Beyond the Bars

A student driven music and career skills program interrupting the cycles of violence and incarceration.
#BlackLivesMatter #FundOurYouth

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

@thomasdrayton Thank you so much for coming to Belmont's talent show! We were the music group and it was wonderful meeting!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Over the last year we are so grateful for the incredible support that Sony Music Group has provided Beyond the Bars. Through their incredible generosity we have been able to build over 11 musical spaces for our talented youth @sonymusic @sonymusicpub #sonyglobalsocialjusticefund

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Our Summer Program is in full effect! Retro Imperfections mixing out their EP while youth leaders fixing up computers for free recording labs for students throughout our city!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Our student tech team were repairing computers today to get into community spaces for other youth throughout Philadelphia! In between learning how to fix and improve computers they wrote about 5 amazing new songs! They are as talented as they are amazing leaders!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

@JoelEmbiid Thank you for everything!!!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Studios looking good!! New program with the amazing @BlockGivesBack on Monday’s at 5!!! If you are a young person who want to make music we got a great space to be doing it!!! Let’s make some great music on Allegheny!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

@LameORecords @GoldenApplesUSA YOU ARE SO AMAZING AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR YOUTH!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

It was a great Friday! We just built an awesome recording lab with the amazing @cctckids . Children’s Crisis Treatment Center is an amazing org with incredible young people and leaders! Can’t wait to hear the artists that start in this space!

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

So grateful to be partnered with @theblockgivesback and see their incredible space and the amazing work that they’re doing! We’re building out a recording studio and a 6 computer recording lab at their awesome new space! Giant shout out to Hakeem and Lou and their team #philly

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Putting together care packages to drop off to our talented young artists! Midi keyboards mics, headphones, chrome books when needed. Each one of these bags is full of the gear your next favorite song will be recorded on! #philly #music

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

We run musical programs and build recording labs for youth shelters throughout Philadelphia. We work with two amazing shelters @YSIPHILLY and @CovenantHousePA and because of the amazing work of @JoelEmbiid both received funding for our awesome young people! #mvp #embiid #philly

[YASP @YASP2]

Last week, we were crushed to learn of the tragic death of former YASP youth organizer, Ramon Smith. Ramon was a talented artist, a soft-spoken but powerful voice for ending youth incarceration, and a new dad. Please help raise funds for his newborn son: https://t.co/nvA2tRXipN

[garlic topknot 🧄 @PepperonciniP]

Last week, Philly organizer and comrade Ramon Smith was killed in a tragic car crash. Ramon was a talented artist, a former youth organizer with @YASP2 a beloved son and brother, and proud father to a newborn son 💔 #RestInPower
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[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Beyond the Bars turns 6 years old!! Scroll through the slides to see our journey and most importantly THANK YOU!!! Whether you are a student leader, teacher, community leader staff, donor or any supporter we could not have done this without you #philly #community #grateful #music

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

We view music as a medium for our youth to express their emotions, to realize how incredibly talented they are and to explore what they want next in life. Music is the channel by which our students continue to grow their skills, identify their goals and explore their futures.

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

Thank you so much to the @theadolfbusch for name us a finalist this year! We could not be more grateful!

[Adolf Busch Award @theadolfbusch]

We are proud to announce this year’s finalists for the 2021 Adolf Busch Award: @BeyondthebarsPA, @DavidsHarpFound, @MusicHavenCT, @MOTIinc and @UpBeatNYC.

We are truly humbled by the number of organizations devoted to promoting social good through music.

[YEAH Philly @YEAHPhilly]

We're so excited to be breaking barriers with our partners 🙌🏾💪🏾

[WXPN @wxpnfm]

Congrats to the team at Philly's @BeyondthebarsPA for the $500,000 grant they received this week! Check out this interview on XPN Local for more on what they do and how they hope to grow thanks to @TheLewisPrize for Music. https://t.co/7MHyZhXhpf

[Sarah (Schmalbach) Beck @schmalie]

A great column and call out from @NotesFromHeL, also a reminder of the power and essential nature of expression ⬇️

@BeyondthebarsPA "is less about churning out musicians and more about using music to help young people impacted by violence to express themselves."

[Beyond the Bars @BeyondthebarsPA]

A giant thank you to @PhillyInquirer for covering us winning the national award with @TheLewisPrize for our work with systems change #news #philadelphia #philly #music https://t.co/q20Vpzrgnw