Our Profiles in Arts Activism
Sing for Hope Volunteer Artist Kelley Rourke interviews other Sing for Hope Volunteer Artists to discuss what inspires them to volunteer.

Sing for Hope Volunteer Artist Kelley Rourke interviews other Sing for Hope Volunteer Artists to discuss what inspires them to volunteer.
At that instant, with tears in my eyes, I knew there is nowhere else I want to be and nothing else I want to do but educate young people…
Rebecca Ringle shares her experience as a Sing for Hope Project Leader at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. She discovered Sing for Hope, which not only provides practical ways for working musicians to give back, but also offers its Volunteer Artists new creative outlets…
“We want people to have a different experience than just going to a typical music venue to hear a concert,” says Lauren, who, with Alex, has an affinity for unconventional performance spaces…
“They understand this huge momentum rolling in toward them. It’s different every time, but in the moment they have to carve their path within the wave that comes…”
“I have always felt it is important to bring music to all people, not just a select few,” says Sing for Hope Donor Artist Anthony Dean Griffey, who gave a benefit concert for Open Door Ministries, in his hometown of High Point, North Carolina with pianist Warren Jones…
How do you put together a star-studded gala in less than two months? Kelley Rourke sat down with the dynamic Sing for Hope Donor Artist duo of Matthew Morris and Joe Lodato to ask about how they organized a gigantic and successful benefit concert in six weeks for the Trevor Project.
“The beauty of Sing for Hope is the team aspect of it,” says bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi. “There are never any egos that I can detect. It’s just about a team of artists coming together to get the job done.”
One of the most beloved pieces in Sing for Hope’s 2010 Street Piano Installation was The Winged Piano by New York City-based Sing for Hope Donor Artist Ruggero Vanni. Ruggero’s creation…
“It’s great to sing operatic roles like Aida or Donna Anna, but when I’ve done outreach work, those are the best, most honest audiences I’ve ever had,” says soprano Adrienne Danrich…
This summer, soprano Alice Woodbridge and pianist Susanna Stranders will embark on an ambitious 20-day concert tour from the southern English town of Wells to Fort William in the Scottish west Highlands…