In the Resnick Education Wing 10 floors above the main stages of historic Carnegie Hall, a teenage girl named Breanni stood nervously in front of the crowd. She was chosen to kick off the Musical Connections concert this week, presented by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
JJIE New York Metro Bureau logoBut Breanni stood frozen before her peers and family members, well-dressed in black and white, her long hair styled in braids. She struggled to recite her poem, which would be the opening piece of the night.
“I’m mad scared, guys!” Breanni said into the microphone with a laugh.
Wednesday night’s concert was the culmination of eight weeks of workshops provided by Musical Connections, which connects communities with the resources to positively express themselves via music. Students from Brooklyn’s Belmont Academy, a nonsecure detention and placement site, could take part through partnerships the program has with the New York City Department of Education and the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS).
[For more of this story, written by Emma Hernandez, go to http://jjie.org/at-carnegie-ha...-their-songs/244717/]
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