Global Z is incredibly excited to have been selected to receive a Community Partnership Grant for 2025 from Frederick County! Our expressed appreciation for your support.
“All This Time” Music Video
One of the outcomes of our 2023 Frederick Circle of Musical Unity project is a commercial-quality master recording of the student-created song, “All This Time.” The song serves as the foundation for the project’s music video.
2023 FCoMU Red Carpet Celebration is a Success!
April 13th, we held a Red Carpet Event to celebrate the completion of our 2023 Frederick Circle of Musical Unity project. The event was a smashing success featuring the world premiere of the project’s documentary video, a Q&A session with the student musicians, songwriters, engineers, and videographers, and a live performance of the project’s song, “All This Time.” The following is a link to the project’s documentary video:
Ausherman Family Foundation – Thank You!
A most gracious “thank you” to the Ausherman Family Foundation for their latest grant to Global Z. They definitely do their part to ensure “Frederick County is a thriving community of vibrant spaces and places, with a superior quality of life, and strong and collaborative nonprofit organizations.”
Our Thanks Again, Sweetwater
Once again, we thank Sweetwater Sound for supporting Global Z with essential gear that allows us to support our mission and provide exceptional hands-on teaching and learning experiences to student musicians, composers, and audio engineers.
Thank You, IECA!
A big “thank you” to the Independent Educational Consultants Association Foundation for providing Global Z with the first grant from their fine organization. We have put these funds to immediate use to the direct benefit of our student musicians, composers and audio engineers!
Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant
Maryland Humanities has changed the name of their SHINE Grant to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant. We are humbled to be selected as a recipient of this grant, especially given it has been named in honor of such a remarkable person.
Episode 34 is posted – 2023: The Year in Review
Episode 34 – 2023: The Year in Review takes a look at the numerous successes achieved by Global Z in 2023, and acknowledge those who partnered with us in the adventure as well as the sponsors who made it all possible. For Mic Talk Time, the Aston Spirit 5 Year Special Anniversary mic is in the spotlight.
Living & Dying with COVID-19: The Maryland Stories is complete!
Global Z just wrapped up a major project that captures oral histories of people from all walks of like across the state of Maryland. The project, Living & Dying with COVID-19: The Maryland Stories, was conceptualized and managed by Global Z. With a generous grant from Maryland Humanities, we facilitated the recording of personal and moving stories of how COVID-19 has impacted Marylander’s lives. It is an important and eye-opening body of work that involved a large number of people and partnerships with 15 library branches throughout Maryland. The audio files are live in the Digital Maryland (Enoch Pratt Free Library) collections, and will soon be part of the Maryland State Archives. While this is atypical of the work we usually do, we felt compelled to push this project forward for the benefit of scholars, as it provides rich data about the pandemic, the impact it has, and how we respond. With this data, scholars may better understand the human dynamic as it pertains to global pandemics, assisting us in better preparation and response activities for future pandemic events.
You can access the collection here: https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/gzrp
Thank You Delaplaine Foundation
Our thanks once again to the Delaplaine Foundation for providing financial support as we roll over into a New Year! We are honored to be represented by such a fine organization.