You're invited to the 2025 Sound Impact Soirée Join us for an inspiring evening of music, community, and purpose — all in support of shaping tomorrow, one note at a time. For more information, visit www.soundimpact.org/soiree2025
Presented by Company | E of Washington, D.C. with Sound Impact musicians
Transform your imagination and accelerate your pulse.
Pulse is a wondrous journey on, in, and with our living planet—a planet whose pulse is everywhere around us. From the cycle of the seasons to the heartbeat of an elephant or from a drop of water’s journey to the magical thump on your wrist, we all dance to the beat, to the pulse, of our world.
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Performances:
Thursday, October 30: 10:15 AM & 12:30 PM
Saturday, November 1: 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM, & 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 2: 1:30 PM & 4:00 PM
Monday, November 3: 10:15 AM & 12:30 PM
Tuesday, November 4: 11:00 AM
Move to the Music is more than a workout, it's a one-hour fitness part where Pilates, Yoga, Dance fitness, and the community come together. Every ticket purchased helps raise money for Sound Impact.
Sound Impact board members invite you to a Salon Concert at Washington Fine Violins on Saturday, October 4, from 4–6 pm. Enjoy an intimate afternoon of music, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres with musicians Regino Madrid (violin), Derek Powell (violin), Tiffany Richardson (viola), and Danielle Cho (cello). Hosted by Jim Kelly and Washington Fine Violins, this special gathering supports Sound Impact’s mission of empowering youth through music in schools, juvenile detention centers, and international communities. This event is part of a series leading up to our Annual Soirée at The Barns at Wolf Trap on Sunday, November 9.
In our latest collaboration with Washington National Opera, youth explore themes from Verdi’s Aida—identity, belonging, love, and power—through storytelling and music. Guided by our teaching artists and opera professionals, participants create and perform original works inspired by the opera, culminating in a moving final performance that amplifies their voices and creativity.
Musicians of the NSO Summer Music Institute play in a special pop-performance for children, a performative conclusion of a three-course workshop on developing a children’s music program led by Sound Impact. MORE INFO HERE
Free concert! No advance registration required.
Join us for a special The World & Me as we celebrate diversity found in nature, movement, and the planet we call home with local dancers from Company | E, musicians from Sound Impact, and educators from the National Museum of Natural History. Watch a performance titled Letters to Earth, explore different hands-on activities with museum specimens, and discover ways to make an impact in taking care of Earth for future generations. MORE INFO HERE
Join us for an evening of a vibrant blend of classical and jazz-inspired works, featuring string quartets by Florence Price, Cole Porter, and Antonín Dvořák—performed by Sound Impact, a collective of nationally recognized teaching artists and performers. This concert is part of our work as Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring Artists, bringing meaningful arts experiences to communities across the state.
Sound Impact returns for its Education Residency "Music is a Superpower" with the Music at Kohl Mansion in Bay Area schools.
Sound Impact continues its work in the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center in collaboration with composition students at the University of Maryland.
Sound Impact teaching artist, Glenda Bates, teaches an after-school program, Time Travel Through the Ukulele, with Alexandria City Public Schools.
Sound Impact returns for its Education Residency "Music is a Superpower" with the Music at Kohl Mansion in Bay Area schools.
Sound Impact continues its work with Voices of Prince George’s County, a community engagement program stemming from a partnership between The Clarice, University of Maryland School of Music, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Members of the Sound Impact team will work with teens through the Hyattsville Library in a creative electronic music workshop.
Sound Impact returns to work at FUNSINCOPA’s annual summer music camp from Feb 17-22, 2025. Sound Impact will work with students in masterclasses, seminars and present community concerts alongside the Cultural Exchange Program musicians. Sound Impact 2024 Team: Kayla Moffett, violin, Danielle Cho, cello, Sarah Frisof, flute
In partnership with Washington National Opera, tenor Chaz’men Williams-Ali joins Sound Impact to share his inspiring story, perform, and teach opera repertoire to youth. Together, our team and the participants create a powerful final performance that blends their original words with music.
Sound Impact returns to Orange Music Society to present a chamber music concert featuring works by Ravel, Jessie Montgomery and Puccini Musicians: Kayla Moffett, violin, Anne Donaldson, violin, Tiffany Richardson, viola, Danielle Cho, cello Use Y
Sound Impact was honored to contribute to an inspiring evening! Violinist Regino Madrid opened the ceremony with a performance of the Star Spangled Banner at the Ceremonial Congressional Swearing-In & Welcome Reception where they honored Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) members of the 119th Congress.
Sound Impact celebrates 11 years of transformative music education at its annual Soirée at the beautiful Barns at Wolf Trap, empowering the voices of the future. The evening includes a cocktail hour, seated dinner and special performances by Sound Impact musicians and guests.
Join us for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and a performance by Sound Impact musicians Kayla Moffett (violin), Regino Madrid (violin), Tiffany Richardson (viola), and Danielle Cho (cello) and learn more about our upcoming programs this season.
This salon concert is part of a larger series of events which will culminate in Sound Impact’s Annual Soirée, its largest fundraiser of the year, to be held at The Barns at Wolf Trap on Sunday, December 8!
Location: Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center Over three transformative days, teens at the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn and create a musical narrative with guidance from acclaimed bass Soloman Howard, members of the Cafritz Young Artists program, and musicians from the WNO Orchestra and Sound Impact, by channeling their personal experiences into a moving interpretation of Fidelio called “Free Flo.” Read more here.
Sound Impact returns for its Education Residency "Music is a Superpower" with the Music at Kohl Mansion in Bay Area schools.
Join us for a Salon Concert in Alexandria, VA on Sunday, October 6! This event is part of a larger series of events which will culminate in Sound Impact’s Annual Soirée, our largest fundraiser of the year, to be held at Wolf Trap Barns on Sunday, December 8! The Salon will feature a musical performance by Sound Impact musicians: Regino Madrid (violin), Kayla Moffett (violin), Jerome Gordon (viola), Danielle Cho (cello). Register here
Sound Impact co-founder Tiffany Richardson and founding board member Michael Sapienza and their husbands invite you to join us on Sunday, October 6, from 1-2:30 PM for an afternoon of music, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres in support of Sound Impact. Register here
Our Use Your Voice residencies are designed to empower incarcerated youth through creative collaboration and artistic expression.
Sound Impact had the opportunity to showcase its work as a part of Voices of Prince George’s County, a community engagement program stemming from a partnership between The Clarice, University of Maryland School of Music, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Teens from the Hyattsville Library shared spoken word/community poem creations with a drum circle, and the School of Music’s graduate fellowship ensembles Terrapin Brass and the Varié Quartet presented interactive music programs for the audience.
Join us for a special The World & Me as we celebrate diversity found in nature, movement, and the planet we call home with local dancers from Company | E, musicians from Sound Impact, science students from local colleges, and educators from the National Museum of Natural History. Watch a performance titled Letters to Earth* and explore different hands-on activities with museum specimens, microscopes, and more, to learn about DNA and some of the tiny and large organisms we share the Earth with. Learn More
Members of Sound Impact, artistic leads on our Voices of Prince George's County program, met with several refugee families who have resettled in the College Park area. The artists played Afghan-inspired folk songs and encouraged people to join in the writing of a community poem.
Sound Impact musicians give a masterclass at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico.
