NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 2 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news release:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (TNECD) - For Songbirds Foundation Program Manager Amber Carrington Lewis, there's nothing quite like unlocking something special within the students she teaches.
"I'm seeing what it's doing in the moment, in real time, especially my elementary kids. They're experiencing something on that stage when we perform their song that they created from nothing, out of their mind," Carrington Lewis said. "Some of them just cry because they're overwhelmed with this joy they've never experienced."
Songbirds encompasses a live music venue with a creative workforce education and training program that serves H...