Despite pandemic, Ohio teens spreading joy through music

CINCINNATI — Most students are agelong gone aft people connected Friday, but this musical group of students isn't similar most.

The radical is called the Power of Music. Their ngo is to dispersed joyousness to section nonprofits done their philharmonic talents.

The group, made up of students astatine Indian Hill High School, regularly takes clip to signifier with the hopes of sharing their philharmonic talents with nonprofits successful their community.

Student Joseph Kayne came up with the idea. His euphony muse was his grandma, whom helium regularly sings for implicit video chat.

"She's 91 and lives alone," Kayne said. "One of the things that gives her joyousness is to perceive to maine sing."

Maybe due to the fact that she was a singer, too, having performed successful New York City nightclubs.

Now, the group's numbers are growing.

"It's made my bosom blessed due to the fact that I've played violin since 2nd grade," Indian Hill High School junior​​ Emery Cunningham said astir Power of Music. "I've ever loved music."

Sharing the emotion has been a small much challenging since the pandemic made singing successful idiosyncratic tough. So Power of Music took its outreach virtual.

Kayne's parents couldn't beryllium much proud.

His father, Alexander Kayne is blessed his lad has made specified an effort.

"(Joseph) made the effort. He said, 'Would you similar to person america execute this euphony for you by video? You tin amusement it to everyone; it's the champion that we tin bash during COVID,'" Alexander Kayne said. "And a fig of radical responded,' Yes.'"

"He's reaching retired to the nonprofits they'd sent the videos to, to say, erstwhile you're acceptable for performances, we'll beryllium ready," Kayne's mom, Jody Yetzer, said.

The radical practices to beryllium definite they deed the close notes with the radical they're hoping to bring a small positivity.

"I emotion music, and I cognize the joyousness you consciousness erstwhile you perceive to music." Kanye said. "Just taking that joyousness and spreading it is my existent beingness mission."

This communicative was primitively published by Kristyn Hartman connected Scripps presumption WCPO successful Cincinnati.