Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Kenyatta’s original piece “It’s Not Here” is performed by Sarah Elizabeth Charles live at Sing Sing prison in 2019.
“I want people to ask themselves as they hear this song: what it would take to make us move. How much we will endure, grow used to, and normalize in our mind before we say, “I have to go out into the elsewhere, even without knowing what lies out there.” And if we could think about what that space would look like, then possibly we could be reconnected to that common humanity.” —Kenyatta on “It’s Not Here”
Watch more videos on the “Reimagining Change” playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6on-dqI0232jxyI49DVvPua-7-RyoHdx
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
Performers:
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Vocals
Clive Gillinson, Cello
Willerm Delisfort, Piano
Musical Connections is a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
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Carnegie Hall’s mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
Learn more at https://carnegiehall.org.
facebook.com/CarnegieHall
twitter.com/CarnegieHall
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Kenyatta’s original piece “It’s Not Here” is performed by Sarah Elizabeth Charles live at Sing Sing prison in 2019.
“I want people to ask themselves as they hear this song: what it would take to make us move. How much we will endure, grow used to, and normalize in our mind before we say, “I have to go out into the elsewhere, even without knowing what lies out there.” And if we could think about what that space would look like, then possibly we could be reconnected to that common humanity.” —Kenyatta on “It’s Not Here”
Watch more videos on the “Reimagining Change” playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6on-dqI0232jxyI49DVvPua-7-RyoHdx
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
Performers:
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Vocals
Clive Gillinson, Cello
Willerm Delisfort, Piano
Musical Connections is a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
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Carnegie Hall’s mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
Learn more at https://carnegiehall.org.
facebook.com/CarnegieHall
twitter.com/CarnegieHall
instagram.com/CarnegieHall
