonCon & Gospel Goes Classical. Recently, Tamara conducted her first staged opera, Bizet’s Carmen.
Tamara is featured in a Netflix documentary called ‘Maestra’, directed by Maggie Contreras and produced by David Letterman. The film centers around 5 conducting participants in the 2022 La Maestra Conducting Competition and Academy for Women Conductors in Paris, France and has been highlighted by the NY Times, LA Times, CBS National News as well as international film festivals, including Tribeca, where it was premiered. In the 2022 competition, Tamara was the only US-born conductor and earned a spot as one of 6 semifinalists.
Dworetz has conducted the St. Louis Symphony, Boston Pops, Sarasota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony, Amarillo Symphony, Paris Mozart Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and Mankato Symphony. She has served as an assistant and/or cover conductor
for the Orchestre de Paris (Klaus Mäkelä), Gürzenich Orchestre Cologne (François-Xavier Roth), BBC Concert Orchestra (Bramwell Tovey) and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Nathalie Stutzmann) and Minnesota Orchestra (Johnathon Heyward & Marta Gardolińska). She won 2nd prize in the Boston Pops’ Leonard Bernstein Conducting Competition and was a recipient of the Bruno Walter Conducting Fellowship at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music selected by Cristian Măcelaru.
A devoted music educator, Tamara’s musical beginnings took place in the Atlanta public school system and she is passionate about fostering enriching musical experiences for K-12 and preprofessional musicians. She serves as Associate Conductor of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestras, NYO-USA & NYO2 and has traveled on their South American Tour, assisting Marin Alsop and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Tamara is Director of Orchestral Studies at Georgia State University and Charles Thomas Wurm Distinguished Professor in Instrumental Music. She has served guest conducting residencies at University of Texas Butler School of Music, Boston University School of Music, SUNY Fredonia School of Music, and the Longy Conservatory Orchestra at Bard College. She has guest conducted All-State Orchestras in Texas, Virginia, Indiana, Colorado, Georgia and Washington (All-Northwest) and worked with the Atlanta, Austin, Emory and Boston Youth Orchestras as well as the Atlanta Music Project. She maintains a graduate conducting studio at Georgia State University and has led conducting workshops for music educators and young musicians.
Tamara and her husband, Stephen, live in Chamblee, Georgia with their dog, Emmy.
MEETTHECONDUCTOR
PAMELA DILLARD AMP JUNIOR YOUTH CHOIR
Mezzo-Soprano, Pamela Dillard, a native Atlantan, performs frequently on concert stages, recitals, oratorio, and operas in Atlanta, Augusta, and Florida. Pamela was a featured artist on the concert “Sisters in Song” performing with Atlanta’s leading female song stylists, celebrating America’s Jazz Divas. She is a Professor of Voice at Spelman College, a board member of Capitol City Opera Company of Atlanta, and a member of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. where she serves as a national board member.
Pamela debuted with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, returning the following year to sing the title role in Bizet’s Carmen.
She has appeared on the stages of several American opera companies and orchestras including, Atlanta Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Columbus, Tulsa Opera and Boston, Saint Louis, Colorado, New Haven, and Cobb Symphony Orchestras and The Brooklyn Philharmonic among others. Pamela performed internationally with L’OpéraComique of Paris, France as Lily Holmes in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in Paris, Normandy, Luxembourg, and Spain. She has sung under the baton of many of the world’s greatest conductors, some of which are Robert Spano,
Donald Runnicles, Keith Lockhart, Yoel Levi, John Williams, Wayne Marshall, and David Morrow.
Earning her B.F.A. from Newcomb College of Tulane University, Pamela was a recipient of the M.L. King Graduate Fellowship at Boston University where she received a Master of Music. Her recordings include, Watch and Pray, Spirituals and Art Songs by African American Women Composers and Grant Still’s Highway One both for Videmus. She is the featured artist on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack to Stephen Spielberg’s Amistad.
LOGAN SOUTHER AMP JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
Logan Souther is quickly developing a reputation as an orchestra conductor and pianist of significant talent with a serious approach to music in Atlanta, Georgia. A gifted conductor of the operatic repertoire, Logan has served on the music staff of the Sarasota Opera, Atlanta Opera, OperaNEO (San Diego), The Harrower Summer Opera Workshop, The Augusta Opera Initiative, and for several years was the music director and principal conductor for the Georgia State University Opera Theatre. While leading the GSU Opera Theatre Logan consistently raised artistic standards among singers and instrumentalists alike while performing reperoite that ranged from Mozart to Stephen Paulus.
Logan has served as a recurring guest conductor with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and for two seasons was the assistant conductor for the Bellingham Festival of Music, the premiere orchestral festival of the Pacific Northwest. Logan is the associate conductor of The Hamptons Festival of Music, where he also serves as artistic director of the THFM Salon Series community outreach programs. In partnership with The Hamptons International Film Festival Logan conducted a free performance of Charlie Chaplin’s A Dogs Life with the original score to an audience of over 200 residents of East Hampton, NY.
With a passionate commitment to outreach and education, Logan has worked closely with the Atlanta Music Project where he has taught music theory, coached chamber ensembles, accompanied recitals and conducted both of AMP’s symphonic orchestras. The Atlanta Music Project is an El Sistema based organization which reaches hundreds of students in underserved communities each year.
An engaging arts entrepreneur, at the age of 19 Logan founded the Gainesville Sinfonietta where he was fully responsible for all levels of production and successfully mobilized funding for the Sinfonietta each year. The Gainesville Sinfonietta was a fully professional orchestra which performed free concerts each year for the North Georgia community.
Logan began intensive studies in orchestral at the age of 15 with Michael Palmer with whom he went on to study with at Georgia State University completing a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting (2017) and a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance (2016.) Additional teacher’s include Dwight Oltman and David Effron.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
Keeyen Martin | Conductor Tammy Harper | Collaborative Pianist
Ngothando..................................................................................Mbuso Ndlovu
Speakers
Adedayo Akanbi & Cadance Dyer
What Happens When A Woman?..........................................Alexandra Olsavsky arr. Artemisia
Soloists
Jayla Jacobs & Jessica Leggins
Soloists
Royal Joseph & Dekerri Lunsford Jr.
People Get Ready (with This Train)............................................Curtis Mayfield arr. Sheldon Curry
Soloist
Raja Green-Hornes
Soloists
Joshua Banks, Jada Hilliard, & Rachel Walker
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Tamara Dworetz | Guest Conductor
I. Waltz
Waltz
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH CHOIR
Pamela Dillard | Conductor Eli Manos | Collaborative Pianist
Festival Sanctus.....................................................................Victor C. Johnson
Steal Away.........................................................................Traditional Spiritual arr. Brian Tate
Dance!.....................................................................................Robert T. Gibson
You Belong...............................................................................Robert T. Gibson
Soloists
Justice Banks, LyriQ Brown, Camille Childers, & Zoey Fielder
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS
Ngothando Mbuso Ndlovu
Through love, only, We will conquer everything. All situations, Cannot swallow (devour) us. Let us open our hearts, And let us fear nothing, Through love…
What Happens When A Woman?
Alexandra Olsavsky; arr. Artemisia
What happens when a woman takes power? What happens when she won’t back down? What happens when a woman takes power? What happen? What happens?
What happens when a woman takes power? What happens when she won’t back down? What happens when a woman takes power? What happens when she wears the crown?
What happens when she rules her own body? What happens when she sets the beat? What happens when she bows to nobody? What happens when stands on her own two feet?
Woah, we rise above. Woah, we lead with love. Woah, we have won. We are one. We’ve just begun.
What happens when a woman takes power? What happens when she won’t back down? What happens when a woman takes power? What happen? What happens?
What happens when a woman takes power? What happens when she won’t back down? What happens when a woman takes power? What happens? What happens? What happens? What happens? What happens when she wears the crown?
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS CONT.
Git On Board
Wendell Whalum
Oh, git on board, Board, little children
Git on board, Board, little children
Git, on board, Board, little children
Dere’s room for many a ‘mo.
The gospel train’s coming, Coming round the curb
Using all its steam and brakes And straining every nerve
So get on board
The fair is cheap and all can go The rich and poor are there No second class on board this train No difference in the pair So get on board.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS CONT.
People Get Ready (with This Train)
Curtis Mayfield; arr. Sheldon Curry
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, don’t hold much but the righteous and holy, This train is bound for glory, this train.
People get ready, there’s a train a comin’ Don’t need no baggage, you just get on board.
All you need is faith to hear the diesel hummin’ Don’t need no ticket you just thank the Lord
This train don’t carry no liars, this train.
This train don’t carry no liars, this train.
This train don’t carry no liars, no pretenders and no high flyers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
There ain’t no room For the greedy sinner
Hurt everybody just to save their soul
Take pity on those whose grows thinner
There ain’t no refuge from the Judgement throne
Get on board, This train, this train, this train, this train
Get on board, This train, this train, this train, this train
Get on board, This train, this train, this train, this train
Due Glory
Braxton D. Shelley
Now unto Him who is able to do Exceedingly, abundantly
Above all when can ever ask, think or imagine
To him be Glory, Glory be to God, to God. To him be Glory, Glory be to God!
Let us praise Him! Let us worship Him! Let us lift him up!
For all he’s done, and just for who he is, And give him the glory that is due to his name.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS CONT.
Business
Voices of Fire
I woke up this morning
I don’t know how I’m gonna get by
But I’ma keep my head up
I’m riding high, high, high
Yeah
And then the light pierced the sky
Clouds broke and the rain just went away
What a beautiful day
Ohh, ohhh
We all got mountains to climb
Roads to unwind
Your light still shines
He sees you
You take the car or the plane or the midnight train
No matter where you are, he’s gon’ find you a way
You got a little lost, shake it off
You got a caller on line one, Let Him make you His
(Business)
Don’t be discouraged
Don’t be dismayed
I know you heard He’s on the way
He’ll stop here first He’s on the case
(Business)
Watch him work
He owns the place
Just hit his line
That’s when you pray
Put in your time
(Business)
Watch him work
He owns the place
Just hit his line
That’s when you pray
Put in your time
He always pays
And always there
On any occasion
With no time off
That’s why we praise Him
Follow Him, Everytime, He gon’ love ya
He don’t need no reason why Don’t you see the signs
When you walking by
It’s that stranger that said hello right when you arrived
They see your failures but He sees your truth
He know everything, you made it through
All the times you cried He gave you grace
Thought you was dead and gone
Then you’re not on your own
You see
We all got mountains to climb Roads to unwind
Your light still shines He sees you
Carry on and on and on
His faith in you cant be wrong
Joy’s the sweetest part of life
‘Cause He made the sacrifice
Take the car
Take the plane
It’s OK if you show up late on that midnight train
Just know that He’ll be there
A little lost
Shake it off
You got a caller on line one, Let Him make you His
(Business)
Ohhh
Make it His
Alright
All day
All night
All week
Overtime
When the line’s down Your signal’s gone
Power’s out
In a dead zone
It’s going wrong
But won’t He get it right?
He made me His
That’s why I made it my
Make you His
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS
Festival Santus
Victor C. Johnson
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, God of Hosts.
Full are the heaven and earth
Of thy glory. Hosana in the highest.
Dance!
Robert T. Gibson
Dance to the rhythm, The rhythm of our own drum.
We can all be different, There’s no fear or shame.
Oh, but I still love you, Love you just the same.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, just dance!
Dance to the rhythm, The rhythm of our own drum.
Steal Away
Traditional Spiritual; arr. Brian Tate
Steal away, steal away, Steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home I ain’t got long to stay here.
My Lord, he calls me, He calls me by the thunder, The trumpet sounds within a-my soul; I ain’t got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away, Steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home I ain’t got long to stay here.
Green trees are bending, Poor sinners stand a-trembling, The trumpet sounds within a-my soul; I ain’t got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away, Steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home I ain’t got long to stay here.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH CHOIR
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS CONT.
You Belong
Robert T. Gibson
There are times when I feel I am not enough.
There are times when I feel I should just give up, but I won’t.
I’m not giving up now. Don’t give up.
There were days when I felt so alone With no place to call my own. I am longing, longing for a home, now. There is home. Welcome home.
One more day, one more chance. Take my hand.
Keep your head up to the sky. Things will get better, it will be alright. Keep your head up. You belong.
I see those tears in your eyes. Oh, my friend, you don’t have to cry. There is joy. Joy comes in the morning. There is joy. So much joy.
Today is a brand new day, And I will not be afraid To stand tall through it all, never fall. I’m on my way now. On my way!
One more day, one more chance. Take my hand.
Keep your head up to the sky. Things will get better, it will be alright. Keep your head up.
Keep on going. The road is long. Hand in Hand, and we will stay strong. Don’t give up, now. You belong.
I see you, I hear you, Love is waiting. You are not alone. You can make it. You can take it. Keep your head up. Yes, you belong.
I see you, I hear you, Love is waiting. You are not alone. You can make it. You can take it. You, you belong.
Keep your head up to the sky. Things will get better, it will be alright. Keep your head up. Welcome home.
Keep on going. The road is long. Hand in Hand, and we will stay strong. Don’t give up, now. You belong.
COMING JUNE 2026
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH CHOIR
PART I
Alaina Johnson-Carter
Alana Green
Gia Jackson
Jordan Hearn
London Moten
LyriQ Brown
Maiyana Cyrus
Naomi Croom
Nasaylee Diaz
Nelina Thomas
Sarah Wilcox
Thais El-Amin
Zoie Fielder
PART II
Adonai Porter
Areli Palacios
Avery Cobbs
Aya Walker
Bailey Edwards
Cymone Francis
Dean Elise McKnight
Ildikó Binecz
Joi Leggins
Kiari Moore
Lucas Jones
Nadia Nu’Man
Quinn Robinson
Sa’ra Abdush-Shakur
Zahara Bradford
Zen Hayes
PART III
Alena Wall
Ashlee Davis
Camille Childers
Chassidy Gregory
Doron Cyrus
Jirad Williams
Justice Banks
Yakini Halisi-Adams
Zachary Early
Zoey Sims
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA I WINDS
FLUTE
Amira Hadley
Michaela Armstrong
Suset Solano
HORN
Christian Harrison
Ora Collier
Tyler Slaton
TIMPANI
Maasai Jarrett
OBOE
Madison Wells
* AMP Student Mentor
TRUMPET
Erica Peterson
Zaki Walker
Sanaa Jones
Lilah Jackson
PERCUSSION
Lyriq Sibille
CLARINET
Numaat Thomas
Skylar Edwards
TROMBONE
Frederick Todd
Anyanwu Madimoyo
Judah Jones
BASSOON
Syrus Paul Symphony Horton
TUBA
Mason Banks
Joseph Hillman
Cailyn Cody
PERCUSSION
Dave Anderson*
PERCUSSION
Raina McLeod*
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA I STRINGS
VIOLIN I
Antorio Lewis
Journey Wilson
Nzingha Dunston
Chenzira Hardy
VIOLIN II
John Jones
Dulce Tapia
Ju’Liah Rawls
VIOLA
Ryan Austin
Celeste Banks
Malaika Phillips
Chadwick Gregory
Sian Shropshire-Taylor
CELLO
Maya Walton
Shannon Kuntz
Mahogany Williams
Bailee Horne
Kai Malloy
Jaden Oransky
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA II
VIOLIN I
Ta’Kari Tatum
Anaika Dominic
Ethan Waithe
Blake Catherine Fujii
Autumn Inman
FLUTE
Christina Paul
Nubia Thompson
Taylor Starks
Harmony Rojas
Hailey Haye
TRUMPET
VIOLIN II
Ayla Gingrich
Nathaniel Teko
Malia White
Ethan Ezzard
OBOE
Joseph Banks
VIOLA
Huy Thuy
Angel Mendez
Ky-Miya Russell
Raelan Robinson
CELLO
Jonathan Washington
William Spann
Bena-Nsilu Tiya
DOUBLE BASS
Diana Martinez
Joshua Allen-Hannans
Terry Dent
Xavier Francois
DeAngelo Hammonds TROMBONE
Jakob Cobbs
Israel Smith
CLARINET
Alauna Jolly BASSOON
Jonah Banks
TIMPANI
Raina Mcleod
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT RHYTHM BAND
ELECTRIC BASS
Ray Ransom
DRUMSET & PERCUSSION
Corey Raymond
DOUBLE BASS
Lourdess Culpatrick
Bella Rose White
Khamari McIver
FRENCH HORN
Jameson Olowoyo
Preston Harris
PERCUSSION
Dave Anderson
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
Marlee Carter
Shani Gingrich
Caliah Matamoros
Gustavo de la Torre^
Giulliana Scaramazza^
Jasmine Anderson^
DOUBLE BASS
Malachi Beckham
Nia Blount
Emir Zayas
BASSOON
Shanae Cousley
TUBA
Joshua Peek
VIOLIN II
Foster Wilson
Reyna Case
Graison Saba
Donovan Fuller^**
Ethan Del Prado^
Payton Everett^
FLUTE
Camden Ingram
Leighlah West
Lailani Smith
FRENCH HORN
Anthony Flores
Joshua Wheaton
Joe Johnson^
Natali Huff^
PERCUSSION
Kori Harmon
VIOLA
Tyson Jones
Kree Willingham
Andrew Atkinson
Elena Martinez^
OBOE
Nehemiah Preston
Chineye Emenogu
CELLO
Priya Gingrich
Julianna Moronta
David Walton
Avery Austin
Mauricio Alvarado
Preston Walton
CLARINET
Samuel Leyimu
Amir Foster
TRUMPET
Dineo Halisi-Adams
Ethan Crawford
TROMBONE
Inara Stewart
Joel Patrick
Caleb Alexander
PERCUSSION
Noah Burgess^
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
SOPRANO
Adedayo Akanbi
Amira Gaines
Cadance Dyer
Cheyenne Harris
Da’janel Chatmon
Harmony Gregory
Isabella Castro
Jisell Cruz Ramírez
Journee White
Lauren Hunter
Melanie Luckadue Garcia
Nevaeh Chrispin
Rachel Walker
^Collegiate Mentor ** AMP Alum
ALTO
Amaya Paylor
Elouise Hunt
Haille Edwards
Inaya Diop
Jada Hilliard
Jayla Jacobs
Jessica Leggins
Madison Cromartie
Maya Winfrey
Reagyn Requena
TENOR
Dekerri Lunsford Jr.
Justin Williamson
Maxwell Smith
Raja Green-Hornes
BASS
Aiyé Banks
Alexander Beaty
Joshua Banks
Matteo Herane
Royal Joseph
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philip M. Juravel, CPA, Chair
Jennifer Dorian, Vice-Chair
Byron Gibbs, Treasurer
Racheal Woods, Secretary
Sarah Griesenauer-Barros, Ben Cherian, Anne Cross, Deva Hirsch, Valerie L. Holmes, James F. Lock III, Aaron C. Mitchell, Ceasar C. Mitchell Jr., Aisha Moody, Shawn Pacely,
Elijah Brown, Dantes Rameau, John Sparrow, Mick Brons, Jaylen Mize
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT STAFF
Aisha Moody, Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer
Amber Taylor, Associate Director of AMP Academy
Breanna Johnson, Director of Choral Programs
Dantes Rameau, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
D’Laney Bowry, Development & Grants Manager
Durand Bailey, Senior Director of Operations
Jack W. Wagner, Director of Grants
José L. Morales, Marketing & Graphic Design Associate
Lauren Jones, Program Operations Associate
Lauren Spence, Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
Liesl McWhorter, Youth Orchestras Program Manager
Lydia Falcon, After-School Programs Associate
Michael Crawford, Facilities Manager
Miriam Huppert, Director of College & Career Services
Monicia Banks, Van driver
Nassareen Rahman, Van Driver
Ron Pace, Finance Manager
the atlanta music project mission and history
Founded in 2010, the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) provides world-class music training and performance opportunities supporting youth growth and development. Operating in under-resourced communities, AMP’s mission is to empower youth to realize their possibilities through music.
AMP serves over 1,000 young musicians annually through band, orchestra, and choir programs, private lessons, and the annual month-long AMP Summer Series. The AMP Senior Youth Orchestras and Choirs perform and compete both nationally and internationally. Additionally, AMP houses a college and career program, supporting AMP high school students and alumni. Since 2021, AMP has awarded $545,000 in college scholarships to its alumni.
AMP music ensembles perform more than 60 concerts annually, performing in venues all across Atlanta, from community centers to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. AMP music ensembles have performed alongside international stars such as cellist Sterling Elliott, rapper Lecrae, operatic baritone Edward Parks, R&B singer Monica, The Piano Guys, the Harlem Quartet, electric violinist Lindsey Stirling, pianist Terrence Wilson, and the Imani Winds. AMP musicians can be seen performing with rapper T.I. on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series.
AMP’s young musicians have successfully auditioned for Georgia All-State ensembles, and performed with the Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Ballet, and the Fox Theatre. AMP ensembles have concertized as far away as Los Angeles, Aspen, Mexico, Canada, and New Zealand. The AMP Senior Youth Choir was crowned winner of the Youth Choirs category at the Open Competition of the 2024 World Choirs Games.
AMP is the recipient of several prestigious awards: 2015 Local Community Service Award (Spelman College), 2016 Neighborhood Builder (Bank of America), 2016 & 2017 Top 50 Youth Arts Program (USA President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities), 2018 MLK Jr. Community Service Award (Emory University), 2019 Luminary Award for Arts Education (ArtsATL), and 2021 Infusion Award (Lewis Prize for Music).
AMP’s current major funders include the Chestnut Family Foundation, Intuit Mailchimp, the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation, the Harland Charitable Foundation, the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, The Rich’s Foundation, the Sartain Lanier Foundation, the Luluma Foundation, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia Council for the Arts, Georgia Department of Education, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Delta Community Credit Union, the Next Generation Fund, and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
In 2024, AMP became the recipient of five Steinway pianos and was awarded the prestigious honor of being a Steinway Select School, making AMP one of eight schools in the country with this distinction.
AMP’s partners and collaborators include the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton State University, and the Chestnut Family Foundation.
AMP’s existence is a direct result of the 2009 TED Prize, which was awarded to Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of Venezuela’s El Sistema. AMP’s co-founders were members of the Sistema Fellows Program at the New England Conservatory in Boston. AMP is a member of “El Sistema USA,” the National Alliance of El Sistema Inspired Programs.
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