Concerts in Motion

We had a blast with last week! We enjoyed flute music with CiM pro Yael Acher, and 112 older adults joined in — dancing along and playing egg shakers. Thanks for having us, YM & YWHA of Washington Heights of Inwood!

Concerts in Motion’s programs foster meaningful intergenerational connection by uniting community members of all ages through shared creativity and conversation. Whether as performers or as audience members, older adults and youth enjoy music together in a supportive and collaborative space.

We’re thrilled to be part of ! We look forward to sharing about our intergen work, and the work of our amazing partners.

Thank you for welcoming us into your community for an afternoon and music! Over a hundred of us gathered together to connect and enjoy music.
This concert was made possible by the support of the NEA Our Town project.

We’re celebrating Black History Month on Friday! Join us to enjoy the vocal stylings of Joyce Dee, and piano by Bobby Harden, 2PM EST.

Celebrate Lunar New Year with at our Wednesday 2/21 1pm concert! Featuring CiM pros Xiaoqing Zhang (voice) and Andy Lin (violin, erhu).

We’ll be back at the lovely Merkin Hall at the this spring to celebrate our adult and student volunteers. Featuring a performance by the and friends. Save the date!

On January 31st, we presented our first “Our Town” concert, at JASA Roy Reuther Older Adult Center in Queens!

In 2023, Concerts in Motion was awarded its first federal grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to organize intergenerational concerts for whole communities. This is the first Our Town concert of many!

Youth Volunteer, Tom, recently held his own fundraiser for Concerts in Motion! You can support CiM too by donating toward our year end campaign, at the link our bio. We are so grateful for Tom, and all the students who volunteer their talent, time, and outreach to CiM.

Thank you to Leslie Burgstahler for hosting a lovely evening of music! We enjoyed the talents of Nicolas Santos Shin and Adelaide Ang, as well as by Nils Neubert and Yuri Kim.

We are proud to partner with the to help us spread the joy of music to our community partners. Here’s a lovely moment from their recent concert with Penn South!

Zhenya and Gennadiy sent us into the holiday with a beautiful afternoon of music at today's Slavic Series concert! Concerts in Motion will be closed November 23-24, and we look forward to seeing you again next week.

Thank you, We Are All Music Foundation! Proud to be partners.

Youth musicians and members of the NYC Googler Orchestra are coming together to bring music and joy into the homes of our older neighbors. Thank you for inviting us into your homes!

We celebrated Veterans Day with JASA Senior Alliance OAC! Thanks for having us for an afternoon of enjoying music, and conversing in Russian and English.

Our youth program is back in full swing. Enjoy concerts performed by students passionate about sharing music and making connections every Monday and Wednesday at 5pm, and Friday at 4pm!

We're having a Halloween Open Mic! Members of all ages in our community are welcome to join us for this celebratory, intergenerational event -- either as audience members, or performers! Email [email protected] to sign up.

CiM was invited to join Hamilton Madison House at their Get Out the Vote Event! The community enjoyed music while accessing resources around registering to vote, civic engagement, and more.

We are proud to share that Concerts in Motion is one of just three organizations to be honored by the 2023 Maude’s Awards! Maude's Awards was created to reward innovations that enrich the quality of life for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as well as their care partners.

CiM was awarded in the Making Connections category, named for connecting people with dementia to the world and people around them, in celebration of our concert programs designed to be accessible and welcoming to individuals with dementia or cognitive decline and their loved ones and care partners.

To participate with your loved ones in our dementia-friendly concert series, contact us at [email protected]!

Youth concerts are back! We're so excited to welcome this year's cohort of youth musicians, outreach ambassadors, and open mic facilitators for another year of music and outreach.

Our first federal grant! Concerts in Motion has been awarded a $50,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The award will support our project relieving social isolation, fostering intergenerational contact, and increasing access to live music by bringing professional and student performers directly to older adults served by NORCs and OACs.

This is one of 57 grants nationwide supporting projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into local efforts to strengthen and authentically engage communities, center equity, advance artful lives, and lay the groundwork for long-term systems change.

We’re having a Bluegrass and Folk concert on Thursday! Swipe for details ➡️

Your vote could help CiM win $3,000 toward our concert programs! You can vote at the link below (up to every day!) for CiM as your favorite charity in the running for an NYC Imagine award, and we may be awarded the Fan Favorite prize!
https://woobox.com/hutpuh

Nelly Rocha will be hosting next week's Intergenerational Open Mic! We hope you'll join us to perform, or just to enjoy the hour with music lovers of all ages.

August 24th at 2pm EST (1pm CT, 12pm MT, 11am PST). For more information, email [email protected].

This Celebration Friday, we'll be going into the weekend with lively music from Humberto Sanchez and Lily Hickey. Join us Friday at 2pm EST (1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST). Email [email protected] to sign up!

Your votes are in -- we're having a bluegrass concert! Join us Thursday August 31st at 12pm EST (11am CST, 10am MST, 9am PST) during our Coffeehouse Thursday hour. Email [email protected] to sign up!

SIGNUP LINK BELOW
Calling all interested students, families, and partners for the intergenerational program! Learn about opportunities to perform, facilitate open mic events, or engage in outreach. There will be opportunities for students ages 6-18. As we kick off for the upcoming school year, we will be hosting info sessions on the following dates.

Thursday, August 3rd 4pm
Wednesday, August 9th 5pm

This is a great opportunity for both musician and non-musician students to build deeper relationships in their communities! Please attend an info session to learn more.

https://airtable.com/appAE1arjhJEa1r5S/shrrIwW576bcuJ2OT

Concerts in Motion was named a Finalist in the Arts & Culture category in The 3rd Annual NYC Imagine Awards! The NYC Imagine Awards was created to offer formal acknowledgment to some of NYC metro’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. The 3rd Annual NYC Imagine Awards nonprofit competition will take place on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at Guastavino’s, 409 E. 59th St., NY, NY.
With nearly 250 applications submitted for consideration in 6 categories, including Innovation, Leadership Excellence, Rising Star, Social Impact, Arts & Culture and DEIA, CiM is one of four finalists in the Arts & Culture category. The winners receive $5,000 and will be announced LIVE at the event. A special thanks to Webster Bank who will be providing each finalist with $1,000!


https://nycimagineawards.com/

Join Raul Aranas for a soothing Music and Meditation concert, on Thursday next week at 2pm EST.

This month on CiM's Caregiver Resource blog, High Notes, we're sharing the resources of Gigi's Playhouse. Gigi's Playhouse is an organization that "offers free educational and therapeutic programs for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families."

Gigi’s Playhouse - Supporting Individuals and Families with Down Syndrome — Concerts in Motion Gigi’s Playhouse offers free educational and therapeutic programs for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families.