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 PREPARATORY CHOIR (1st-3rd)
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 genre-blending 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
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.
CHANELL CHILDERS
AMP PREPARATORY CHOIR (4th-5th)
A Philadelphia native, Chanell Childers is a singer, teacher, musician, and a mentor. At a very young age, she was exposed to music of all genres by her parents. At six, Chanell started studying classical piano followed by three years of acting at Freedom Theater in Philadelphia, PA. While at Freedom Theater she discovered that she also had the gift of singing. She was told by many of her teachers that her voice was simply beyond her time. With this newfound talent, Chanell’s parents decided to have her study voice. While attending The Philadelphia High School for Girls, Chanell was the first student in school history to receive a standing ovation and an encore at the age of 14. With this confirmation from her peers, she decided from that day on that she would share her God-given talents with the world through music.
Chanell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music (Voice) from Clark Atlanta University. At CAU she had the opportunity to study jazz with James Patterson, Director of the Clark Atlanta University Jazz Orchestra. Chanell’s experience with the CAU Jazz Orchestra gave her the chance to interact and perform with and open for legends like Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Kirk Whalum, Roberta Flack, Ramsey Lewis, Jon Faddis, James Moody, Ernestine Anderson, Nancy Wilson,
Roy Hargrove, Lalah Hathaway, Take 6, Nnenna Freelon.
Chanell is the lead vocalist of the Clark Atlanta University Alumni Jazz Orchestra. She has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland), Umbria Jazz Festival (Umbria, Italy), North Sea Jazz Festival (Den Haag, Netherlands), and the Jazz Vienne Festival (Vienne, France). She also has received a Master of Music in Jazz Performance from The University of Miami. Chanell currently gigs around town and is also an Elementary Music Teacher with the DeKalb County School District. She also teaches private voice andpiano lessons. This is Chanell’s tenth year teaching for Atlanta Music Project as the Choral Conductor of the Preparatory Chorus. Chanell believes that educating young people, both musicians and non-musicians, has propelled her advocacy for social change through their growth and development.
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.
MICHELE FOWLIN
GUEST CONDUCTOR
AMP SENIOR YOUTH CHOIR
Michele Fowlin is a conductor, educator, and artistic leader whose work is grounded in the belief that music education is a powerful tool for formation, access, and empowerment. With nearly three decades in public education, she is known for cultivating artistic excellence while meeting students as whole people — intellectually, culturally, and creatively.
She currently serves as Artistic Director of Washington Performing Arts’ Children of the Gospel Choir and Associate Director of Music / Director of Contemporary Worship Music at Washington National Cathedral, where she creates musical spaces that honor artistic excellence, cultural truth, and spiritual depth. In these roles, her leadership centers ensemble identity, musical development, and the responsibility artists have to their communities.
That same philosophy shapes her work beyond the classroom. Ms. Fowlin’s artistry spans gospel, classical, and civic stages. She has collaborated with gospel luminaries such as Richard Smallwood, Karen Clark Sheard, Mary Mary, Yolanda Adams, Patrick Lundy, Damien Sneed, and Jeremiah Hicks, while her classical foundation was shaped through study with distinguished artists including Charlotte Holloman and the legendary Sylvia Olden Lee. Her work has also brought her into artistic collaboration and performance for
national leaders, including former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, reflecting a career rooted in both musical excellence and public service.
A two-time graduate of Howard University (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy), Ms. Fowlin studied voice and conducting under renowned mentors and later served as Assistant to the Conductor for the University Choirs, conducting performances nationally and internationally. Her early musical training began in piano, including acceptance to The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division at age nine.
Throughout her 29-year career in the classroom and beyond, Ms. Fowlin was known not simply as a music educator, but as an advocate and mentor, particularly for students who needed someone to see more in them than talent alone. She continues this work through masterclasses, vocal wellness clinics, and artist residencies, focusing on technical development, confidence, discipline, and sustainable musicianship.
At the heart of her work is a commitment to helping young artists understand the power of their voices musically, personally, and in the world they are shaping.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT 1st-3rd PREparatory choir
Keeyen Martin | Conductor Eli Manos | Collaborative Pianist
Over My Head.....................................................................Traditional Spiritual arr. Adam & Matt Podd
Siyahamba.........................................................South African (Zulu) Folk Song arr. Brad Nix
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT 4th-5th PREparatory choir
Chanell Childers | Conductor Eli Manos | Collaborative Pianist
Blue Skies......................................................................................Irving Berlin arr. Roger Emerson
John Henry.........................................................Traditional Railroad Work Song arr. Rollo Dilworth
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT junior youth choir
Pamela Dillard | Conductor Eli Manos | Collaborative Pianist
Fèy O!....................................................................Traditional Haitian Folk Song arr. Ruth Morris Gray If I Got My Ticket.....................................................................Roy L. Belfield Jr.
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT junior youth choir CONT.
Pamela Dillard | Conductor Eli Manos | Collaborative Pianist
The Color Purple from the Broadway Musical The Color Purple........Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray arr. Rollo Dilworth
Wade in the Water..............................................................Traditional Spiritual As performed by The Spirituals
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT Senior youth choir
Michele Fowlin | Guest Conductor Tammy Harper | Collaborative Pianist
Oh, What a Beautiful City...........................................................Negro Spiritual arr. Eurydice V. Osterman
Mojuba..................................................................Nigerian (Yoruba) Folk Song arr. Brian Tate
Hear My Prayer.............................................................................Moses Hogan
Freedom, Oh Freedom......................................................................Larry Long
Revelation 19:1.........................................................................Jeffrey LaValley As recorded by Stephen Hurd
Jeremiah 17......................................................................Mark Anthony Ellis Jr. As recorded by ABLAZE
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT combined choirs
Keeyen Martin | Conductor Tammy Harper | Collaborative Pianist
Lift Every Voice and Sing..................................................J.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Verse 1
Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Rosamund Johnson setting
by
Allen Pote
Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Music by J. Rosamond Johnson, 1900
Verse 3
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us;
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee; Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.
Verse 2
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered;
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
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Atlanta Music Project 1st-3rd Preparatory Choir
Over My Head
Traditional Spiritual; arr. Adam and Matt Podd
Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a joy somewhere.
Over my head, I see trouble in the air. There must be a God somewhere.
Over my head, I hear singing ev’rywhere. There must be a God somewhere.
Siyhamba
South African (Zulu) Folk Song; arr. Brad Nix
Translation:
We are marching in the light of God. We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, we are marching, ooh, We are marching in the light of God.
Atlanta Music Project 4th-5th Preparatory Choir
Blue Skies
Irving Berlin; arr. Roger Emerson
Blue skies smilin’ at me.
Nothin’ but blue skies do I see.
Bluebirds singin’ a song.
Nothin’ but bluebirds all day long.
Never saw the sun shinin’ so bright.
Never saw things goin’ so right.
Noticing the days hurryin’ by, When you’re in love, my how they fly.
Blue days all of them gone.
Nothing but blue skies from now on!
John Henry
Traditional Railword Work Song; arrr. Rollo Dilworth Tsss.
When John Henry was a little baby sitting on his pappy’s knee, He grabbed a hammer and a little piece of steel, said, “This hammer’l be the death of me, O, Lord, this hammer’ll be the death of me.
John Henry! John Henry said to his captain, “O Captain,” “A men ain’t nothin’ but a man; I’m just a man;
But before I’ll let your stream drill beat me down, I’ll die with the hammer in my hand! O Lord! Die with the hammer in my hand!”
John Henry got his thirty pound hammer, and by that steam drill he did stand. And beat that steam drill three inches down, Then he died with his hammer in his hand! O Lord! Died with his hammer in his hand!
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John Henry cont.
They carried John Henry to the graveyard
And they buried his underneath the sand.
And ev’ry locomotive goes a roarin’ by says
“There lies a steel drivin’ man! O Lord?
There lies a steel drivin’ man!”
John Henry! John Henry! O John Henry! Tsss. Hammer in hand, he’s a steel drivin’ man.
The legend of John Henry!
Mighty and strong, he could work all day long. The legend of John Henry! O John Henry!
Atlanta Music Project Junior Youth Choir
Fèy O!
Traditional Haitian Folk Song; arr. Ruth Morris Gray
Translation: Leaves, oh!
Save my life from the misery, oh!
My son is sick.
I ran to the home of the healer, Similo.
If you are a good healer
Save my life from the misery, oh!
If I Got My Ticket
African American Spiritual composed by Roy L. Belfield Jr.
If I got my ticket, Lord, can I ride?
If I got my ticket, Lord, can I ride, Ride away to Heaven in the mornin’, Ride away to Heaven in the mornin’?
That gospel train is a-comin’ for me, And the promised land I’ll gain.
Oh, I hear them wheels a-hummin’, my Lord, I’m ready to board that train. Let me ride.
I know I’ve been converted, And I ain’t gonna make no alarm.
For my soul is bound to Jesus, my Lord,
And the devil can’t do me no harm. Lord, let me ride.
Ride, Lord, ride, Lord.
Oh, my mother said,
Ride, Lord, ride away to Heaven in the mornin’, Lord.
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Atlanta Music Project Junior Youth Choir cont.
I Dream A World
André J. Thomas
Text by Langston Hughes (1941)
Of such I dream, of such I dream. I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom’s way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free,
Of such I dream, of such I dream. Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankindOf such I dream, I dream a world.
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Atlanta Music Project Junior Youth Choir cont.
The Color Purple from the Broadway Musical The Color Purple Words and Music by Allee
Willis, Brenda Russell, and Stephen Bray; arr. Rollo Dilworth
Dear God, dear stars, dear trees, dear sky
Dear peoples, dear everything, Dear God.
God is inside me and everyone else
That was or ever will be. I came into this world with God
And when I finally looked inside,I found it
Just as close as my breath is to me.
Rising like a sun
Is the hope that sets us free. Your heartbeat make my heart beat
When we share love.
Like a blade of corn, like a honeybee. Like a waterfall, all a part of me.
Like the color purple, where do it come from?
Now my eyes are open. Look what God has done.
It take a grain of love
To make a mighty tree.
Even the smallest voice
Can make a harmony
Like a drop of water keep the river high, There are miracles for you and I. Oh!
Like a blade of corn, like a honeybee. Like a waterfall, all a part of me.
Like the color purple, where do it come from?
Now my eyes are open. Look what God has done.
I don’t think us feel old at all. I think this is the youngest us ever felt. Amen.
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Atlanta Music Project Junior Youth Choir cont.
Wade in the Water
Traditional Spiritual; As performed by The Spirituals
Wade in the water
We dey wade in the water
Children wade in the water
God said he’s gonna trouble the water
Wade in the water
We dey wade in the water
Children wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water
We are the sons and the daughters
We gotta stand up and make it loud
Just like our God told the Pharaoh
“Let my people go, go”
We are a new generation
From the ones who have come before
He’s calling us into freedom
Let my people go, go
We no go shy, no go shame
Ibi your papa God wey ‘e make the heavens
If you know sey you no want trouble
Let my people go, go
With blood, sweat and tears
That we’ve gathered through the years
If you know sey you no want trouble
Let my people go, go
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-ooh-oh
Oh,oh, oh-ooh-oh
Oh,oh, oh-ooh-oh, oh
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Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir
Oh, What a Beautiful City Negro Spiritual; arr. Eurydice V. Osterman
Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city, Oh, what a beautiful city, twelve gates into the city, a hal-le-lu.
Halle, hallelu, hallelujah, Halle, hallelu, hallelujah!
Three gates in-a the east, Three gates in-a the west, Three gates in-a north. Three gates way down south.
Makin’ it twelve gates into the city, A-hallelu!
My Lord built-a that city, an’ he said it was just a-four square, And he said he wanted you, sinner, To meet him in-a the air.
Makin’ it twelve gates into the city, A-hallelu!
Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city, Oh, what a beautiful city, twelve gates into the city, a hal-le-lu.
Halle, hallelu, hallelujah, Halle, hallelu, hallelujah!
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Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir cont.
Mojuba Nigerian (Yoruba) Folk Song; arr. Brian Tate
Translation:
Hearing the ancestors’ voices on the gentle winds and going across the river of death to dance before the council of elders.
Hear My Prayer
Words and Music by Moses Hogan
O Lord, please hear my prayer, In the mornin’ when I rise.
It’s Your servant bound for glory.
O dear Lord, please hear my prayer.
O Lord, please hear my prayer, Keep me safe within Your arms.
It’s Your servant bound for glory.
O dear Lord, please hear my prayer.
When my work on earth is done, And You come to take me home.
Just to know I’m bound for glory. And to hear You say well done.
Done with sin and sorrow, Have mercy, mercy. Amen.
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Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir cont.
Freedom, Oh Freedom Unknown
I want to grow up to be old,
To be the dream I dream.
I want to teach, I want to reach
Up to be all I can be. Freedom.
Freedom, oh freedom!
Can you imagine that?
To make a job, not just to take a job,
To love the work I do.
Happiness, togetherness, With love from me to you.
Freedom, oh freedom!
Can you imagine that?
To lift up your voice, to shout and sing
Until earth and heaven ring
With harmony, with liberty
From sea to shining sea. Oh, freedom.
Take pride in yourself,
Believe in yourself,
Take pride in yourself.
You go to have faith.
Freedom, oh freedom!
Can you imagine that?
Let freedom ring.
Revelation 19:1
Jeffrey LaValley
As Recorded by Stephen Hurd
Hallelujah, salvation and glory
Honor and power unto the Lord our God
For the Lord our God is mighty
Yes, The Lord our God is omnipotent
The Lord our god He is wonderful
All praises be to the King of Kings and the Lord our god
He is wonderful
Hallelujah, salvation and glory
Honor and power He is wonderful
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah, He is wonderful
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AMP Youth Choirs Music of the African Diaspora Concert Text
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Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir cont.
Jeremiah 17
Mark Anthony Ellis Jr. As Performed by ABLAZE
Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, And believes he will do what he says
Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord And believes it will come to pass
Like a tree planted by The rivers of water
My blessing is on the way, my blessing is on the way, oh oh
My blessing is on the way, it’s coming
My blessing, yes it is coming, I know my blessing is coming
With my name on it, with my name on it It’s got my name on it, it’s coming
It’s coming, it’s coming
It’s coming, it’s coming
Oh, oh, oh, it’s coming
Oh, oh, oh, it’s coming
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT 1st-3rd preparatory choir
Anya Jones
Aubrie Gibson
Aubrii Leslie
Bria Baker
Elijah Pope
Ella Williams
Emery Bonner
Emily Pope Grace Brown
Isaiah Pope Jett Thompson
Jovie Harris
Kaya Palmer
Lauryn Malmin
Leah Ward
Leilani Ogletree
Levi Wade
Lukas Coppens
Nnandi Alghanee
Noa Berry
Re’Ean Jackson
Reign Major
Sidni Parker
Sierra Griffin
Xander Sonubi
Zariah Burke
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT 4th-5th preparatory choir
Aiyanna Murray
Alaina Harrison
Aminah Assad
Auriyah Johnson
Brayden Robinson
Brylee Whetzel
Cambri Franks
Captain Cobb Dalila Shields
Demi McKee
Drew Sturchio Jr
Emerie Forogo
Genevieve Chitescu Weik
Isabella Jackson
Jeremiah Williams
Jisele Allen
Kameron Lester
Kiyomi Jones
Londyn Graves
Miracle Blakley
MusiQ Brown
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
Cameron Lawrence
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
Niliyma Burke
Sovereign Pohl-Campbell
Tarianna Rowland
Zahera Abdullah - Towns
Zara Francois
Zariyah Ellison
Zoe Range
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 senior youth choir
SOPRANO
Adedayo Akanbi
Amira Gaines
Cadance Dyer
Cheyenne Harris
Da’janel Chatmon
Emyah Dixon
Harmony Gregory
Isabella Castro
Jisell Cruz Ramirez
Journee White
Lauren Hunter
Melanie Luckadue Garcia
Nevaeh Chrispin
Rachel Walker
ALTO
Amaya Paylor
Elouise Hunt
Haille Edwards
Inaya Diop
Jada Hilliard
Jayla Jacobs
Jessica Leggins
Madison Cromartie
Maya Winfrey
Nala Mayhane
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 rHythm band
PERCUSSION
Alek Gayton
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.
For more information visit http://www.atlantamusicproject.org
YOUNG MUSICIAN PATHWAYS
COLLEGE & CAREER
SCHOLARSHIPS, EMPLOYMENT, ADVISING
ADVANCED PROGRAMS
AMP SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA & CHOIR
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