Performer: Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Jesse Blumberg, Ling Ling Huang, Andrew Gonzalez, Peter Seidenberg, Allison Charney, John-Paul Norpoth, Adrienne Danrich, Alexis Gerlach, Mark Risinger
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2582
Release: 2023
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Sandberg: Thank You
02. Scott: Für meinen Vater
03. Wallen: My Soul
04. Grier: Save It in My Jewelry Box
05. Zwilich: Music Kitchen Interplay
06. Bryan: You Made My Day
07. Hall-Tompkins: Gretchen’s Threads
08. Lee III: From My Heart
09. Puts: Bad Ass
10. Sankaram: Hooking
11. Kahane: All Is Quiet
12. Simon: A Wonderful Hearing
13. Moon: These Strings
14. Moon: At Peace
15. Moravec: Music Is Love
16. Moravec: Music Is Love (tutti reprise)
Multi-award-winning violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is the entrepreneurial spirit behind Music Kitchen, the pioneering project that brings top classical music and musicians into homeless shelters, sharing the inspirational, therapeutic, and uplifting power of music with those experiencing homelessness. Founded in New York City, Music Kitchen has presented over 100 concerts to more than 30,000 homeless shelter clients coast to coast, including in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Oakland, Rochester, and internationally in Paris, France. According to the New York Times, “The concerts have an air of authenticity and directness that sometimes does not exist in concert halls.”
Forgotten Voices is a song cycle commissioned by Music Kitchen – Food for the Soul, with support from Carnegie Hall, comprising works by 15 of today’s foremost composers featuring evocative and poignant texts by homeless shelter clients that have provided a profound source of inspiration and reverence.
Forgotten Voices premiered to a sold-out Carnegie Hall audience in March 2022 and inspired a short film that has won multiple awards at festivals around the globe, including Winner: Best Cause-Driven Film and Finalist: Best Director and Best Documentary at the Cannes World Film Festival, Winner: Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival, and Winner: Best Short Documentary at the Berlin Indie Film Festival.