OUR MISSION

Challenge the Stats (CTS) exists with the goal of empowering BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists. To date, CTS has positively impacted over 3,000 students and 200 musicians through concerts, workshops, and artistic programming.

OUR IMPACT

Our Commitment to Justice through the Arts

Challenge the Stats provides a space of creativity and community for communities of color through our concert series; as well as spaces of aspiration and inspiration for young people through our educational workshops. Our highest priority is to empower a generation of classical musicians of color to spark social positive impact in their own communities by leveraging the talents they have honed throughout their years of training.

Challenge the Stats has found a creative way to bind classical music and social impact, serve local communities, and celebrate artists across the nation. To date, CTS has impacted the lives of over 3,000 students and 200 musicians through concerts, workshops, and other programs presented in partnerships with NPR’s From the Top, Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Sphinx Organization at venues such as National Center for Civil and Human Rights, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, and First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.

OUR FOUNDER