Warner Music Group, Josh Groban honored at Concord Program gala
Warner Music Group (WMG) and singer, songwriter and actor Josh Groban have been acknowledged this week for his or her contributions to the Concord Program, a non-profit group that gives music training to underserved communities in New York.
WMG has been a companion of the Concord Program since 2015, “serving to kids achieve vital life expertise and make significant peer connections,” the corporate mentioned in a press release on Thursday (April 3).
“The Concord Program’s work isn’t nearly increasing entry to music training, it’s about harnessing the facility of music to encourage collaboration and domesticate neighborhood,” mentioned WMG President of World Catalog Kevin Gore, who accepted the respect at a gala occasion on Wednesday. Gore is a Concord Program Board Member.
“It’s extra necessary than ever for all of us to make sure that inventive expression continues to flourish freely and that organizations just like the Concord Program proceed to thrive, in order that they will foster the subsequent technology of leaders, dreamers, and music makers. It’s an honor to be acknowledged by such a necessary and impactful group in our neighborhood.”
“The work of the Concord Program is vitally necessary as a result of it’s altering the mindset of those younger folks,” Groban, a Warner Data artist, mentioned on stage.
“Arts training, in an ever-divided and cynical world, is what tells us about the fantastic thing about our similarities, however extra importantly about the fantastic thing about our variations. This honor is so particular and it means the world to me.”
“It’s extra necessary than ever for all of us to make sure that inventive expression continues to flourish freely and that organizations just like the Concord Program proceed to thrive,”
Kevin Gore, Warner Music Group
“Warner Music Group has been a useful companion to the Concord Program and its college students for over a decade,” Concord Program Founder and Govt Director Anne Fitzgibbon mentioned.
“Past monetary assist, they’ve offered our college students with profession mentorship, trade internships, and unforgettable, collaborative performances with world-class artists like Joyce DiDonato, Chris Thile, and Josh Groban. They exemplify the facility of company philanthropy to encourage younger folks, and by extension, their broader communities.”
Together with Gore, the Planning Committee for the gala occasion included WMG CEO Robert Kyncl, CBS Information journalist Adriana Diaz, who additionally hosted the occasion, SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton, opera performer Heather Buck, investor Evan Gogel, monetary lawyer and coverage supervisor of the League of Girls Voters Kirsten Kern, enterprise capitalist Dennis Lee, neurosurgeon Dr. Kalmon Submit of Mount Sinai Hospital, and digital advert enterprise chief Rick Tune.
Further sponsors included Kirsten and Peter Kern, Georgia and Don Gogel, Jenny and Roy Niederhoffer, Eliah Seton and James McKeever, SoundCloud, and Evan Gogel and Abra Metz-Dworkin.
The Concord Program offers kids with with free devices, intensive music instruction, orchestral coaching and “entry to a wide range of cultural experiences in an effort to advertise self-confidence, creativity, social improvement and educational success.”
Its gala occasion is held yearly, and former honorees have included Christian McBride, Melissa Walker, Ben Jackson Walker, Arnaud Sussmann, Melissa Munoz, and Saffron Chung.Music Enterprise Worldwide
