Raise Your Hand features a side-by-side orchestra of student musicians performing alongside professional musicians, and include guest speakers such as activist and youth mentor Antonio Hendrickson and actor Ruffin Prentiss. The keynote speakers are the Bobcats, a group of students who created the reForm project: a long term art installation which examined and protested the closure of Philadelphia’s Fairhill Elementary School. The musical program features all composers of color, including the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Teresa Carreño, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, George Walker, and a world premiere by Evan Williams.

Under the artistic direction of Terrance McKnight (WQXR Evening Host), the orchestra will be led by Minnesota Symphony’s Associate Conductor Roderick Cox, and feature concertmaster Kelly Hall-Tompkins (Sunset Boulevard). Soloists include harpist Dr. Ashley Jackson, and soprano Rosemarie Albanese from the Manhattan Girls Chorus. The Dream Unfinished Orchestra will include students from the Corona Youth Music Project, UpBeat NYC, WHIN Music Project, and the Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

Watch a short video about the project here. CCR is proud to partner alongside Museum of Impact, Lead by Example/Reverse the Trend, and Black Women's Blueprint on this incredible Dream Unfinished event.

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