Feel the Music!, Tuesday's Children and the RECYouth program of the NYC Parks Department have partnered to offer free audio and video production workshops for teens. This is a unique, hands-on summer experience taught by renowned professionals using state of the art equipment.

I- Audio and Video Production Workshops

RECYouth's Video Production curriculum is centered on technical training in camera operation, sound production and Final Cut Pro editing, with a foundation in research, writing and storyboarding. Project production, from fictional narrative to experimental documentary, provides a strong technical vocabulary and an outlet for creative expression.
During our summer programs, youth rotate jobs, learning how to direct, shoot, mic and edit, ensuring experience with all aspects of production. Upon completion, work is featured at public screening events and submitted to festivals and for television broadcast. WHEN: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12 to 4pm, with an optional field trip on Thursdays. Program Dates: July 11- August 16 WHERE: Hamilton Fish Recreation Center, 128 Pitt St. @ Houston (NYC) Limit of 15 students

II- Intensive Songwriting Workshop

Feel the Music! songwriting workshops to be held at the stunning facilities at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Learn the skills to write your own songs Visit a NYC recording studio! Workshop includes focus on melodic development, lyric writing, structure and arrangement Features special guests and visit to ASCAP's NYC offices WHEN: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Program Dates: July 11- August 16 WHERE: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street

This songwriting workshop series is created by Feel the Music! and funded in large part by the ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund. (ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)

NEWSFLASH: Feel the Music! jazz workshop participants will be recording on June 17th at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the XM Radio Recording Studios.

Feel the Music! is collaborating with the New Jersey based "Hope to Cope" teen resiliency group to write a theme song for their outreach program. Plans are to write and record this spring.

In our Fall and Winter cycles, Feel the Music! was made available to children, teens and their families who lost a family member on September 11. Beginning with the Spring 2006 cycle, the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund approved the EXPANSION of Feel the Music! eligibility, allowing our workshops to reach a greater range of families affected by 9/11.

Now, eligible participants include children, teens and their families who:

• lost a family member on 9/11;
• whose parent is a WTC survivor; or
• whose parent worked on WTC recovery- reconstruction

If you meet any of these eligibility requirements, please inquire now for ANY of our free music workshops.

Feel the Music! is supported by a September 11 recovery grant from the American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund to the World Foundation for Music and Healing (WFMH). The WFMH is a project of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation.

Performance by the Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra,
directed by Arturo O'Farrill - featuring special guests

Saint Peter's Church 7:30 pm
54th Street @ Lexington Avenue, NYC

Free Admission for all 9/11 Families

RSVP 212.669.6126 by June 7th