Award-winning artists Josh Groban, Andra Day and Rhiannon Giddens have been chosen because the 2024 honorees for the upcoming Music Will profit. The nonprofit music schooling program for U.S. public faculties, previously generally known as Little Children Rock, will current its sixteenth annual occasion on April 24 at The Novo in Los Angeles.
In an announcement asserting the profit, Music Will CEO Mike Wasserman stated, “Music Will brings revolutionary and fascinating programming, sources and devices to a group of 1000’s of music academics and greater than 600,000 college students throughout the nation yearly. We are able to’t wait to have fun on April 24 with such beneficiant and gifted artists like Josh Groban, Andra Day and Rhiannon Giddens, in addition to pupil bands from native Music Will accomplice faculties. For one night time, our group of educators, company sponsors, business companions and everybody who believes within the energy of music will come collectively for a tremendous celebration of music. All proceeds will assist Music Will’s packages for college students and academics throughout the nation. Collectively, we’re altering lives via music.”
5-time Grammy Award nominee and Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor Groban tells Billboard, “I deeply admire Music Will’s dedication to enacting significant, systemic change in music schooling by assembly youngsters the place they’re and prioritizing fairness and tangible entry in faculties. Having had the privilege of working with Music Will and witnessing their dedication to enriching college students’ lives firsthand solely reinforces my admiration for his or her impactful work.”
“Music Will’s dedication to altering the panorama of music schooling and increasing entry to underserved communities is actually inspiring,” provides fellow singer-songwriter Day in feedback shared with Billboard. “I consider within the transformative energy of music, and I’m excited to collaborate with Music Will to carry that energy to much more college students.”
Grammy winner Day can be an Academy Award-nominated actress. Giddens, a MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, has gained two Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize for her work as a singer, instrumentalist and composer. She, Day and Groban be a part of a circle of prior Music Will honorees that features Babyface, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Usher and Wiz Khalifa. Music Will was based by Dave Want in 2002.
Michael Bearden (Girl Gaga, Whitney Houston) will function music director for Music Will’s upcoming profit, which is being introduced by the Sizzling Subject Basis and produced by MBM Leisure. Further details about tickets is on the market on the Music Will web site.