Arthur Bloom

Arthur Bloom
Born Arthur Bloom
Nationality American
Occupation Musician and Social Entrepreneur
Years active birth-present
Website MusiCorps.net

Arthur Bloom is an American composer and pianist, and the founder and director of MusiCorps.

Career

Bloom is a Juilliard- and Yale-trained composer and pianist who works in both classical and popular music. He is the founder and director of Renovation In Music Education (RIME), and MusiCorps.[1]

Bloom created the original "Concert Curriculum," An Orchestra's Guide To The Young Person,[2] a program in which whole grades of students pursue a special curriculum that culminates in their performance with a professional orchestra. Working with NASA, Bloom created An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe, a science version of the Concert Curriculum.[3]

After visiting injured service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2007, Bloom created MusiCorps to help them in their recovery.[1]

In 2013, Bloom performed with the MusiCorps Band on The Colbert Report.[4] In 2016, he appeared as himself in the 300th episode of NCIS on CBS, which showcased MusiCorps and featured a performance of the MusiCorps Band.[5]

Bloom was selected as a CNN Top 10 Hero of 2014,[6] and a Fox News Power Player of the Week in 2015.[7]

MusiCorps

Bloom is the founder and director of MusiCorps, a conservatory-level music rehabilitation program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that helps severely wounded service members play music and recover their lives. Bloom began the program after visiting a soldier at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who played the drums and lost a leg in combat.[8]

Bloom leads the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band[9] which is composed of service members who have learned or relearned instruments through MusiCorps, and has performed with Roger Waters, Yo-Yo Ma, Sheryl Crow, Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, Aloe Blacc, Aaron Neville, Oleta Adams, G.E. Smith, Jake Clemons, Dave Kilminster, Ricky Skaggs, and the Kansas City Symphony, among others.[10][11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 Applebaum, Anne (August 4, 2009). "At Walter Reed, "The Healing Power of Death Metal"". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "An Ear Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" (PDF). Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Orchestra and Young Students Create Cosmic Symphony". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Colbert Report" Keanu Reeves (TV Episode 2013), retrieved 2018-06-02
  5. ↑ CNN, Todd Leopold and Marissa Calhoun,. "'NCIS' hits 300 episodes -- with genuine 'Hero'". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  6. ↑ CNN, Marissa Calhoun,. "How the healing power of music helps wounded warriors". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  7. ↑ "Helping wounded warriors heal through the sound of music". Fox News. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  8. ↑ "Helping Soldiers Cope With Trauma". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Band of Brothers". CBS News. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Roger Waters Enlists Tom Morello, Billy Corgan for Benefit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  11. ↑ "Nancy Hanks Lecture 2013: Yo-Yo Ma | Yo-Yo Ma". Yo-Yo Ma. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  12. ↑ "When Warriors Pick Up Guitars". The New York Times. 2016-08-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
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