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Award-winning composer, pianist, and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill introduces “Exploring Identity,” part Sing Sing Voices, a project celebrating 15 years of Carnegie Hall at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. O’Farrill, who performed at the facility in 2024, talks about the role that cultural identity and community play in finding self-worth.
Watch more videos on the “Exploring Identity” playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6on-dqI0233LoI1k_jCIpOUdtxbrOGDa
In 2026, Carnegie Hall celebrates the 15th anniversary of Musical Connections by releasing Sing Sing Voices, a series of three video playlists that feature original music created by men incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum‑security prison in New York. Shared publicly for the first time, the project includes nearly 50 songs written and performed during the longstanding residency in collaboration with Carnegie Hall teaching artists. Highlighting the creativity and humanity fostered through music, Grammy Award winners Common, Joyce DiDonato, and Arturo O’Farrill each introduce a playlist.
Learn more about Sing Sing Voices: carnegiehall.org/SingSingVoices
Musical Connections is a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
Award-winning composer, pianist, and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill introduces “Exploring Identity,” part Sing Sing Voices, a project celebrating 15 years of Carnegie Hall at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. O’Farrill, who performed at the facility in 2024, talks about the role that cultural identity and community play in finding self-worth.
Watch more videos on the “Exploring Identity” playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6on-dqI0233LoI1k_jCIpOUdtxbrOGDa
In 2026, Carnegie Hall celebrates the 15th anniversary of Musical Connections by releasing Sing Sing Voices, a series of three video playlists that feature original music created by men incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum‑security prison in New York. Shared publicly for the first time, the project includes nearly 50 songs written and performed during the longstanding residency in collaboration with Carnegie Hall teaching artists. Highlighting the creativity and humanity fostered through music, Grammy Award winners Common, Joyce DiDonato, and Arturo O’Farrill each introduce a playlist.
Learn more about Sing Sing Voices: carnegiehall.org/SingSingVoices
Musical Connections is a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
