Join the 2021 Music Unites Million Dollar Drive

​Music Unites Jamaica Foundation has assisted outstandingly talented music students for years, such as Jamaica's foremost Classical Guitar player Shawn Richards; internationally successful bass player Alvis Reid; or Jenneta Brown, Keturah Gray, Jubesha Keize and Maricka Marsh who gained their Early Childhood Music Education Masters, at the world-renowned ORFF Institute in Salzburg, Austria, and the University of the West Indies.​

$500,000 dollars will be dedicated to the 'Tiffany Thompson Scholarship' assisting one outstanding talent to enroll in the School of Music at the Edna Manley College. Tiffany Thompson was one of the most promising  vocal talents of Jamaica, who passed away suddenly on March 29, 2021.

$500,000 dollars will be allocated to the successful continuation of Music Unites' extensive Research on Jamaican Composers.
Music Unites needs you - every contribution counts!
​We thank you sincerely for your generosity! ​
​You can donate by clicking the ‘donate’ button, or by sending your gift directly to:
Music Unites Jamaica Foundation, JN Bank, Half Way Tree, RSV 11177679 (JMD); or RSV 2094533714 (USD).

We would like to honour your kindness by placing your name or logo on our list of donors.
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NEWS
The oratorio 'Jonah' and the 'Six Volutarys for the Organ or Harpsichord' by Jamaica's first composer Samuel Felsted (1743 - 1802) are available at Music - Ornaments by Manfredo Zimmermann.
Live recordings  of 'JONAH' by Samuel Felsted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8TbEYNMBpc 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9CJHQsK9Q

Felsted's Voluntarys for Organ or Harpsichord:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAeMFA3vo7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpKTST00PhM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDc2aGpliYY
Jamaican Composers Salute Ludwig van Beethoven
MUJF Conducts Research on
​Jamaican Composers
Was it because of the amazing outburst of Popular Music creativity in Jamaica (which has now lasted for over half a century), that the documentation of all other Jamaican composers has been overlooked?

Music Unites Jamaica Foundation (MUJF) saw the necessity to offer Jamaica and the world an attempt at creating a more complete picture, especially in regards to the Music History syllabus being taught here and in the wider Caribbean. Simply put, we owe it to the many Jamaican composers, starting with Samuel Felsted (born 1743), to pull their outstanding works out of obscurity and from the shadow of Reggae Music! Continue Reading Article Here
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JN Awards MUJF with funding for Research on Jamaican Composers