Sound Off: Music for Bail is a POC-led collective of musicians, activists, and thinkers dedicated to combining music performance with educational work that envisions alternatives to the current state of policing and imprisonment in the U.S. Their online programming includes free and low-cost instrument workshops, masterclasses with expert musicians, and concerts that raise funds for cash bail across the country.

Sound Off: Music for Bail at Word Up Community Bookstop! (Open Rehearsals + 6pm Show)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)

In preparation for Sound Off: Music for Bail's November 10, 7pm string quartet show at the People's Forum supporting Tatiana Hill from the …

$0-$15 donation; RSVP optional

Sound Off: Music for Bail at Word Up Community Bookstop! (Open Rehearsals + 6pm Show)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)

In preparation for Sound Off: Music for Bail's November 10, 7pm string quartet show at the People's Forum supporting Tatiana Hill from the …

$0-$15 donation; RSVP optional

Sound Off: Music for Bail at Word Up Community Bookstop! (Open Rehearsals + 6pm Show)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 @ 11:00am – 2:00pm (EST)

In preparation for Sound Off: Music for Bail's November 10, 7pm string quartet show at the People's Forum supporting Tatiana Hill from the …

$0-$15 donation; RSVP optional

Sound Off x Justice Committee @ The People's Forum: NYC 2022-2023 Season Finale!

Saturday, July 8, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
The People's Forum, New York, NY, United States

$15 ($10 Supermuser; free for low-income/formerly incarcerated/family)

Remembering Yang Song: Sound Off Commemorates the 5th Anniversary of a Life Lost

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
The People's Forum, New York, NY, United States
Online and in-person

$5 to RSVP, $10+ at event

Sound Off: Live from Broadway Presbyterian Church [LIVE]

Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Carlos Simon – Warmth from Other Suns
Margaret Bonds – Hold On
Julia Perry – Ye, Who Seek The Truth
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Sound Off x Justice Committee: Celebrating Richie Perez

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Concert celebrating the life of Justice Committee co-founder Richie Perez. Featuring string quartets by Angelica Negron, Iván Enrique Rodriguez, & more; traditional danzas performed by cellist Ortega Ianelli; & guest speakers.

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Composition for Abolition: Sound Off Changes the Times One Note at a Time [LIVE]

Saturday, February 27, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (EST)
Online event
Yaz Lancaster – Neutral Objects (full version premiere)
Florence Price – Five Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint
George Walker – Lyric for Strings

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Groupmuse: Sound Off x Bass Players for Black Composers – New Works for the New Year

Saturday, January 16, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Online event
Mason Bynes – [WRECK]oning
Sarian Sankoh – everythingfeelsthesame
Byron Crenshaw – yung perseverent spirit
Akua Dixon – Efua
Florence Price – "Andante moderato" from String Quartet in G major

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Groupmuse: Sound Off – Music of Dorothy Rudd Moore & More [LIVE]

Saturday, November 14, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Online event
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Dorothy Rudd Moore – Modes (livestream premiere)
William Grant Still – Lyric Quartette

$10+ donation, RSVP required