He said: “I am blessed.” I was shocked. Here’s a man with a death sentence, living out the remainder of his life in prison with no freedoms at all, saying that he is a blessed man.
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“Rebecca is not your average cellist... “ says Good Life Television Host, Dean Wilson, in his interview with Renovare’s Founder about why she started the organization.
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Renovare was honored to be featured on Cleveland’s WKYC Channel 3 News.
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Renovare was honored to be featured in the Covenant Companion, the Official Magazine of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
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Renovare is excited to be launching a second strings program to teach women at the Northeast Reintegration Center to play the violin, viola or cello.
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“…I am honored to have my art brought before you all, in accompaniment with Renovare, for what we in the Hip-Hop culture refer to as “the remix”. I believe that it is fitting to have this and all music explored and expanded upon.”
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“…I put my three kids on the school bus one morning. I said I’d see them that night, but left for seven years…”
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The best part about performing at Maltz was the opportunity to share stories that are so near and dear to my heart. Being able to accompany a powerful narrative, to premiere a song co-written with a new friend, and to perform live strings to a recorded hip hop track by a currently incarcerated artist was an absolute privilege.
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This month has been full of opportunities to share the love of God through music with neighbors in Northeast Ohio.
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“Thanks be to you for bearing a musical light into this dark place that gave sight to th blind so they could see a higher love and intelligence…”
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Last Wednesday night we played a Mixtape Concert at the Grafton Correctional Institution. Our set list was made up of requests we had received at our previous two concerts there. Before playing each song, we asked if the person who had requested it would share why they had picked it.
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As many of you know, we teach a weekly strings class at GCI. I wanted to share with you all a story from class a couple weeks ago, so buckle up for story time with Lalia once again. :)
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It was not our first time back at the Northeast Reintegration Center (NERC) since lockdown, but our fourth. We tried something different…
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We let our listeners choose from a stack of cards with instructions on them (i.e. fast or slow, happy or sad, etc.,). Our listeners get to choose a few of these cards that put both me and Rebecca on the spot to improvise based on these instructions. When it was my turn to be put on the spot, one of our students jumped up very eager to choose cards for me…
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It’s been a full summer for Renovare! Classes resumed at Grafton Correctional, concerts happened throughout the city, and we had stretching professional development opportunities.
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I went to prison today. Even from a ways down the road, you can see the fences - how tall they are and how much barbed wire is at the top. I braced myself as we walked in.
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Renovare is partnering with the NYC-based VISION Collective to benefit Buffalo String Works, and organization that provides music education to refugee and low-income families in Buffalo, New York.
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It was a delight to drop off recorded performances for some of our community partners, and we’re excited at the prospect of resuming in-person music making soon!
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