Arthur Bloom (musician)

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Arthur Bloom
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Occupation(s)Musician and Social Entrepreneur
Years activebirth-present
Website MusiCorps.net

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

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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]

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  2. ↑ "An Ear Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2010. 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. ↑ Todd Leopold; Marissa Calhoun. "'NCIS' hits 300 episodes -- with genuine 'Hero'". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  6. ↑ Calhoun, Marissa. "How the healing power of music helps wounded warriors". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
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