9 Min.
How Jay Julio Marries Classical Music and Social Justice WeINSPIRE Podcast
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Classical musician and composer Jay Julio is a first-generation FIlipinx-American who has parlayed their talents into activism with their non-profit organization Sound Off: Music for Bail. Created in the summer of 2020 amidst increasing racial and political tensions, Sound Off became a way for Julio to use music shows and their platform as a member of the Western classical music community to educate a sometimes unaware audience about the realities of the prison industrial complex and how it affects Black and Brown people while raising money for national bail funds. Julio’s passion for this cause has always been present considering they grew up in a family that experienced poverty, criminalization, and gun violence. Music offered healing for Jay Julio and they continue to use it to offer empowerment to others. To learn more about Sound Off: Music for Bail and Jay Julio’s story, check out our podcast!
Music: Florence Price - Andante moderato from String Quartet in G Major. Recorded at Broadway Presbyterian Church by Sound Off: Music for Bail at the January 16th Groupmuse concert in partnership with Bass Players for Black Composers.
Classical musician and composer Jay Julio is a first-generation FIlipinx-American who has parlayed their talents into activism with their non-profit organization Sound Off: Music for Bail. Created in the summer of 2020 amidst increasing racial and political tensions, Sound Off became a way for Julio to use music shows and their platform as a member of the Western classical music community to educate a sometimes unaware audience about the realities of the prison industrial complex and how it affects Black and Brown people while raising money for national bail funds. Julio’s passion for this cause has always been present considering they grew up in a family that experienced poverty, criminalization, and gun violence. Music offered healing for Jay Julio and they continue to use it to offer empowerment to others. To learn more about Sound Off: Music for Bail and Jay Julio’s story, check out our podcast!
Music: Florence Price - Andante moderato from String Quartet in G Major. Recorded at Broadway Presbyterian Church by Sound Off: Music for Bail at the January 16th Groupmuse concert in partnership with Bass Players for Black Composers.
9 Min.