Philadelphia Lullaby Project
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In spring 2020, World Cafe Live joined with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall to launch The Philadelphia Lullaby Project, bringing to Philly Carnegie’s internationally acclaimed program in which teaching artists work with parents and caregivers to write lullabies for their babies and toddlers.
Over the next three years, together with community partners across the city, we will join Carnegie’s team in bringing this intimate exploration of musical play, songwriting and parent/child bonding to families in our community. The project combines group cohorts with one-on-one songwriting collaboration between a parent/caregiver and a teaching artist, and encourages singing together as a way to support attachment and parents’ role as their babies’ first teacher.
The project features in-depth evaluation about the impact of this work on parent/child bonding and development, which will inform the project’s growth. One participant in the pilot, Mariah, began the project just after becoming a mother for the first time. “This has really helped me grow as a mom,” she said of participating. “I’ve seen my growth as a mom from beginning to now. I’m just thankful that he can have something for the rest of his life.”
Note: The above descriptive information came from the program's home page.
In The News
- Philly Lullaby Project pairs artists with parents to write songs for their babies, WHYY, January 12, 2023.
- "A Caress to the Soul", Philadelphia Citizen, December 21, 2020.
Info
- Video: Philadelphia Lullaby Project Celebration Concert, October 29, 2020 (YouTube, 35m50s)
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