About | Music Unites

Our Mission

Our goal is to connect people through the universality of music by providing communities with opportunities for a rich musical experience through education programs and by offering well-known and emerging musicians performance opportunities in a variety of venues and locations, including schools.

We also nourish the next generation of performers by providing audiences and performance opportunities, while at the same time enriching the listening experience of the public, allowing them to experience new forms and genres through exposure to an increasingly diverse world of music.

Performance Opportunities

Music Unites will host a series of live performances designed to introduce new audiences to a variety of musical styles and genres and help them cultivate an appreciation for the diversity that exists in our modern society. With a vast network of members in numerous industries, Music Unites has the capabilities to bring together talent, press, and industry professionals, which will provide performance artists with the necessary access to tastemakers, potential benefactors and brands.

Philanthropic Initiatives

Music Unites’ philanthropic focus for its first year will be to bring live performances to young students poorly served by public education music programs through a partnership with the Young Audiences New York.

Music Unites Youth Choir

The Music Unites Youth Choir brings together public high school students from across the city in effort to create a diverse and exciting performance ensemble. Participants will study and perform songs in all musical styles including R&B, Gospel, Musical Theatre and Classical. Choir members will also collaborate with professional composers and lyricists to write original songs that will be included in their repertoire.

Young Audiences New York

Music Unites will team with Young Audiences New York to provide free music residencies for NYC public schools. This will bring renowned guest artists to visit and perform for public school students.

Who We Are

With Music Unites, Founder and Executive Director Michelle Edgar aims to foster a lasting and profound love of all musical expression with people from all walks of life.

A lifelong musician herself, Edgar began formal training in classical piano at age five and attended high school at the Manhattan School of Music. After graduating from Northwestern University, where she received training as a concert pianist, she moved back to New York where she was disappointed to find such an electrifying city still segregated by genre, style, and idiom. As a fan of all music—from jazz to rock, classical to hip-hop—she dreamed of an organization that might provide audiences with a unique, inclusive way to experience music in all its hues and flavors. Projects including Blue October, Tamarama, Chester French, Universal Motown records, among other A-list acts planned for the very near future, ranging in diversity. Michelle created Music Unites to support talented artists who are struggling to get their music heard and, in turn, to support communities in need of musical rejuvenation.

The Music Unites team is a talented group of professionals from diverse industries who share a passion for music and a desire to engage, inspire, and connect people. Whether funding a Lincoln Center initiative, partnering with a musician’s charity or launching a music-related school program that gives back to the community, Music Unites aspires to become that trusted, reliable friend and patron of the music community.

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