“We’re going to be making a beat,” Dannyele Crawford said as the kids settled noisily into their seats at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn.
The room filled with clashing, tinny riffs leaking from headsets as the pint-size producers danced and bobbed in their seats.
What the children did not know this recent Monday afternoon was that Ms. Crawford, 27, is not just a teacher.
She is a music therapist, there to help children deal with the stress of not having a permanent place to call home.
Since 2015, therapists who work for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music have made regular visits to the 158-family shelter in the Brownsville neighborhood, run by the nonprofit Camba.
Persons:
“, ” Dannyele Crawford, Bella Diaz, Crawford
Organizations:
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Locations:
Brooklyn, Brownsville