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“What Sing for Hope does is wonderfully simple. It maintains a roster of compassionate, world-class artists who donate time and talent to the humanitarian causes that inspire them.”

Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Sing for Hope Board Member and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Our Mission

Founded by opera singers with a desire to lift their voices for social change, Sing for Hope is a non-profit organization that mobilizes a corps of over 500 professional artists (from classical musicians to ballet dancers to Broadway performers) in high-impact volunteer service programs that benefit communities in need. Our three volunteer programs are:

Each Sing for Hope project is defined by the volunteerism of professional artists and our belief in the transformative power of the performing arts.

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Photo credits

All of the photos on this page show Sing for Hope donor artists and their communities, and were taken by Sing for Hope donor photographers.

  • Lincoln Center Group Portrait (Nan Melville)
  • Monica Yunus (Associated Press)
  • Helen Sung, Lester Lynch, Lydia Brown, Brenda Patterson, Hanan Alattar, Sandra Piques Eddy, Lauren Ambrose, and Camille Zamora with Young at Arts students (Shawn Kaufman)
  • Cirque du Soleil's Imago Hand Balancing Duo, Sarah Wolfson, Leena Chopra, Shira Lissek, and Emily Martin (Anne Desmond)
  • Frederica von Stade and Jake Heggie (R. Clayton McKee)
  • Sandra Piques Eddy and Lester Lynch with Young at Arts students (Thomas Lee)
  • Kyle Resnick, Catherine Langberg, Lydia Brown, New York City Housing Authority Youth Chorus, and Olympian Carl Lewis (Thomas Lee)
  • Heather Gilles and Dutchess County Elementary students (Nan Melville)
  • David Blaine with Pennington Elementary students (Sharyn Pirtle)
  • Ken Merrill, Ryan Taylor, Jennifer Aylmer, Camille Zamora, John McVeigh, Jennifer Walsey, Monica Yunus, Scott Scully, and Adriana Zabala with the Chorale of The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dalton DeHart)

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