Voices Without Borders: Music as a Bridge for Community Empowerment

Voices Without Borders: Music as a Bridge for Community Empowerment brings together singers, community members, and leaders from across London for an afternoon of song, reflection, and connection. Through gospel, original music, and powerful dialogue, we’ll explore how music can heal, unite, and inspire. This workshop is a step toward a powerful collaborative concert in 2026. Join us as we celebrate and lift our voices now to imagine a shared future.

About Dr Philip Woodmore:

Dr. Philip A. Woodmore is a celebrated composer, educator, and community leader whose work has shaped the intersection of music, theater, and social justice. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Woodmore is the author of Antigone in Ferguson: A Journey Through the Transformative Power of Music, a reflective work on using art to foster dialogue and healing. He is widely recognized for his compositions and productions, including Antigone in Ferguson, which brought Sophocles’ tragedy to life through gospel music, and Team M, an original musical addressing mental health in communities of color.

With 20 years of experience teaching middle school choir and leadership roles at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in St. Louis, Dr. Woodmore has dedicated his career to empowering young voices. His passion for community engagement has led him to collaborations with Theater of War Productions, performances with Little Amal, and work with civic leaders to use music as a tool for unity and resilience. Dr. Woodmore’s workshops and projects inspire participants to connect deeply with their communities and discover the transformative power of the arts. www.philipawoodmore.com

Philip and Together Productions have been collaborating since 2020, initially as part of the Twilight Sessions, a ground-breaking online workshop series featuring internationally renowned vocal artists and musical experts, and subsequently on the Singing Our Lives programme in 2022, an international collaboration which resulted in a new global composition.

About Together Productions:

Together Productions is a ground-breaking social change organisation based in the UK. We produce innovative collaborative arts projects that connect people, organisations and audiences across social and cultural divides.We use music and the arts as a catalyst to break down barriers, reduce isolation and enhance well-being. We produce high quality artistic work that is grown through creative collaboration, participation and experimentation.

Our work includes those who are marginalised or excluded, such as displaced people and those seeking sanctuary, people facing mental health challenges, the elderly, the financially disadvantaged and socially excluded.

We know that choirs are an incredible way to build community, improve mental health and build empathy and therefore choral singing is a big part of our work.

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