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A mother remembered hearing of how her son was shot at school. At that moment she was so overwhelmed with emotion, that singing became...

Despite an unusual downpour of rain, our performance at the Braille Institute was met with an almost full room. Although our performance...

Urban Encore’s first fundraising concert took place in a large home in the hills North of L.A. Despite the fact that two weddings had...

By L.A. standards the weather has been cold lately. To make matters worse, the army of volunteers helping at food banks begins to dwindle...

There is no limit to the excitement that can build up in a Christmas celebration. In our experience this past Christmas, we discovered...

Many of the Christmas traditions celebrated in the English-speaking world began in Victorian England. Earlier this month, six of us...

Outside of Urban Encore I conduct a youth orchestra at the Olympic Seventh-day Adventist Church. Occasionally, we organize community...

About three months ago I adopted a Maltese-mix from the South L.A. Animal Shelter. It was because of her that I ended up taking our team...

It’s not easy to express thanksgiving when you are suffering from severe burns or a deadly heart condition. However, during our visit to...

In mid-November I presented my research at the USC Vocal Forum. In my presentation I focused on the implications of the health benefits...

We are grateful for the great review from Professor, former Poet Laureate, and former chairman for the national endowment for the arts,...

If it’s not the worst part of cancer, chemotherapy still ranks high on the list of cancer-related unpleasant experiences. In late October...

When our group first sang in the emergency room at LAC-USC Medical Center, I had a vague idea of what it meant for the people in that...

There were two moments that stood out to us during our visit to the oncology ward. The first was the surprise look on the face of the...

Every Saturday morning the First United Unitarian Church in Koreatown serves a large cart full of food to the people that have stood in...