Sing for Hope

The arts as public infrastructure.

Since 2006, Sing for Hope has built a model for how cultural programs live inside everyday public life — in parks, in schools, in hospitals, and across borders. Five chapters of that model, below.

Chapter I

Pianos

700+
pianos placed in public space

Hand-painted instruments turn parks, plazas, and transit halls into stages anyone can walk up to and play.

Chapter II

Diplomacy

40
countries engaged

Artists carry cultural exchange into embassies, festivals, and cross-border residencies on behalf of American civic life.

Chapter III

Pianos for Healthcare Workers & Beyond

25M+
frontline workers reached

Live music delivered to hospital floors and first-responder stations through the pandemic and in the years since.

Chapter IV

Education

25,000
students served each year

Arts curricula and teaching-artist residencies embedded across under-resourced public schools.

Chapter V

Workforce

3,500
paid artist engagements

A working pipeline of performers, educators, and designers building creative livelihoods alongside the programs they power.

The ask

Partner with us.

Five chapters, one model: a proven way to put working artists into public spaces at city scale. Your partnership extends this reach to new cities, new schools, and new publics — and makes the next chapter possible.