Make Music Nashville
Programs
Budget
$15,000.00
Description
Make Music Days around the country have adopted the tradition of hosting Play-Along events, which are prominent gatherings of one single instrument. Make Music Nashville has curated play-alongs for harmonicas, cymbals, drums, guitars and ukuleles. These events can be oriented as group lessons, performances, play-alongs, and more. From MMN's first year, we have featured a group harmonica lesson for children at the Nashville Zoo. Every year, we help distribute 100 free harmonicas to kids through donations from Hohner harmonicas. We have also partnered with retailers to host group jams, notably a drum circle in Sevier Park and a western swing guitar jam at Gruhn Guitars. In 2016, Make Music Nashville premiered a piece for Cymbal Orchestra in front of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. 16 drummers gathered to play Shimmer, a new piece for Make Music Day by Brian Chase, drummer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Since 2017, MMN has partnered with Arts at the Airport for innovative play-along events for patrons. The 2017 play-along featured a Beatles-themed kazoo jam, the 2018 play-along featured a spoon jam in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music, and the 2019 play-along featured a maraca jam with a local steel drum performance group.
Program Areas Served
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$15,000.00
Description
Make Music Days around the country have adopted the tradition of hosting Play-Along events, which are prominent gatherings of one single instrument. Make Music Nashville has curated play-alongs for harmonicas, cymbals, drums, guitars and ukuleles. These events can be oriented as group lessons, performances, play-alongs, and more. From MMN's first year, we have featured a group harmonica lesson for children at the Nashville Zoo. Every year, we help distribute 100 free harmonicas to kids through donations from Hohner harmonicas. We have also partnered with retailers to host group jams, notably a drum circle in Sevier Park and a western swing guitar jam at Gruhn Guitars. In 2016, Make Music Nashville premiered a piece for Cymbal Orchestra in front of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. 16 drummers gathered to play Shimmer, a new piece for Make Music Day by Brian Chase, drummer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Since 2017, MMN has partnered with Arts at the Airport for innovative play-along events for patrons. The 2017 play-along featured a Beatles-themed kazoo jam, the 2018 play-along featured a spoon jam in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music, and the 2019 play-along featured a maraca jam with a local steel drum performance group.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| With hundreds of concerts being organized and executed in a single day, Make Music Nashville's largest hurdles are the logistics surrounding the production and oversight of so many overlapping events. To address this issue, MMN has partnered with multiple local organizations to fulfill volunteer quotas and is working with said volunteers to make sure they are utilized strategically at each program. |
