Children's words set to music speaks to hearts

Friday February 17, 2012

from 2.journalnow.com

Children’s words set to music speaks to hearts
By: Ken Keuffel

In 2009, William Stevens of Winston-Salem and daughter Becca Stevens gave of their talents to a noble cause.

They sang their settings of poems written by children with life-threatening illnesses at a fundraiser for Arts for Life, which provides educational art programs designed to enrich the lives of young patients and their families. Arts for Life serves more than 4,700 children annually in four North Carolina hospitals, including Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem.

The response to the Stevens songs at the fundraiser was so strong that they decided to make a CD of similar material that involved not only their talents but those of professional composers, performers and recording-studio personnel in the Triad and New York. The result, a CD benefiting Arts for Life, is “My Life is Bold.” It came out in November to mark the 10th anniversary of Arts for Life, which updated its website last month to allow for online sales of the CD.

It was produced, mixed and mastered by Becca’s brother Bill. Evan Richey of Ovation Sound made that Winston-Salem studio available, at no cost, for recording some of the CD’s material. All of the artists volunteered their services as well.

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