President and Co-Founder Whitney Kroenke Silverstein has been a part of the Playing For Change family since meeting Mark Johnson for coffee in August of 2001 to discuss “a really interesting idea” that he wanted to explore. At that meeting Playing For Change was born! She has participated in the Playing For Change Movement … Read More
Bizung School of Music & Dance – Ghana Students from the Bizung School of Music and Dance, Tamale, Ghana, perform for Playing For Change Day. playingforchangeday.org
Bizung School of Music & Dance – Ghana Mohammed Alidu, founder of the of the PFCF music school in Tamale, Ghana, invites you to discover the school and its musical roots. Hear the sounds of the instruments, meet with the kings of the Northern region of Ghana, and get a sneak preview of the first … Read More
Program Director PFC Diamante, Argentina Patrick Liotta has worked as a travel photographer and photojournalist for newspapers and news agencies including the Associated Press, but has studied music since he was a child, learning piano, guitar, and later, upright bass. He lived in Los Angeles for 14 years while working in the film industry on … Read More
Program Coordinator and Co-founder PFC Patagonia, Argentina : Paso Córdoba – Neuquen Born in the North of Patagonia, in the province of Rio Negro, he was sent to a primary school in Salesian school and later received a construction technician degree in secondary school. He studied film and video and was founder of CECICO, the … Read More
Udayapur Music Program – Nepal In the summer of 2007, William Aura traveled to the remote village of Tintale in Nepal’s eastern valley. He was the first western man to see how the villagers there lived from day-to-day. At that time the place had no electricity, no telephones, and no modern sanitation. The people of … Read More
École De Musique de Kirina Marietou plays the Djembe and is very excited to be among the best in her age group. Both of her parents are farm workers, but she intends to leave the farm and pursue a future in singing. She doesn’t get to play music outside of the classroom, so she is … Read More
Khlong Toey Music Program Tar is studying guitar, eventually he’d like to learn to play rock music. He loves that it is fun and adds value to his free time, after playing music he feels content. He has been studying at the music school every Saturday for over a year and recently changed to come … Read More
Musica Music Institute Utsav has been blind since birth. We met at the Early Rehabilitation Center Kathmandu, Nepal, where he expressed his deep desire to someday play music in a band. He said he learned guitar and sings songs but never had the opportunity to perform with others. “This is my biggest dream,” Utsav says.He spoke … Read More
Udayapur Music Program Kritika is eleven years old and one of two children; their father is the village priest and their mother is the leader of the Mother’s Society, a group of local women who educate people in neighboring communities about the rights of women and girls with a focus on social justice. She loves … Read More