OneBeat 12
OneBeat 12–Buried Knowledge examines the connections between place and memory and invites fellows to use music as a tool to unearth, revive and celebrate hidden or suppressed histories, traditions, and cultures. The second OneBeat US residency of 2023, OneBeat 12 will draw inspiration from community partners in the rural Southeastern U.S. who are dedicated to visioning futures by re-learning and honoring history, including everything from musical roots to food production to cultural organizing and economic systems. Learn more learn about the program and meet the OneBeat 12 Fellows >
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Best of OneBeat ’12-22 Mixtape
Since 2012, OneBeat has catalyzed personal transformations and revealed universal experiences through collaborative musical works. In celebration of a decade of the global music diplomacy, this compilation features features music from 18 OneBeat programs .
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- 493 Fellows
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- Fellows' Countries & Territories:
- Albania
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- Nepal
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- Russia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
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- 178 Events
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- $2,100,000 Raised By Alumni
OneBeat programs have touched down in 11 countries and 46 cities, produced 135 concerts, and worked with 150 partner organizations to create educational youth workshops, creative collaborations, panel discussions and popup events.
OneBeat-inspired Projects Around the Globe
PPS ’12 & Sunu Kaddu
During OneBeat 2012, Senegalese MC and activist Paul Pissety Sagna, aka PPS, was deeply inspired by his experience at OneBeat to realize his dream of a creating a youth center and recording studio in his hometown outside Dakar, Senegal.
Daniela Serna ’14 & LADAMA
In the fall of 2014, founding members of LADAMA – Lara Klaus (Brazil), Daniela Serna (Colombia), Maria Gonzalez (Venezuela), and Sara Lucas (USA), and met at OneBeat and uncovered a common dream of building communities through sound and empowering women and youth through music.
“OneBeat might be the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me, ever… It is a magical meeting, and what comes out is therefore magical.”
– Gizem Oruç ’14, Turkey
“A united nations of music…World music in its truest sense”
– The New York Times, Larry Rohter
“What I have discovered through this project is how close you become with people just through the gift of music. You share that gift with someone else, and that exchange is the most amazing dialogue anyone can have with anyone else.”
– Samer Etienne, Lebanon
“OneBeat was sincerely one of the deepest experiences of my life, one that shifted the plates of my foundation both as a creator and human.”
– Courtney Hartman ’17. USA