Youth on Record and Colorado Young Leaders Collaborate on Podcast: Local Youth and Community Leaders Join Forces to Explore Racism, Equity, Higher Education
Generation Collaboration is a youth-led podcast focusing on stories of leadership and change throughout Colorado. Hosts and local high school students Brayden and Sonakshi guide listeners through conversations with community leaders in Denver. In each episode, Brayden and Sonakshi connect with local...
Re-Imagining the Green Room: Introducing the UMS Artist Care Lounge
We want artists in our community to be healthy – mentally, emotionally, and physically. And this effort starts in the green room. To provide access to rest, resources, and community, we're re-imagining what a green room experience ought to look like! The UMS Artist Care Lounge is (we hope!) the...
We're proud to share that Youth on Record Audio Arts Innovator Jelie Jones was invited to speak at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show 2022 this past June. She was a panelist in a session called, "What's It Like Out There? Insights From Recent Music Program Graduates." She shares...
Youth on Record Celebrates the 8th Annual Block Party
ABOUT THE BLOCK PARTY: Youth on Record's Block Party and Community Celebration will bring together close to a thousand community members on June 11th for a day-long youth-led music festival. This is a Youth Led and Youth Designed event with support from Youth on Record (YOR) Staff . The event will...
Seratones to headline Underground Music Showcase Mental Wellness Impact Show July 30
Seratones to headline Underground Music Showcase Mental Wellness Impact Show July 30 Denver's biggest multi-day music festival to focus on a mission of mental wellness for all, under new co-ownership May 19, 2022 – Denver, CO – A funk-soul-rock band from Louisiana that marries spirituality, protest...
We are thrilled to introduce you to Stephanie Tavares-Rance, Youth on Record's Deputy Director. Please give a warm welcome to Stephanie! Stephanie Tavares-Rance is a self described “multi-dimensional kaleidoscope” and big thinker. Stephanie believes in self-empowerment and is known for her ability...
Last August, Casey Berry and I sat on the patio of Raíces Brewing Company in the Sun Valley neighborhood. To our left was the Platte River. Denver’s Meow Wolf loomed behind us. And as we would soon discover, an exciting new partnership was in front of us. I had approached Casey, Founder of the...
Aliens on 102.3: Musical Collaboration and Defying Disability
In 2019, I met Julian Almodovar (DJ Smooth Dangerous King) at Youth on Record. When I was introduced to Julian, he and his mother expressed that it was hard for him to complete some of his musical projects because he didn’t have someone to rap or sing on them. His disability doesn’t allow him to...
Two Parts, Youth on Record to lead Underground Music Showcase
Youth on Record joins Two Parts to lead Underground Music Showcase Denver's biggest multi-day music festival returns July 29-31 with focus on impact and opportunities for historically marginalized artists March 22, 2022 – Denver, CO – Under a new joint venture agreement, Youth on Record, a Denver...
It was the mid-2000’s, and I was a music minor taking Secondary Jazz Bass lessons at the University of Rochester. I remember sitting in a small practice room at the Eastman School of Music, hacking my way through a minor blues when my teacher asked me if I listened to much Jazz. I was taken aback...
