Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul

10/23/2024

So wonderful to bring Music Kitchen to Madison, Wisconsin in collaboration with the Madison Symphony Orchestra! Many thanks to the Catholic Multiculture Center for hosting us and to the soup kitchen clients for being such a great audience!

11/16/2023

We are honored to partner with the Harriman-Jewell Series and Harvesters - The Community Food Network to bring performances and raise over 400 pounds of food for the Kansas City community!

10/13/2023

GRAMMY® 1st round voting has begun and with so, so much gratitude for the incredible village that came together to help us realize this groundbreaking project, we are thrilled to share that Forgotten Voices is submitted in the category of Best Classical Compendium. 15 Award-winning composers, 10 critically acclaimed artists and one very powerful message from Music Kitchen, the pioneer organization to bring classical music to those experiencing homelessness. Thank you for helping us to make Forgotten Voices heard.

10/13/2023

Thank you your consideration of Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul’s Forgotten Voices at this season’s GRAMMY Awards®

10/03/2023

We are grateful for the fantastic partnership with the California Symphony and the Trinity Center Walnut Creek to present Kelly Hall-Tompkins Violinist in performance at the shelter in advance of opening night at the Lesher Center for the Arts. Music Kitchen reaches those experiencing homelessness in New York, around the country and internationally, bringing the healing power of great music.

08/16/2023

We are thrilled to be a new recipient of a grant from New Music USA both for general operating support and in furtherance of our Forgotten Voices project. Being recognized by one of the premiere foundations for new music is a great honor.

08/10/2023

It was so wonderful to speak with Suzanne Bona for this interview on Sunday Baroque. Check it out here:

Kelly Hall-Tompkins is a dynamo – full of energy, positivity, passion, and initiative. The talented violinist is an award-winning and acclaimed musician with an international career, as well as an …

06/21/2023

This just in! Video from Music Kitchen’s Forgotten Voices feature on the PBS virtual Townhall series Close to Home on Homelessness and Housing Equality, hosted by Brian Tate is now available. The 6 minute performance includes Gretchen’s Threads by Kelly Hall-Tompkins, performed by soprano Allison Charney, cellist Peter Seidenberg, and Kelly Hall-Tompkins, plus Music is Love by Paul Moravec, performed by soprano Adrienne Danrich, violinists Hector Falcon and Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violist Andrew Gonzalez and cellist Peter Seidenberg. Music Kitchen is honored to be part of this important discussion. Click the link below to watch the performance followed by a panel discussion:

https://youtu.be/BLQV7ghHV1M