In this episode, Luke McEndarfer, president and CEO of The National Children’s Chorus, shares how a childhood love of singing grew into leading one of the country’s major youth choral organizations. The conversation explores music education, access, leadership, classical music’s need for renewed public connection, and programs like Project Unison at Compton High School. McEndarfer also reflects on building a national nonprofit from its earliest stages and why music remains one of the most powerful ways to bring young people back to themselves and each other.

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