Established in 2016, Tonality is an GRAMMY® award-winning ensemble known for “open hearted singing” (Lauri’s List), winning in 2024 in the New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album for Carla Patullo's "So She Howls" with the Scorchio Quartet.
The ensemble is led by Executive and Founding Artistic Director Alexander Lloyd Blake. Blake imagined Tonality as an ensemble that represents the diverse cultures and ethnicities within the Los Angeles area. Within a year of its forming, Tonality’s mission evolved to use their collective voices to present concerts on themes of social justice in hopes to act as a catalyst toward empathy and community activism. The group premiered its first album in 2019 titled Sing About It.
Tonality is the recipient of the 2020 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, a prize given for commitment to singing and commissioning new works.
Tonality has collaborated with choral composers and film composers to create the works presented in concert, striving for diverse voices and perspectives within the composer community. Collaborators include Joe Trapanese, Roman Gianarthur, Gaayatri Kaundinya, Reena Esmail, Shawn Kirchner, Zanaida Robles, Moira Smiley, Alex Wurman and composer Michael J. Giacchino. Tonality has performed with MacArthur Fellow Taylor Mac, Pete Townsend of The Who, pianist Lara Downes, internationally acclaimed performer Björk and most recently Dutch DJ Tiësto and Kelly Clarkson in support of her album Chemistry.
We are so excited for Alexander Lloyd Blake's first Grammy nomination! Congrats to Scott Hoying, Erin Bentlange, Amanda Taylor, AJ Seals and all of our singers who were involved in this amazing collaboration!
What a dream... first (personal) Grammy nomination!
This is a career highlight of a few this year, but to be honored with friends make it more special. Thank you to Scott Hoying for the opportunity and Tonality for singing so beautifully as always! Thank you to the The Recording Academy for the amazing recognition and honor!
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Today we announced $2.4 million in grants to 15 nonprofits! 🎺
“These nonprofits are driving permanent changes in the way music is used in their respective fields. That might look like shifting the culture around how music education in schools can support young people in all areas of their lives, or reducing recidivism in the juvenile justice system through music programs, or working with policymakers to increase public investment in the arts,” said Sarah Lyding, executive director of The Music Man Foundation. “The Foundation is proud to amplify their work.”
Southern California Meredith Willson Awards support fund nonprofits with the potential to permanently change the way music is used to improve education, health care and community wellbeing. The awards are named for Meredith Willson, who wrote the musicals “The Music Man” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and in whose honor The Music Man Foundation was established. 🥁 Two-year grants were awarded to Arts for Healing and Justice Network, Education Through Music-Los Angeles, Harmony Project, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), LA Opera, LA Phil, Riverside Arts Academy and Tonality.
Strengthening the Sector grants support initiatives to increase public funding for the arts, advocate for arts education and pro-artists policies, and raise awareness about the profound impact of arts on health and wellbeing. 🎹 Arts for LA, CA For The Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Ed Collective, Lifetime Arts, National Association for Music Education (NAfME), National Guild for Community Arts Education and SoCal Grantmakers received funding.
📷 credits: LA Phil, Riverside Arts Academy, Tonality, Arts for Healing and Justice Network, Arts for LA, Lifetime Arts.
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Here our Executive and Founding Artistic Director Alexander Lloyd Blake speak on Tonality's beginning, mission, and action forward on the "Art Restart" Podcast. You can also find on Spotify and Apple, with captioned interviews available on Youtube. Let us know what you think!
Thank you to the Public Counsel for their inspiring article on our first GRAMMY award and their generous support in the formation of this organization. https://lnkd.in/ghRNBNxN
