Lullaby Project Concert

Enjoy an afternoon of lullabies created by local parents as a way to bond with their children performed by Spokane Symphony musicians and local singers Andy Rumsey and Liz Rognes.

This season, The Spokane Symphony in collaboration with YWCA and Spokane Public Library will serve as a national partner for the Lullaby Project, a program from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute that pairs parents with professional artists to write personal lullabies for their children. The Lullaby Project offers new parents a creative opportunity to communicate feelings, hopes, and dreams as they look to the future. 

The Lullaby Project in Spokane will culminate in a performance with Spokane Public Library's Music Education Specialist Andy Rumsey and Musician Liz Rognes singing, Spokane Symphony musicians Sarah Bass, Roberta Bottelli, and Jennifer Slaughter performing the original lullabies, and members of the Symphony Chorale singing traditional lullabies. The concert on May 6 at Central Library is free and open to the public. 

In New York City, the Lullaby Project reaches mothers in hospitals, homeless shelters, foster care centers, schools, and correctional facilities. The first Lullaby Project took place at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York in December 2011, and since then more than 4,000 families have written original songs for their children, many of which are available for listening and sharing at carnegiehall.org/lullabies. Lullabies have been written in more than 20 different languages and a wide range of musical styles, reflecting the diverse backgrounds of participating families.

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