Wordsmith, A Musician Of Words

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Anthony Parker aka Wordsmith is a music ambassador to 11 countries Baltimore Symphony Orchestra artistic partner nonprofit founder amp Grammy voting member Wordsmith is a Baltimore-based songwriter performer entrepreneur and philanthropist His music has been featured in hit shows like Russian Doll Netflix Preacher AMC TV ESPN and WWE Programming Wordsmith s partnership with the US Department of State has sent him to 11 countries over the past 4 years to hold major concerts anti-bully and Hip Hop History Workshops for underprivileged youth His non profit Rise with a Purpose Inc is currently raising funds for a consistent music school in Baltimore City while his work as a cultural ambassador to Kids Connection Haiti and Project Plase bring attention to fighting homelessness Wordsmith has released 6 albums over his career became a Grammy Voting Member and earned winner of Best Rap Hip Album for Perspective Jukebox at the 16th Independent Music Awards 2019 brought prominent features in the hit shows Russian Doll Netflix Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix Preacher AMC Skam France UK TV and recently had two songs featured in the video game NBA 2K21 Next Gen Continuing to expand the company Wordsmith officially opened his nonprofit Rise with a Purpose Inc and delivered his first TED Talk via John Hopkins University in 2021 Partnering with the US Department of State Wordsmith has brought his influential music to Azerbaijan Haiti Belarus Lithuania Latvia Estonia Angola and Ukraine During the pandemic he performed Virtual Tours for Panama Tunisia Tanzania and Ukraine to keep the cultural connections strong A chance meeting with Tonya Robles VP of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra BSO brought an opportunity to write new narration for Carnival of the Animals with the BSO A second opportunity came when Wordsmith was asked to host the 2018 BSO Gala with special guest Cynthia Erivo Officially becoming an Artistic Partner with the BSO in September 2020 monumental projects are underway or had world premieres On Juneteenth 2021 James Lee III and Wordsmith debuted a piece called Destined Words for the BSO Gala Celebration in honor of Marin Alsop nbsp http instagram com Wordsmithmusic http facebook com Wordsmith http wordsmithmusic com http nurevcamp com https itunes apple com us artist wordsmith id1240984311 https open spotify com user 1299409340 http youtube com Wordsmith http www facebook com Wordsmithmusic http twitter com wordsmith https en wikipedia org wiki Anthony Parker musician — This episode is sponsored by Anchor The easiest way to make a podcast https anchor fm app Support this podcast https anchor fm musically0 supportClick here to visit this podcast episode