A concert will be held July 20 at the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton, Mass., to benefit the Music to My Ears Project. Among those performing will be 11-year-old jazz pianist Matt Savage.
The Music to My Ears Project will launch next month as a one-week camp experience intended to help children with special needs achieve a high degree of musical ability. Providing a performance driven and skill oriented experience for kids affected by such disorders as autism was the goal of late Billboard editor in chief Timothy White and his wife, Judy Garlan-White. Along with a group of friends, she has continued the effort to make the camp a reality in the wake of White’s death a year ago.
The organization’s advisory board includes artists John Mellencamp, Sting and Don Henley, all of whom performed at the October Timothy White memorial concerts in New York. Also on the board is White’s best friend, screenwriter Mitch Glazer, and Steve Jordan, who served as the musical director for the concerts.
For more information or to make a contribution to the Music To My Ears Project, contact Garlan-White at judygarlanwhite@verizon.net.
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— Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.