The interPLAYcompany Band has over 65
band members.This includes a group of
dedicated bandaides, musicians,
professional performers, and behind the
scenes skilled staff for concerts and
rehearsals.
Band members play professional
percussion and traditional instruments
from all over the world. Band members
also perform vocals.
The band is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit
organization and its board of directors
meets six times a year at the Music Center
at Strathmore. All donations are tax
deductible.
The band is fortunate to rehearse and
perform at the Music Center at Strathmore
as one of its highly creative education
partners.
band members.This includes a group of
dedicated bandaides, musicians,
professional performers, and behind the
scenes skilled staff for concerts and
rehearsals.
Band members play professional
percussion and traditional instruments
from all over the world. Band members
also perform vocals.
The band is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit
organization and its board of directors
meets six times a year at the Music Center
at Strathmore. All donations are tax
deductible.
The band is fortunate to rehearse and
perform at the Music Center at Strathmore
as one of its highly creative education
partners.
| interPLAY at Strathmore Directions Give Copyright 2012 interPLAYcompany Band |
| Paula R. Moore, founder and artistic director |
| About the interPLAYcompany Band |
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Over 20 years
making music
together!
making music
together!
| Adult music makers of diverse abilities |
Music Line (301) 229-0829
| Paula R. Moore |
Paula R. Moore, founder and director of the interPLAYcompany Band
The interPLAYcompany Band was founded over twenty years ago by Paula R. Moore.
Paula was named a Washingtonian of the Year in 1996
A passionate advocate on behalf of people with disabilities, Paula R. Moore first
developed a national non-profit organization that gave children with mental retardation
and non-impaired high school students the opportunity to co-publish school newspapers,
written and color photographed by the young people themselves. This project was
chosen to join the first international Very Special Arts Festival held in Washington that led
the local newspaper staff to both the Kennedy Center and The White House, writing and
shooting over 500 photos for a festival newspaper sent to VSA projects globally. A
performance musician herself, Paula discovered through research that everyone is born
with the gene to make music so all of her personal expertise as a professional writer and
director, designer and communications and public relations consultant was channeled
into creating a musical non-profit project for adults with and without disabilities. She
served on the Montgomery County Maryland Commission for People with Disabilities,
spoke on panels, and initiated an experimental participatory music experience class using
professional instruments at the Former Great Oaks Center, a Maryland State institution
now closed, for adults with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities. The
success of the original project led to the formation of interPLAYcompany Band for
cognitively disabled adults who are generally living and working independently and the
sizeable company of musicians you see today. interPLAYcompany Band performed on
Washington area main stages for 16 years before becoming a Strathmore education
partner. Her work has awarded her many honors through the years and invitations to
start this program in other countries. interPLAYcompany Band with VisualEdge
Productions is currently in process of producing a one-hour documentary to be shown
throughout the country and beyond.
For a list of current interPLAYcompany Band staff and board of directors visit our
Contact page.
The interPLAYcompany Band in the News
Enabling The Disabled To Play Sweet Music
NPR article by Linton Weeks
Article with photos, and audio of band members talking about their experiences with the
band.
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/18/131413172/enabling-the-disabled-to-play-sweet-music
The interPLAYcompany Band was founded over twenty years ago by Paula R. Moore.
Paula was named a Washingtonian of the Year in 1996
A passionate advocate on behalf of people with disabilities, Paula R. Moore first
developed a national non-profit organization that gave children with mental retardation
and non-impaired high school students the opportunity to co-publish school newspapers,
written and color photographed by the young people themselves. This project was
chosen to join the first international Very Special Arts Festival held in Washington that led
the local newspaper staff to both the Kennedy Center and The White House, writing and
shooting over 500 photos for a festival newspaper sent to VSA projects globally. A
performance musician herself, Paula discovered through research that everyone is born
with the gene to make music so all of her personal expertise as a professional writer and
director, designer and communications and public relations consultant was channeled
into creating a musical non-profit project for adults with and without disabilities. She
served on the Montgomery County Maryland Commission for People with Disabilities,
spoke on panels, and initiated an experimental participatory music experience class using
professional instruments at the Former Great Oaks Center, a Maryland State institution
now closed, for adults with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities. The
success of the original project led to the formation of interPLAYcompany Band for
cognitively disabled adults who are generally living and working independently and the
sizeable company of musicians you see today. interPLAYcompany Band performed on
Washington area main stages for 16 years before becoming a Strathmore education
partner. Her work has awarded her many honors through the years and invitations to
start this program in other countries. interPLAYcompany Band with VisualEdge
Productions is currently in process of producing a one-hour documentary to be shown
throughout the country and beyond.
For a list of current interPLAYcompany Band staff and board of directors visit our
Contact page.
The interPLAYcompany Band in the News
Enabling The Disabled To Play Sweet Music
NPR article by Linton Weeks
Article with photos, and audio of band members talking about their experiences with the
band.
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/18/131413172/enabling-the-disabled-to-play-sweet-music
| A venue for persons with and without cognitive abilities to play and perform in a band with other percussionists and musical artists |
| Sharon, Kristen, Mo, and Larry performing at the October 17, 2011 concert. (Photo M. Drumheller) |