Co-written is a series of collaborative songwriting and performance workshops in New York led by artist and educator Chris Ignacio and local musicians for young people of color.
Throughout the workshops, participants write and perform original songs and collaborate with professional NY musicians to record those songs and elevate them to a professional level.
The aim is for the young songwriters to first realize their capacity as artists, then experience their words echoing out into a community, taking on different forms and meanings. The project challenges ideas of authorship and product in a hyper-consumerist market by asking: How does one own something? What are the defining lines between acknowledgment and exploitation? When is something finished?
Partners
Community Partners
Featured
Artists
Mark Martin
https://markmartincreative.com/
Kaila Mullady
https://www.kailamullady.com/
Yuto Kanazawa
http://www.yutokanazawa.com/
Michael Brinzer
http://michaelbrinzer.com/
Rotem Sivan
http://www.rotemsivan.com/
Paulo Tirol
https://www.paulophonic.com/
Nikolai Mishler
https://www.nikolaimishler.com/
Lisa Vidas
http://lisavidas.com/Home.html
Jazmine Yvonne
https://www.youtube.com/user/jazzy24228
Tracks
Co-written with young women from Rikers Island Rose M. Singer Center, Chris Ignacio, and Rotem Sivan. More at co-written.com
With Rotem Sivan and Teen Producers from 92Y Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Dec 2018
Interested in collaborating?
Contact
chris.r.ignacio@gmail.com
Photos by Emily Graham-Handley, Tonilyn Sideco, and Theo Cote
