Steve Sandberg:
Thank You

Jeffrey Scott:
Für meinen Vater

Errollyn Wallen:
My Soul

Jon Grier:
Save It in My Jewelry Box

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich:
Music Kitchen Interplay

Courtney Bryan:
You Made My Day

Kelly Hall-Tompkins:
Gretchen’s Threads

James Lee III:
From My Heart

Kevin Puts:
Bad Ass

Kamala Sankaram:
Hooking In

Gabriel Kahane:
All Is Quiet

Carlos Simon:
A Wonderful Hearing

Angelica Negron:
These Strings

Beata Moon:
At Peace

Paul Moravec:
Music Is Love
Music Is Love (tutti reprise)

Multi-award-winning violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is the entrepreneurial spirit behind Music Kitchen, the pioneering project that brings top classical music and musicians into homeless shelters, sharing the inspirational, therapeutic, and uplifting power of music with those experiencing homelessness. Founded in New York City, Music Kitchen has presented over 100 concerts to more than 30,000 homeless shelter clients coast to coast, including in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Oakland, Rochester, and internationally in Paris, France. According to the New York Times, “The concerts have an air of authenticity and directness that sometimes does not exist in concert halls.”

Forgotten Voices is a song cycle commissioned by Music Kitchen – Food for the Soul, with support from Carnegie Hall, comprising works by 15 of today’s foremost composers featuring evocative and poignant texts by homeless shelter clients that have provided a profound source of inspiration and reverence.

Forgotten Voices premiered to a sold-out Carnegie Hall audience in March 2022 and inspired a short film that has won multiple awards at festivals around the globe, including Winner: Best Cause-Driven Film and Finalist: Best Director and Best Documentary at the Cannes World Film Festival, Winner: Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival, and Winner: Best Short Documentary at the Berlin Indie Film Festival.

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Recorded: 23–25 September 2021, Centennial Memorial Temple of the Salvation Army, New Yok.