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Lyricism 101
Do you love Music, Writing, Engineering and/or Producing? Lyricism 101 is a program for members ages 13 to 18 designed to cultivate and amplify the powerful and formidable voices of Club teens.

Combining the powers of music and creativity! With two music studios, one at the Albany Clubhouse and the mobile Lyricism Bus, our Capital Area youth have access to instruments, production equipment, trained musical mentors and collaboration with peers. 

The Lyricism 101 program positions Club members as torchbearers and experts in the ancient oral poetic traditions that continue to thrive around the world. The program recognizes the power of the literary arts, giving teens an opportunity to tell their stories, build community and express their artistic visions through the music of hip-hop culture and the culture of the cipher.

Sign up to join Lyricism 101 via the button or QR code:

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2023
Music Festival

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2022
Music Festival

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Career
Launch

Artist: Black Superman

Black Superman aka Dauda Mohamed Kanneh

Song: Episode I

Artist: ZayJ

ZayJ (Zae- Jay) aka Izaiah Jones

Song: Perfect

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Support Lyricism 101

 

In an effort to reach more youth, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area (BGCCA) developed a mobile music recording studio to be used for community engagement activities and music education programming. The Lyricism 101 RV Studio will provide an outlet to empower our teens through artistic expression allowing their voices to be heard in an engaging and productive manner thus providing an opportunity to become responsible citizens. Participants will not only build self-esteem but will achieve skills in creative writing, business practice, music production, studio engineering, and language development.


Lyricism 101 Mobile is an extension of the current Lyricism 101 program located at the Albany Clubhouse. The program features a fully functioning recording studio and DJ setup for “Live” events. Program participants write, produce and record their own music.

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About Lyricism 101

 

In 2018, BGCCA introduced Lyricism 101 which is designed to cultivate and amplify the powerful voices of teens, giving them an opportunity to tell their stories, build community, and express their artistic visions through music expression. The program grew to serve over 50 active teens as they wrote, recorded, and produced over 150 songs within 3 months. Youth participated in video production workshops, live performance field trips and music video productions.

 

To expand the workspace the Club responded to this need by building a new recording room. An upgraded recording studio allowed the Club to have the capacity to serve teens from both Albany and Rensselaer County.

 

In October 2019, David Gordon, a local music teacher/audio engineer was brought in to coordinate the program. He has been assisting with getting the recording studio up and running. Gordon also reached out to “Mess and a Finesse LLC” in Boston, MA and successfully received a donation of a professional desk by "Arogsy". We look forward to continued support of this program from the community we serve.

In The News:
2023: WNYT

2022: Spectrum News

2021: Spectrum New

News 10

For more info please contact: David Gordon, Program Manager, dgordon@bgccapitalarea.org (518) 806-1093  

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