![]() Many new mothers contend with emotional surges and anxieties during this time. NPR's Elissa Nadworny discovered a similar program in South Carolina inside a women's prison.ĮLISSA NADWORNY, BYLINE: When someone is pregnant and they're incarcerated, separation after they give birth is almost immediate. Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project isn't the only one of its kind hoping to reach mothers in need. And to find the threads of human connection through this process has been incredibly powerful.ĭEGGANS: We think of lullabies as a sweet way of easing children into sleep, but the powers of a lullaby can go further to comfort, to heal, and to bring parents closer to their children, even under the most difficult circumstances. I mean, there's a lot of joy, but there's also a lot of sadness that sometimes gets wrapped up in these lullabies or journeys that families have experienced. There's this real sense of shared community, shared love for the young ones in our lives, and the ability to do so in a creative, fun way through music making has been just an incredible experience. It's a very vulnerable and tender process. ORTIZ: My favorite thing is just how much love there is in the room. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #6: (Singing) I trust you. And so all of that gets really wrapped up in this beautiful gift of a song that they create personally for their child. They're thinking about not just the messages that they want to share, but the language, the culture, the musics that they hope to share with their child. And parents, just to say, are really involved in the entire process. ![]() That gets transformed into the lyrics of the song. ORTIZ: Often it begins with a letter to your baby, where a parent can express their hopes, their dreams, their wishes for their child. The experience, she says, is deeply personal for the parent. The staff approached us and wondered, what role could music and songwriting play in supporting their patients, primarily their young parents? They're supporting their well-being, supporting that attachment between parent and child, particularly for parents who are experiencing high stress or those who are negatively impacted by social inequalities and injustices.ĭEGGANS: Ortiz says about 200 to 300 parents participate annually in New York, with 800 to 900 parents involved globally each year. ORTIZ: We had a partnership with a local hospital here in New York City, Jacoby Medical Center. She says the project began with a focus not just on children, but on their parents. TIFFANY ORTIZ: We work with amazing, amazing musicians who are really sensitive people and who really know how to connect with parents and families, but who also are really flexible musicians and can let parents guide them through the process.ĭEGGANS: Tiffany Ortiz is the director of Early Childhood Programs at Carnegie Hall. ![]() UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #5: (Singing) I love and cherish everything about you. This year's concert celebrating the project took place earlier today in New York and live-streamed on YouTube. Started in 2011, the project brings together parents and caregivers with professional artists to write and perform personal lullabies for their babies. That's where the Lullaby Project takes the stage. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #4: (Singing in non-English language).ĭEGGANS: They've even made it all the way to Carnegie Hall in New York City. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #3: (Singing in non-English language). UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #2: (Singing in non-English language). JULIE ANDREWS: (As Mary Poppins) Stay awake. Just ask Mary Poppins, heard here using a little bit of reverse psychology. Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird.ĭEGGANS: Even magical fictional nannies rely on lullabies. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #1: (Singing) Hush, little baby. ![]() Whether you're a parent, child or former kid, it's likely you've heard that lullaby before. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #1: (Singing) Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top.
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