The Original Song Project: Don't miss the premiere concert of brand new songs — Sunhwa Reiner

Hi brothers and sisters!

The Original Song Project is back for its second year! Don’t miss out on the PREMIERE concert of brand new songs written during the workshop, straight from the hearts of 13 young adult musicians from around the country. Join us tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 19th at 4 PM in Manhattan at 4 West 43rd St. for this free concert. We will also have a livestream set up on cultureofheart,org.

Presenting the songwriters and team who made this whole workshop and concert happen: Letisha Ferabolli Young Min Miller Hannah Bush Elvis Daboni Kent Hoffman Elisa Chavez Meena Okamoto Elizabeth Kiluba Eva Schneider Hwung “King” Muzungu Sarah Falconi Iasmin Lumibao Yoshiha Tsuchida Sunhwa Reiner And our teacher, Joe Young

See you tomorrow at 4 PM! If you can’t make it, the livestream will be posted here: cultureofheart,org/

or here: www,youtube,com/watch?v=sVWq-fUwwMs

PS - If you love our mission, we are still looking for donations and support! Here’s our GoFundMe: www,gofundme,com/f/OSP-2023

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JOSEPH NAVAS ~ $100 1 hr

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A Sunhwa Reiner is organ izing this fundraise r. Michae l Giampaoli ~ $80 9d

Hello! We are so excited to announce t hat we are preparing for the SECOND-EVER Original A nonymous Song Project workshop t his A ugust. This is a week-long immersion p rogram t arget ing young ~ $100 19 d adu lt musicians ages 18 -40 int erest ed in song w riting, locat ed in t he heart of Manhattan and hosted by musicians of the Unificatio nist community. O ur mission is to create an art istic, ( See all ) {;] See top donations construct ive, and supportive space for young adult s, to inspire the writing and sharing of o riginal songs. At the conclusion of t he workshop, the goal is to have every pa rticipant compose at least one f ull original song, presented at an open concert for family and frie nds.

Last year, we had an incredible success wit h 12 young musicians of va rying levels c reat ing d iverse and beautif ul songs. Through the help of our extended community, we were able to p ut together a f ull concert w it h all of our original songs written from t hat week. We w e re stunned by t he result. The fu ll record ing of the concert is below:

4 West 43ra -->L. 111 1..r1e Social Hall Free with a suggesi ed donation of $ 10

SATURDAY. AUG. 20 a 4 :30PM

Watch on DVouTube

We want t o elevat e the experience t his year and are now inviting back songwriter Joe Young to help lead th is year’s wor kshop for t he f ull week. He has a passion and tale nt for songwrit ing and storytelling, and is the founder and past o r of The Liv ing Room M inistr)I. W ith his guidance, we know that there wi ll be an incredib le resu lt. But we need your help.

In order to make this wo rkshop accessible to young adu lts and keep t he costs down to a minimum, w hile creating a ric h experience in New Yor k City, we need t o ra ise f unds! Any support is greatly appreciat ed and w ill go directly towards creating an experience t hat empowers young songwriters, and t he creat ion of songs.

W e want to p rovide schola rships for those who need to t ravel t o New York C ity o r ca nnot cover t he f ull wo rks hop f ee ($600 per person for 1 week in New Yo rk C it y). Your donations w ill go towards financial help t o t hose w ho are passionate about songwriting but need su pport.

You r donations w ill go to covering t he costs of:

• partic ipant scholarships • lodging • food • travel expenses • concert fees (st aff, hall rental, A/V equipment) • New York C ity experiences, such as m usic concerts an d touring • recording f ees at Manhattan Ce nter St udios • core st aff cost s • sem ina rs w it h professional so ngwrit ers • any addit ional f unds w ill go to f ut u re workshops

Thank you SO much for your support of t he arts. No matter how sma ll your donat ion is, we are so grat ef ul. All o ur donors and sponsors w ill be rec eiv ing:

• an invite to o ur original song concert • a f ull report aft er t he workshop is over • samples and recordings of t he original so ngs we c reat e during t his workshop

For any f u rther questions, or to make a donation through check, Venmo, Paypal, or ot her

m e ans, p1e ase com:act t ne t ea m t nrougn 1..::1or-unaiv1e or t nrougn o ur ema 11, theorig inalsongproject AT gmail DOT com. You can also cont act the prog ram d irector Sunhwa Reiner directly.

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Yesterday by Sunhwa Reiner, Organizer

THANK YOU so m uch for supporting t he O rig inal Song Project. This grassroots initiative means so m uch to me, and w ithout t he support of my family, friends, community, and beyond, it wouldn’t be possible.

This workshop is t r uly magical. Creat ing t hese songs in t he m idst of the energy of Manhattan is a memorable experience, and I’m always so blown away t hat eac h one of us can create amazing, unique, diverse songs.

Your donatio n helps so m uch, f unding scholarships, activities , lodging & food, A/V staff, concert space, and more. The staff are mostly volunt eers so it means t he world t hat you’ve helped support us in making it happen.

The concert w ill be held TOMORROW, Saturday Aug. 19th at 4 PM EST, at 4 West 43rd St in Manhattan in t he Social Hall. It w ill be around 2 hours. You won’t want t o miss t his!

It you can ‘t see us in person, please t u ne int o t he livest ream , w hich w ill be here: htt12s://www.)(outube.com/watch?v=sVW9, -fUwwMs It w ill also be available after it is streamed at the same link.

Thank you so much again. With g ratitude and all of ou r love, Sunhwa & t he Orig inal Song Proj ect team and pa rticipants