community work with orchestras

Picture Credit (L to R): HHN2L, Gregory Acker, Gregory Acker, Brittany J. Green

we are all members of the same ensemble

Orchestras can and should be a reflection of the communities they reside in, serving as hubs for music education, music literacy, artistic excellence, and collaboration within their communities. Community engagement must center the needs of the community and feature stakeholders as equal collaborators. My community work alongside orchestras engages community youth, members, and thought leaders, as artistic collaborators, co-creating and presenting original music that addresses needs and desires of the community.

Take Some Time

Take Some Time is a collaboration between Brittany J. Green, the Louisville Orchestra and Hip-Hop N2 Learning (HHN2L) as a part of the Louisville Orchestra Rap School program. Green partnered with Rap school student-producers Oren Hatchett and Kamari Harper and producer Jon Woo to produce an original track and arrange it for orchestra. Student rappers from the rap school then worked with Teddy Abrams and Green to write lyrics for the track inspired by themes of self-esteem and self-determination.

Lands of Hypnogogia

Lands of Hypnagogia is a collaborative project between Brittany J. Green, the Louisville Orchestra, Waldorf School of Louisville, The Louisville Folk School, and the University of Louisville. Over the course of the school year, students at the Waldorf School worked with an instructors from the Waldorf and Louisville Folk Schools to write an original short story. Students then spent time working with Brittany J. Green and animation students at the University of Louisville to compose musical themes and design animation for the short story. At the end of the year, the Louisville Orchestra premiered the original music and animation on two subscription concerts.

Lands of Hypnagogia follow the adventure of Cyan, a young person who turns into a dragon in his dreams. As they travel through the Lands of Hypnagogia, Cyan encounters a dream tree and band of mystical characters and goes on a thrilling journey of deceit, teamwork, and hijinks before returning home. Collaborators include: The Waldorf School, The Louisville Folk School, Gregory Acker, AJ Ruffra, Isabel Ahnemiller, and Ryan O'Hare.