SoundCheck performing at Higher Ground Ballroom

SoundCheck is a band of select high school musicians and singers creating and performing music to fight for social justice. The students work with music educators, prominent singer-songwriters and anti-racist educators to develop original material that tackles racism, injustice and hate. The band regularly performs and facilitates workshops at New England high schools using art and music as a catalyst to spark dialogue, action and awareness.

This project is made possible in part by grants from the Rowland Foundation, The Bay + Paul Foundations, and our community of Go Fund Me donors. Thank you!

Learn more about SoundCheck here.

“Show Up” by Paige Thibault.

SoundCheck: A band of select high school musicians and singers creating and performing music to fight for social justice. The students work with music educators, prominent singer-songwriters and anti-racist educators to develop original material that tackles racism, injustice and hate.

SOUNDCHECK: OUR TIME (2016)

In 2016, I worked with Up For Learning to produce the Our Time music video featuring over 100 Vermont student singers and musicians. Charged with the mission of amplifying student voice through songwriting + film, the music video was created to help shepherd in a new era of teaching and learning. Since it's release in May of 2016, The video has been used as a powerful messaging tool in both Vermont and across the globe about the urgent need for student voice and agency in schools.

Students from around Vermont created an original song to capture their vision of education and learning at its best. This was then performed by elementary through high school age students at multiple schools around the state. The music video is accompanied by a second video, Talking Our Time", where the lyric writers describe how their words relate to current school change in Vermont.