AMANDA GOOKIN’S FORWARD MUSIC PROJECT 1.0

CD & Digital

Release Date: JULY 10, 2020
For elevating stories of suffering and joy. For raising awareness of injustice. For shining a light on a culture of musical patriarchal deification. Whether you come with caution and leave with curiosity, come as a victim and find a voice, or come as an ally and feel a sense of community, I founded Forward Music Project for you.
For mothers. For sisterhood. For brave storytellers and quiet listeners. I sing, I gasp, I fight, I breathe life into the work of these fearless artists. I founded Forward Music Project for you. And you are not alone.
-Amanda Gookin, April 2020
Cellist and creator of Forward Music Project

VIDEOS

Listen to Nathalie Joachim speak about her piece, Dam mwen yo for cello and recorded vocals (Nathalie's!). This is one of the first seven Forward Music Proje...

Commissioned by Forward Music Project Cello by Amanda Gookin Recorded vocals by Nathalie Joachim Video art by S. Katy Tucker Mixed by Mike Tierney Recorded a...

Listen to Allison Loggins-Hull speak about her piece, Stolen for solo cello. This is one of the first seven Forward Music Project works commissioned in 2016....

Commissioned by Forward Music Project Cello by Amanda Gookin Video art by S. Katy Tucker Mixed by Mike Tierney Music Recorded at National Sawdust FMP 1.0, to...

Listen to Angélica Negrón speak about her piece, Las Desaparecidas for cello and electronics, dedicated to the Jauréz Missing Girls. This is one of the first...

Commissioned by Forward Music Project Cello and vocal effects by Amanda Gookin Video art by S. Katy Tucker Mixed by Mike Tierney Music Recorded at National S...

Listen to Morgan Krauss speak about her piece, memories lie dormant for vocalizing cellist. This is one of the first seven Forward Music Project works commis...

Commissioned by Forward Music Project Cello and vocal effects by Amanda Gookin Photo by Jill Steinberg Mixed by Mike Tierney Music Recorded at National Sawdu...

Listen to Leila Adu speak about her piece, For Edna for cello and vocals, dedicated to her dear friend, Edna Bonhomme. This is one of the first seven Forward...

Commissioned by Forward Music Project Cello and vocal effects by Amanda Gookin Video art by S. Katy Tucker Mixed by Mike Tierney Music Recorded at National S...