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Music Haven Plays Triumphantly Into Summer
Prince Davenport was already bouncing to the violins when the cello came in, with a hum that seemed deeper than strings alone could muster. Madness is what you demonstrate! And that's exactly how anger works and operates! he rapped. Across the room, Fatima Rojas and Milda Torres McClain swayed to the lyrics, still holding their instruments in one hand. Davenport handed the mic off to Ayana Salahuddin, raised his arms above his head, and ushered in a clap.
Haven String Quartet Makes Painting An Experience
“Think about the relationship between listening and looking.”
So encouraged Jessica Sack, curator of public education at the Yale University Art Gallery and organizer of “Playing Images,” at an event that combined artwork with the music of the Haven String Quartet.
Pops Performance Puts Black History In Perfect Harmony
The violins and violas crooned the familiar melody of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” while the deep full-length strokes of the cello kept the pace. The mellow and sharp sounds contrasted with each other in a sort of dance. As each musician played with precision through their final exchange, applause and cheers arose from the audience.
Strings & Steel Take MLK Day To Church
Steel pan vibrated through the core of First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, knitting sound into prayer. Violins, violas and cellos unfolded across the carpet, the sound enmeshed with the bounce and roll of the pan. Sheaves of mid-afternoon sunlight streamed in through the stained glass, as if they had been called to appear. Aaaaaa-men! sang over 100 voices, all in unison.
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2022
At Music Haven, Young Refugees Find The Right Dynamic
The Arts Paper, Arts Council of Greater New Haven - December 19th 2022
Strings And Steel Make Summertime Sing
The Arts Paper, Arts Council of Greater New Haven - July 21st 2022
Nyberg: ‘Music Haven’ Builds Community and Character Through Music
WTNH News 8 - July 19th 2022
The Arts Paper, Arts Council of Greater New Haven - June 28th 2022
New Haven Arts Council - May 1st 2022
Students Perform for Beluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium
NBC Connecticut - April 30th 2022
International Association of New Haven Awards $68,700 for Local Programs
International Association of New Haven - April 22nd, 2022
Strings, Piano Build A Musical Bridge To Ukraine
The Arts Paper - April 19th, 2022
Violin Strings, Heartstrings, Pulled For Ukraine
New Haven Independent - April 18th, 2022
2021
Young Cellists Play Their Way To Live Performance
The Arts Paper - November 18th, 2021
The Daily Nutmeg - November 16th, 2021
Strings Transform Problem Lot into Concert Stage
The Arts Paper - September 24th, 2021
NBC CT, Telemundo CT and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $315,000 in Project Innovation Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits
NBC Connecticut - July 22nd, 2021
Music Haven Gets Back To Its In-Person Rhythm
The Arts Paper - June 15th, 2021
Full Spectrum Receives NBCUniversal Foundation Grant
Reel Chicago - May 28th, 2021
Music Haven Senior Sendoff Brings Bach to the Barn
The Arts Paper - May 25th, 2021
Music Haven awarded $5,000 through Adolf Busch Award
Yale Daily News - April 27th, 2021
Music Haven Rallies To Save Its State Funding, Again
The Arts Paper- February 23rd, 2021
Music Haven Reimagines Classics
New Haven Independent - February 15th, 2021
“Playing Images” Puts Two Black Artists Centerstage
The Arts Paper - February 1st, 2021
2020
Music Haven Pulls Back The Curtain On A Year Of Adaptation
The Arts Paper - December 23rd, 2020
154 States Arts Orgs Score CARES Act Funding
The Arts Paper - November 30, 2020
Music Haven Strings Together A COVID-19 Tribute
The Arts Paper - June 26, 2020
Arts Orgs Vow To Show Up, Do Better
The Arts Paper - June 2, 2020
Music Haven’s Mandi Jackson Chats Virtual Learning for Connecticut Music Students
Talking Up Music Education - May 20, 2020
Music Haven Plays on Through the Pandemic
The Arts Paper - April 27, 2020
Haven String Quartet Performs at Masonicare at Chester Village
Zip06.com - March 12, 2020
Arts Army Rallies To Keep Music Haven In State Budget
The Arts Paper - February 12, 2020
On MLK Day, A Place Where Music Does The Talking
The Arts Paper - January 21, 2020
2019
The NAMM Foundation Grantee Spotlight: Music Haven
The NAMM Foundation Website - December 12, 2019
Greater New Haven Goes ARTE-Accessible
The Arts Paper - November 25, 2019
All Together Now
The Daily Nutmeg - November 7, 2019
Music Haven Teams Up With ECA
The Arts Paper - October 25, 2019
The Music We Make: Defining Equity in the Arts
Community Leadership Program - April 2, 2019
Music Haven Students Twinkle Into Spring
The Arts Paper - March 13, 2019
On MLK Day, Strings and Steel Play for Change
The Arts Paper - January 21, 2019
2018
Young People's Chorus Of New York City Partners With Yale Choral Artists For Concerts in New Haven And New York
BWW News Desk - June 1, 2018
At Music Haven, a Pitch-Perfect Senior Sendoff
The Arts Paper - June 1, 2018
Music + social justice: YSM alumni building community through art
YaleNews - May 16, 2018
Music Haven x NHSO Finalists III: A Fantastic Fantastique
The Arts Paper - April 13, 2018
Music Haven x NHSO Finalists II: All Hail "Queen" Miller?
The Arts Paper - March 23, 2018
In the Spirit - Music Haven tunes into New Haven's neediest kids
Seasons of New Haven Magazine - January/February, 2018 (starting on pg. 11)
The Mothership Takes Off
The Arts Paper - February 16, 2018
A Place to Play: Celebrating Music Haven's New Office
Community MusicWorks Blog - January 29, 2018
Music Haven Has New Location To Bring Music To Kids
WNPR - January 23, 2018
Music Haven ribbon cutting ceremony
The New Haven Register - January 19, 2018
Every Voice Lifted, And Sung
The Arts Paper - January 16, 2018
2017
Music Haven Moves East
The Arts Paper - November 14, 2017
Musical Opportunity with Music Haven
CFGNH - October 2017
Oakley Learns From The Pros
The Arts Paper - October 2, 2017
Young Refugees Find Their Key
New Haven Independent - June 2, 2017
Music Haven to celebrate 10 years of providing lessons to New Haven youth
New Haven Register - May 9, 2017
A Haven For Refugee Children to Experience Music
WNPR - May 4, 2017
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Old mixes new during New Haven's 379th birthday celebration
New Haven Register - April 24, 2017
LEAD STORY: Strike a Chord
Yale Herald - April 21, 2017
Fundraiser for Music Haven Comes to Madison Surf Club
Zip06.com - April 19, 2017
Connecticut arts programs fear loss of federal funding would devastate programs
New Haven Register - March 25, 2017
Music Haven: Strings and Instruction for New Haven's Underserved Youth
Yale Daily News - February 27, 2017
2016
Music Haven Travels Globe
New Haven Independent – April 18, 2016
Alders’ Talent Haven Show Fuels Arts Programs
New Haven Independent – April 11, 2016
It’s a Classical Music Bonanza, from North to South
New Haven Register – February 24, 2016
The Haven String Quartet Honors African-American Musical History
The Knowledge Green – February 15, 2016
Music For King
New Haven Register – January 19, 2016
Where We Go From Here
New Haven Independent – January 19, 2016
2015
New Music Skills, Same Music Haven
New Haven Independent – December 22, 2015
Flash Mob at Union Station
Fox 61 News at 4 – December 18, 2015
Instrumental Flash Mob At Union Station
WTNH News 8 – December 17, 2015
Music Haven Students Hold Classical Flash Mob at New Haven’s Union Station
New Haven Register – December 17, 2015
Student Violinist Enters The Chamber (Orchestra)
New Haven Independent – December 2, 2015
GAE Brings Haven String Quartet in to Work with Greenwich Kids
Greenwich Time – November 5, 2015
Curiosity Concerts + Greenwich Alliance = Music Enrichment
Greenwich Free Press – October 20, 2015
Haven String Quartet Meets Debussy In Japan
New Haven Independent – September 30, 2015
Save the Music
WTNH News 8 – September 30, 2015
Printmaking in Sound
I Love New Haven – September 16, 2015
Mandi Jackson Begins Tenure at Music Haven
The Arts Paper – September 1, 2015
St. Luke’s and Music Haven Do the Moonwalk
The New Haven Independent – July 21, 2015
A Mellifluous Farewell At Music Haven
The New Haven Independent – June 9, 2015
Meet Mandi Jackson of Music Haven
New Haven Living Magazine – May 7, 2015
Repression Rendered Revelatory
New Haven Independent – March 27, 2015
Haven String Quartet Explores Soviet Modernism
New Haven Register – March 19, 2015
Two Minutes from Working Rehearsal of Haven String Quartet
J4: Java Joe’s Journal Jive – March 19, 2015
NEA Chair Jane Chu Says Music Haven Proves Value of School Arts Programs
The Hartford Courant – March 5, 2015
“Legend of Zelda” Resurrected
The New Haven Independent – February 11, 2015
Chairman Chu Does the Town
The New Haven Independent – February 10, 2015
On Whalley, Every Voice Lifted
The New Haven Independent – January 20, 2015
Music Haven Named Champion in Action
The New Haven Independent – January 19, 2015
Music Haven on Whalley Avenue
The New Haven Register – January 18, 2015
Music Haven Campaign to Fund New Pieces
Yale Daily News – January 14, 2015
2014
Yale Grad Seeks New Music for Kids’ Classical Trios
The New Haven Register – December 25, 2014
Music Haven Ends Season With Cheers
The New Haven Independent – December 23, 2014
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare A Note?
The New Haven Independent – December 22, 2014
Music Haven Blows the Roof Off
The New Haven Independent – December 19, 2014
Founder Bidding Farewell to Music Haven
The Arts Paper – December 1, 2014
Stage Presence Taught, Note by Note
The New Haven Independent – November 11, 2014
Music Haven to Change Leadership
Yale Daily News – October 30, 2014
Music Haven Duo Departing
The New Haven Independent – October 20, 2014
Kummer, Mozart Make the Menu
The New Haven Independent – October 8, 2014
Photo Exhibit Showcases Music Haven Students
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven – September 24, 2014
Look at All That Music
The New Haven Independent – September 16, 2014
Music Haven Sets Busy Slate of Teaching, Performing
The New Haven Register – August 23, 2014
Mello Cellos, Phat Orangez Kick Summer Into Gear
The New Haven Independent – June 9, 2014
The Stars Come Out
The New Haven Independent – March 10, 2014
Behold the “Dominant Tonic”
The New Haven Independent – January 29, 2014
Lift Every Voice … Violin & Steel Drum
The New Haven Independent – January 21, 2014
2013
Second Fiddle No More
The New Haven Independent – February 20, 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. Lived On at St. Luke’s Church
The New Haven Advocate – January 23, 2013
2012
Setar player joins Haven String Quartet for World Premiere
The New Haven Register – December 3, 2012
Music Haven Achieves Harmony
The Daily Nutmeg – February 22, 2012
Music Haven and Southern Create a Partnership
Southern News – January 18, 2012
A “Sonic” “Grace”
The New Haven Independent – January 17, 2012
Music Haven Scores SCSU Residency
The New Haven Independent – January 05, 2012
2011
Music Haven Helps At-Risk New Haven Kids Learn Music
The New Haven Register – June 03, 2011
Music Equals Power for New Haven Students
The New Haven Register – May 31, 2011
String Meets Steel to Build Harmony
The New York Times – January 16, 2011
To The Stars and Back
The Connecticut Post – January 18, 2011
2010
Empowerment Through Music: No Strings Attached
The Arts Paper – May 2010
Hitting A High Note
The New Journal At Yale – April 20, 2010
2009
City Kids, Communities Have Their Own Music Haven
The New Haven Register – April 12, 2009