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Songwriting Projects

Giving people opportunities to make music is an integral aspect to Musical Connections. Listen to samples of stories told and amazing songs created by homeless residents, older adults, or kids in detention. Follow the stories of select projects below.

Major support for Musical Connections has been generously provided by the MetLife Foundation and The Irene Diamond Fund.

Additional support has been provided, in part, by Ameriprise Financial.

Musical Connections is also supported, in part, by an endowment gift from The Irene Diamond Fund.

Our Songs Workshop 2010: Songwriting with seniors from the Valley Lodge Shelter

These video clips capture a Musical Connections songwriting workshop that took place November 2009 through April 2010 at Valley Lodge transitional housing shelter, part of the West Side Federation for Senior Housing.

Our Songs Workshop 2011: Songwriting with seniors from Hudson Guild Community Center and Valley Lodge Shelter

Four-month songwriting workshops at the Hudson Guild Community Center and Valley Lodge Shelter produced the 22 songs presented in this performance. All of the songs were collaboratively arranged by the songwriters of Valley Lodge and Hudson Guild and members of the Musical Connections artist roster.

Jacobi Medical Center Workshop 2011: Songwriting with Patients in a Hospital

An inspirational look at the power of music in the lives of six teens born with HIV. Watch this documentary of a songwriting workshop with lasting effects.