YOUTH + FAMILY PROGRAMS Breck Music Hosts: Youth on Record Jun 21–26 | FREE Discover your voice and value with a series of music-centered workshops and performances led by the Denver-based nonprofit, Youth on Record (YOR) and Colorado’s Music Ambassador Stephen Brackett. YOR’s team of professional producers, slam champions and rap artists lead strength and skill-based activities to support teens in their journey to become more free, more rooted in their personal power and community connections and better able to thrive in spite of systems and circumstances that dis-empower and marginalize them. Some participants may be offered the opportunity to have their beats, poems and collages featured at a Breck Music Block Party alongside Youth on Record’s circle of aligned artists.
TEENS Tue, Wed, Thu Jun 22–24 | 1–4pm Finding Your Voice Ages 12+ | Old Masonic Hall | FREE Elijah Lynch, also known as Smiley Gatmouth, is a multidisciplinary artist who got his start in Denver, Colorado’s, rich spoken-word community. His emergence into the intersecting worlds of arts, activism and community-cultivation began in middle school and continues as a Youth on Record teaching-artist. This workshop takes a practical approach to provide key insights, tips & strategies to build confidence and make your words resonate. The session will focus on writing for spoken word and on spoken word performance skills. You don't need to have any spoken word experience to take this workshop. PAGE
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