OneBeat (music program)

The OneBeat program is the result of a partnership between Found Sound Nation, Bang on a Can and the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.[1] The first program was held in 2012 and as a release states:

"OneBeat is an incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship where innovative musicians from around the world launch collaborative projects designed to make a positive impact on local and global communities. OneBeat is cultivating a groundbreaking international network of sonic change-makers, leading artistic, technological, and social innovation in music."[2]

The program selects around 25 musicians from hundreds of international applicants to participate in a two-week residency where they experiment with sounds, record and produce tracks, and implement workshops through brainstorming with local educators, organizers and entrepreneurs.[3][4] These compositions and workshops are taken on the road for a two-week-long tour of performances, youth workshops and public music making.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/arts/music/us-onebeat-program-melds-32-musicians-from-21-countries.html?_r=0
  2. ↑ "U.S. Department of State, Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation Collaborate on International OneBeat 2014". Classicalite.
  3. ↑ "OneBeat". state.gov.
  4. ↑ "OneBeat returns to shake up the definition of world music". Orlando Weekly.
  5. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/arts/music/us-onebeat-program-melds-32-musicians-from-21-countries.html?_r=0
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