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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While weather and covid-19 restrictions still present challenges, we’re hard at work making recordings, preparing concerts, and planning for the future.
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In many ways it seems that this has been an entire year of Advent. The brokenness of our world has never been more evident, and everyone wants things to be better. Here at Renovare, we trust that God is indeed restoring all of creation, even if it's hard to see at times.
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We wanted to share some of the things that are on our hearts in this season with you, our beloved Renovare community who we are so grateful for!
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Maybe Renovare could live more fully into the things I had always dreamed of as something different than a string quartet.
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As you can imagine, Renovare's activities have been profoundly disrupted by the coronavirus. Between facility closures and stay at home orders, basically everything we used to do is presently impossible.
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I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year, and it’s even harder to grasp that this marks the beginning of a new decade! Where did the last ten years go?!
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2019 has been a big year for Renovare. We hope you enjoy this quick update on our work, and that you have a very Merry Christmas!
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“Advent holds space for our grief, and it reminds us that all of us, in one way or another, are not only wounded by the evil in the world but are also wielders of it, contributing our own moments of unkindness or impatience or selfishness.”
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I am thankful for the many seeds planted in my life to show me not only that my voice matters, but that it was created to matter, and can impact the world for the better.
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Renovare Music has established a secure portal for online donations! You can now make a one time or monthly gift in support of our work directly through our support page.
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What a week! Between May 8th and 11th Renovare performed The Hope that Unites Us: Stories from the Streets in three venues around Cleveland for enthusiastic audiences. We couldn’t have asked for a better response!
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“I was on the verge of graduating from high school, and then everything went downhill. My mom was working but it wasn’t enough to pay the rent, and I wasn’t able to help much because of school. So, I became homeless at 16, and the whole family got split up.”
How does one become homeless?
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