Building community
through our roots

The Rhapsody Project is a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.

Our Programs
Our Impact
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Find out where to go


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Root yourself in the Layers of Your Heritage

In every program, we help students reflect and learn to see themselves more clearly. Interwoven with music lessons, our check-in questions and assignments give students new ways to understand themselves as people of culture.

Your ethnicity and your other visible identity markers reflect just a few layers of your heritage. The land you’re raised on, the communities that raise you, and the cultures you are drawn to study or absorb are also vital parts of you.

Discover My Heritage
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Learn music as a social skill

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Youth

Our programs at King St. Station center youth ages 10-25, but we offer in-school programs for K-12 as well!

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Grown Folks

Our Face the Music program is a great place to start, we are building a multi-generational community!

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Public Jams

We host monthly jam sessions each month at different locations in Seattle!

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“We’re not just playing music, we’re actually learning and changing how people think about things, changing how the world works.”

Ari

Songsters Participant, 2018 to present
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“I developed my ability to think critically about race, to talk openly and vulnerably with my peers, and to examine my whiteness and privilege and how they play out in my own music appreciation and career.”

Andy Ferguson

Face the Music alumni
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“I am so grateful for the opportunity for Ari to have an outlet artistically and inlet culturally, the flow of it is something that I couldn’t do myself.”

Tana

Ari’s mom
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“[the program] gives you tools to learn about your own heritage and also about . . . the American experience through music. But also not just music-centered, [they] encouraged that you look into food, dance, and other elements of culture, encouraged to talk to elders and learn about where your family came from.”

Sam

Unbroken Circle program alumni
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“It is a community where you can go and play music, learn music, and take part in a supportive and nurturing community and be welcomed whatever that part might look like, it’s always there for you.”

Lillian

Songster program alumni

Ways to get involved

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Klezmer Jam

Monthly Klezmer Jam session for all ages, all instruments and all experience levels!

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Become a Resonator

Engage long-term with our community while sharing our values.

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Join Our Team

Join a diverse team that celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.

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Rhapsody updates

Song of the month

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In the News

Catch up with tRp in the news and local media!

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Resources

Links to help websites and resources.

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Check out our live session with KNXX

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Upcoming events

Events in September–October 2024

  • September 5, 2024 - Station Space Block Party!

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    September 5, 2024

    The Rhapsody Project is collaborating with partners at Totem Star and Red Eagle Soaring to contribute to one of our neighborhood's most cherished events: Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk! Come chill with us at The Station Space Block Party on the King Street Station Plaza. 

    We’ll be providing:

    • Live Music (The Rhapsody Songsters, Big World Breaks, The Rhapsody Band, and more!) Nine 15-minute sets distributed between artists sourced by the three collaborators will provide fun and varied entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Fun Interactives
    • An all-ages, welcoming space to chat, make music, and relax during the Art Walk.
    • It's free for everyone, so bring your friends!

    First Thursdays: ​September 5 & October 3 • 5:30 - 8:30 pm 

    King Street Station Plaza
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104
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  • September 9, 2024 - Klezmer Jam

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    September 9, 2024

    Our bi-monthly Klezmer Jam is for all instruments and all levels of experience. We will begin each session with beginner-friendly activities so people who are unfamiliar with them have a chance to learn. The idea is for there to be something for everyone, whether you've played this music for five minutes or for five decades.

    Future sessions will be second and fourth Mondays.
    ​
    For more information visit: https://therhapsodyproject.org/yiddish-music-and-heritage-trp/#klezmer-jam

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  • September 23, 2024 - Klezmer Jam

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    September 23, 2024

    Our bi-monthly Klezmer Jam is for all instruments and all levels of experience. We will begin each session with beginner-friendly activities so people who are unfamiliar with them have a chance to learn. The idea is for there to be something for everyone, whether you've played this music for five minutes or for five decades.

    Future sessions will be second and fourth Mondays.
    ​
    For more information visit: https://therhapsodyproject.org/yiddish-music-and-heritage-trp/#klezmer-jam

    The Couth Buzzard
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  • October 3, 2024 - Station Space Block Party!

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    October 3, 2024

    The Rhapsody Project is collaborating with partners at Totem Star and Red Eagle Soaring to contribute to one of our neighborhood's most cherished events: Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk! Come chill with us at The Station Space Block Party on the King Street Station Plaza. 

    We’ll be providing:

    • Live Music (The Rhapsody Songsters, Big World Breaks, The Rhapsody Band, and more!) Nine 15-minute sets distributed between artists sourced by the three collaborators will provide fun and varied entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Fun Interactives
    • An all-ages, welcoming space to chat, make music, and relax during the Art Walk.
    • It's free for everyone, so bring your friends!

    First Thursdays: ​September 5 & October 3 • 5:30 - 8:30 pm 

    King Street Station Plaza
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104
    View Location
    Map King Street Station Plaza

  • October 7, 2024 - Unbroken Circle

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    October 7, 2024

    When

    Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
    October 7 - December 9

    Where 

    The Rhapsody Workshop
    Second Floor
    King Street Station
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104

    These youth-centric, all ages sessions will feature a range of professional musicians who will each offer a mix of professional advice, musical techniques, and stories of their cultures. Beginning musicians are welcomed, and 15 of the 20 slots are reserved for young people (ages 25 and under).

    The value of  this class is $350 per person with a no-questions-asked sliding scale option. We seek to hold spaces where anyone can participate without financial barriers—the most important thing is that you join us!

    This program is co-sponsored by our partners at Northwest Folklife. Participants who engage consistently will have the opportunity to perform at The Rhapsody Project's showcase in May of 2025 at the NW Folklife Festival!
    King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    303 S Jackson St
    Seattle, WA
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  • October 14, 2024 - Unbroken Circle and 1 other event

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    October 14, 2024

    When

    Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
    October 7 - December 9

    Where 

    The Rhapsody Workshop
    Second Floor
    King Street Station
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104

    These youth-centric, all ages sessions will feature a range of professional musicians who will each offer a mix of professional advice, musical techniques, and stories of their cultures. Beginning musicians are welcomed, and 15 of the 20 slots are reserved for young people (ages 25 and under).

    The value of  this class is $350 per person with a no-questions-asked sliding scale option. We seek to hold spaces where anyone can participate without financial barriers—the most important thing is that you join us!

    This program is co-sponsored by our partners at Northwest Folklife. Participants who engage consistently will have the opportunity to perform at The Rhapsody Project's showcase in May of 2025 at the NW Folklife Festival!
    King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    303 S Jackson St
    Seattle, WA
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    Map King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    Buy Tickets

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    October 14, 2024

    Our bi-monthly Klezmer Jam is for all instruments and all levels of experience. We will begin each session with beginner-friendly activities so people who are unfamiliar with them have a chance to learn. The idea is for there to be something for everyone, whether you've played this music for five minutes or for five decades.

    Future sessions will be second and fourth Mondays.
    ​
    For more information visit: https://therhapsodyproject.org/yiddish-music-and-heritage-trp/#klezmer-jam

    The Couth Buzzard
    View Location

  • October 21, 2024 - Unbroken Circle

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    October 21, 2024

    When

    Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
    October 7 - December 9

    Where 

    The Rhapsody Workshop
    Second Floor
    King Street Station
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104

    These youth-centric, all ages sessions will feature a range of professional musicians who will each offer a mix of professional advice, musical techniques, and stories of their cultures. Beginning musicians are welcomed, and 15 of the 20 slots are reserved for young people (ages 25 and under).

    The value of  this class is $350 per person with a no-questions-asked sliding scale option. We seek to hold spaces where anyone can participate without financial barriers—the most important thing is that you join us!

    This program is co-sponsored by our partners at Northwest Folklife. Participants who engage consistently will have the opportunity to perform at The Rhapsody Project's showcase in May of 2025 at the NW Folklife Festival!
    King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    303 S Jackson St
    Seattle, WA
    View Location
    Map King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    Buy Tickets

  • October 28, 2024 - Unbroken Circle and 1 other event

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    October 28, 2024

    When

    Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
    October 7 - December 9

    Where 

    The Rhapsody Workshop
    Second Floor
    King Street Station
    303 S Jackson Street
    Seattle, WA 98104

    These youth-centric, all ages sessions will feature a range of professional musicians who will each offer a mix of professional advice, musical techniques, and stories of their cultures. Beginning musicians are welcomed, and 15 of the 20 slots are reserved for young people (ages 25 and under).

    The value of  this class is $350 per person with a no-questions-asked sliding scale option. We seek to hold spaces where anyone can participate without financial barriers—the most important thing is that you join us!

    This program is co-sponsored by our partners at Northwest Folklife. Participants who engage consistently will have the opportunity to perform at The Rhapsody Project's showcase in May of 2025 at the NW Folklife Festival!
    King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    303 S Jackson St
    Seattle, WA
    View Location
    Map King Street Station (2nd Floor)
    Buy Tickets

    –
    October 28, 2024

    Our bi-monthly Klezmer Jam is for all instruments and all levels of experience. We will begin each session with beginner-friendly activities so people who are unfamiliar with them have a chance to learn. The idea is for there to be something for everyone, whether you've played this music for five minutes or for five decades.

    Future sessions will be second and fourth Mondays.
    ​
    For more information visit: https://therhapsodyproject.org/yiddish-music-and-heritage-trp/#klezmer-jam

    The Couth Buzzard
    View Location

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