About this project
The Atlanta Music Project (AMP) is a new organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by El Sistema, Venezuela's monumental, globally acclaimed youth orchestra program, our mission is to uplift youths in underserved communities by enrolling them in an intensive 5-day-a-week after-school program where they will participate in youth orchestra, choir and group lessons.
AMP is led by Dantes Rameau, bassoonist and part of the inaugural graduating class of the Abreu Fellows Program, a prestigious post-graduate fellowship at the New England Conservatory which trains musicians to lead El Sistema-inspired programs in the U.S. and beyond.
Everyday after school, AMP programs will provide a safe haven for kids grades 1 through 6 where they will spend time doing homework, receive tutoring and of course participate in orchestra, choir and group lessons. A program that values aiming for excellence, we will perform concerts several times a year. AMP kids will also take field trips to various Atlanta cultural institutions such as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Woodruff Arts Center.
The money raised by our backers on Kickstarter will fund the following expenses:
-Orchestral music instruments and sheet music for our students.
-A two-week Brazilian Samba and African Drum and Dance residency for our students, culminating in a concert by our students.
Thank you for supporting music as a vehicle for social change,
The Atlanta Music Project Team
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 6, 2010.
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-Your name (or your organization's name) added to the Atlanta Music Project website's Thank You page. If desired we will add the amount of your pledge to your name.
Pledge $25 or more
-We add you to the The Atlanta Music Project e-mailing list to receive our online newsletter. -Plus receive all the rewards above this one.
Pledge $40 or more
-You receive your very own, brand new, limited-edition Atlanta Music Project T-shirt. -Plus receive all the rewards above this one.
Pledge $100 or more
-You receive the coveted AMP medallion, a symbol of music for social change. The AMP medallion is only given to AMP students to wear for their concerts and is engraved with the AMP slogan. -Plus receive all the rewards above this one.
Pledge $500 or more
-You receive a DVD of one of the AMP concerts from our inaugural year. -Plus receive all the rewards above this one.
Pledge $1,200 or more
-We send Abreu Fellow and Atlanta Music Project Executive Director, Dantes Rameau, to your location to give you or your organization a private presentation on El Sistema, the Atlanta Music Project and how you can start an El Sistema-modeled program in your community. Please note, this reward is limited to the United States and Canada. -Plus receive all the rewards above this one.
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My name is Dantes Rameau and I'm originally from Ottawa, Canada but my music performance studies (I'm a bassoonist) led me to the United States. I've always been interested in using my art to uplift youths and communities. This passion led me to discover El Sistema, a monumental youth orchestra and choir system that inspires social change through music in Venezuela. Around the same time the New England Conservatory of Music announced the Abreu Fellows Program, a post-graduate training program for musicians who want to lead the El Sistema movement in the United States and beyond. As an Abreu Fellow I got to spend two months in Venezuela working within El Sistema and now I'm in Atlanta working for Atlanta's first El Sistema program, the Atlanta Music Project (AMP). In Venezuela, El Sistema serves over 400,000 kids. Our goal at the Atlanta Music Project is to give every child in Atlanta the opportunity to play in a youth orchestra in his/her own community. For my official bio and more about AMP please visit the websites listed below.
