Philly Sound Exchange

Philly Sound Exchange Connecting youth from diverse cultures and amplifying voices through music. ✊🏿🎤✊🏼

01/15/2026

Back in 2018 we started bringing high school kids from city and suburban schools together to use music as a vehicle for tough conversations around race. This coming Monday, MLK day is the culmination of 8 years, hundreds of kids voices and musical ideas and an army of supporters including and many more. We hope you’ll come celebrate and build with us.

Philly Sound Exchange Presents: Bridges, an original musical
Monday, January 19th 2:00-5:00

Tickets in bio or at the door.

01/12/2026

Next Monday 1.19.26 MLK Day will be our first public performance. We’re 5 shows into our school tour and the response has been amazing! Hope you can join us on Monday. Ticket link in our bio.

Our first public performance of our original musical Bridges on MLK Day! So grateful to be joined on the stage by a...
01/06/2026

Our first public performance of our original musical Bridges on MLK Day! So grateful to be joined on the stage by and for this one. Lots of opportunity for the audience to get involved with an intermission rap cypher and a post show songwriting session. Hit us up if you wanna participate.

We didn’t want $ to be a barrier so tickets are pay-what-you-can. Ticket link in bio.

12/02/2025

Our original musical “Bridges” school tour is underway! Here are some clips from last week . This Friday we’re . Many more booked in 2026. Please consider supporting our mission of bringing city and suburban musicians together to make art that reflects our real experiences with race and identity on this . Link to donate in our bio.

11/07/2025

Still feeling the high from our first performance last week! Shoutout to for the set design and for the choreography. Lots of good momentum and a bunch of school performances lined up. Tap in if you want us to come to your school.

Space is limited for our next masterjam session with on May 5th. Every one of our past presenters ( ) have credited ...
04/21/2025

Space is limited for our next masterjam session with on May 5th. Every one of our past presenters ( ) have credited Boots as one of the OG Philly musicians they looked up to. This one is for the top young musicians in Philly and surrounding counties. DM a vid of you playing to be considered and for details.

Today is the last day to submit audition videos for our original musical Bridges which will be going on a school tour ne...
04/18/2025

Today is the last day to submit audition videos for our original musical Bridges which will be going on a school tour next year. Looking for singers, dancers, and rappers age 14-21 from Philly and suburbs for this original show written by students for students to explore conversations around race and identity. DM your video today and tag a young hungry musician.

Show directed by
Choreography by
Musical Direction by
Horn Arrangements by

This Friday is the last day to audition for our original musical “Bridges” directed by . Actors, singers, rappers, danc...
04/16/2025

This Friday is the last day to audition for our original musical “Bridges” directed by . Actors, singers, rappers, dancers age 14-21 submit your 1-minute video! Callbacks May 3rd at Temple University.

For instrumental musicians interested in joining the Bridges band- our MD is hosting a jam session this Friday 12-3. DM for details.

Tag a talented kid in Philly, Montco, Delco, Bucks, Chesco, or Jersey.

Ready for our next BIG Drum Masterclass?? coming through with his love and wisdom to help us not only develop as drumme...
03/21/2025

Ready for our next BIG Drum Masterclass?? coming through with his love and wisdom to help us not only develop as drummers but as brands! Tips on navigating the music industry and making yourself indispensable. Tag a high school drummer for this opportunity and register with the link in our bio.

Tag a singer who might want to join us for this vocal experience. Expect a cumulative series of games and exercises tha...
03/13/2025

Tag a singer who might want to join us for this vocal experience. Expect a cumulative series of games and exercises that invite joy and ease in collaborative vocal improvisation, circle singing, and spontaneous composition. Philly is lucky to have in town facilitating. Register using the link in our bio. See you there!

High School students from 10 Philly Area schools have spent the last 3.5 years writing a musical about building bridges ...
03/09/2025

High School students from 10 Philly Area schools have spent the last 3.5 years writing a musical about building bridges for cross-cultural community and love, drawing on lessons from Beverly Daniel Tatum’s “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria.

We’ve assembled a Philly all-Star team to produce an interactive school tour:

Director:
Musical Director:
Choreography:
Horn/String Arrangements:

All we need are young people age 14-21 to bring it to life on stage! Please consider sharing this post and tagging students who have the talent and the loving intention to pull this off with us.

The one and only from will be blessing the youth with his skills, knowlege, and love next Monday. Tag a high school m...
02/26/2025

The one and only from will be blessing the youth with his skills, knowlege, and love next Monday. Tag a high school musician to be a part of this masterclass. Hit us up for details and to register.

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