New York Youth Symphony seeks Executive Director

The New York Youth Symphony welcomes nominations and applications for the position of Executive Director, available in the Fall of 2023. Founded in 1963, the Grammy Award winning New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) is nationally recognized for its Orchestra, Jazz Band, Chamber Music, Composition, First Music, Musical Theater Songwriting, and Apprentice Conducting programs, all of…

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‘We Grown Now’ Is A Love Letter To The Cabrini-Green Projects

Before 1992, Cabrini-Green, a more than 15,000-person housing project originally built as homes for war veterans, was just another Black and brown community in Chicago that was in decline. It was under-resourced, under-protected, beset by gang activity and police raids, and otherwise dismissed. Still, like many other neighborhoods throughout the country, life for the residents…

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