May 04, 2026

Sharon Bryant

More Than Music: Youth Finding Their Voice

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When Famfrequency Productions created its marketing unit to teach Philadelphia youth how to market themselves and stand out in a crowded music production field, our grantee uncovered something deeper: asking “what makes you unique?” isn’t just a branding exercise — it’s a powerful question of identity for youth still discovering who they are.

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"Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul." Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician.

Quoted in "We use music to say things we could never say with words" by Andrea Bocelli. Feb. 7, 2018

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