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Solo double bassist “Dobbs” Hartshorne has been playing only in places where there otherwise would not be music since 2004. Places like prisons in the US and Uganda, refugee camps and UN schools in Palestine, drug rehab centers in the US and Afghanistan, drop-in centers for street children in Uganda, remote villages in Bolivia, centers for abused women and homes for blind children in Iraq.

Join Dobbs for a discussion of his work in using music as a tool to bring connection, hope, inspiration and laughter to those who need it most.
“I go wherever I feel the need is the greatest” says Dobbs, “because having an intense musical experience gives people in extreme circumstances a sense of being connected to the world, of not being forgotten. That feeling of how music can affect us stays with them for the rest of their lives.” - Dobbs

Speaker Bio:
My traditional career began with studies in Aarhus Denmark, Oberlin Conservatory and the Juilliard School. Then early stints with The American Symphony in NYC, The National Orchestra of Bolivia and The National Orchestra of Costa Rica. After that I spent 30 years with the Apple Hill Chamber Players playing chamber music and serving as director of their summer programs for the last six, but I felt happiest when these groups were playing for audiences outside the box of ‘traditional classical music audiences’ (probably .001 percent of the population world-wide). So I decided to break free and play for everyone else. Music is a need that we humans have and not only for happy, party, fun music but also for deep, serious, reflective music. Because of war or incarceration or other kinds of human tragedies, some groups need it more than others. I began focusing on places where I saw an extreme need like prison populations and war torn nations and so Bach With Verse was formed.

www.bachwithverse.org