04 May G. Precious Shares Her Story with iBuildBridges
- WRITTEN by Toni Clark, Executive Director I recently had the opportunity to meet and talk with G. Precious, a rap artist who shares her life through music. She regularly performs and speaks in the New Mexico schools. She participates in the Espanola YMCA Program, an annual event, that brings together Native Americans, Hispanics, Mexicans,...
17 Jun A Bridge Connecting Two Americas
- WRITTEN by Eduardo Mendonça, Music Director In January 2018, I stayed in a cabin at Fort Worden State Park, Washington, a place famous as the setting for the 1982 film, An Officer and a Gentleman. I was there to compose musical arrangements as part of my residency at Centrum, a nonprofit organization promoting creative arts...
03 Jun The“Bridges Builders” were on fire at rehearsal!
12 Apr The Puppets Sing and Dance
- Submitted by Jennifer in Seattle, Washington My bridge building story is about using puppets to share dance and music with all children, including those with disabilities. I traveled to Ohrid, Macedonia, and throughout Bangladesh with my puppet show to encourage children to dance and play together, each in their own way. One of the puppets...
01 Apr iBuildBridges Rehearsal #7
Monday, March 25th. Our Ambassadors worked on changes made for “I Build Bridges, Not Walls”. New breaks, new format, and new key weren’t everything. This time, they had been challenged to have hands-on in their instruments to execute the song, instead of singing only....
31 Mar Lead the Way
- WRITTEN by Toni Clark, Executive Director and Co-Founder We were talking as people do when their flight is delayed nearly 24 hours. Grzerorz Kalicy and I were both waiting for a flight going east from Denver to Washington DC. That’s home for me as it is for him, a professor of physics at a local...
18 Mar Video: 3/11 Rehearsal. The song was born!
Hello, bridge builders! Last Monday, we built from the last rehearsal material. We added lyrics, melody, and we played the new song together. The energy was high, and in the composition, a piece of each one of us was surely there. Musically Yours, Eduardo....
19 Feb Auditions #3
Here's a quick look at our third-round of auditions....
29 Jan On The Road with iBuildBridges
- WRITTEN by Gary Wenet, Executive Producer and Co-Founder I was just got dropped off at Ronald Reagan National AirPort by my Lyft driver Prajol. I had the honor of being his first customer since becoming a US citizen on Friday. He shared his story of having to escape perilous conditions for himself and his family...