Voices For Hope Program

Scholarship, Vocal Competition,
and Community Outreach Opportunity

Use Your Voice to Help Those Who Have None

LISTEN BELOW
to some of our Voices For Hope Winners singing LUNCH songs.
The recordings are available through LUNCH, CDBaby, and all digital
outlets including i-Tunes (Full-length VFH CD coming soon...)

"Time at the Table" is the 2010 Voices For Hope theme. This live performance by Kay is from the Harry Chapin Tribute Concert at the Shubert Theater, May 2008

Our 2010 Voices For Hope winner is 15 year old Santana Roberts, of West Greenwich RI. Santana participated in the 2007 competition, and she placed third. In July 2010, Santana came to the studio and recorded "Time at the Table" which was the final audition song for the 2010 event. She has sunf the song several times in live performance with Bill and Kay, and had some radio play as well. The CD single has been released, and a YouTube video will soon follow.
Our 2010 second place winner, is Angel Martin age 12, from Brooklyn, CT. Our 3rd place winner , 11-year old Mackenzie Ackley, is from Mystic, CT. These two young girls with big voices were perfectly suited to join us in the studio as a duo to record "The Orphan's Lament", a song from Bill's children's musical "Pegasus". The "Angel & Mackenzie" duo can be heard on this special CD-single, soon to be released on iTunes, with a YouTube video to folllow.
Voices For Hope '06 winner Jaclyn Sabogal, from Massachusetts (center) visits Bill Pere and Kay Pere at their studio to work on recording. Jaclyn sang "The Dream Held In Your Eyes", released on the CD "Dare to Dream", January 2007 (listen to Jaclyn) Description, Lyrics
In June 2008, Samantha And Stefanie Schaufler, VFH '07 winners from Rhode Island, recorded a special song written for them called S.A.S.S (Sisters Against Sad Societies), released as a special CD-single, July 2008, and distributed throughout Europe, 2009 (S.A.S.S Video) (Audio Clip ) Description, Lyrics
In August 2009, Caroline Zocco, our 2009 VFH Winner recorded "All of Us God's Children", which was the finals audition song for the 2009 competition. Bill Pere, as Official Connecticut State Troubadour, was asked to write a song for the Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, CT, in 1995. ( Listen to Caroline on You Tube )
Julie Lavery, the '07 winner from Whitman, MA visited Bill and Kay in August 2007 to record "Angels on Horseback", released as a special CD-single, Summer 2007 (listen to Julie) Description, Lyrics
Kayla Bogan, a Voices For Hope 2006 winner from Brick, New Jersey, came to work with Bill and Kay, recording a new version of "Jump Start (All of Your Dreams)", released on the CD "Dare to Dream", Spring 2007 (listen to Kayla) Description, Lyrics
In June 2007, Julie Novak, along with several other Voices For Hope entrants joined with the LUNCH Ensemble for a concert at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, with the original members Harry Chapin's Band