Dantes Rameau

Born in Ottawa, Canada to Cameroonian and Haitian parents, bassoonist Dantes Rameau is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Atlanta Music Project. Following performance studies in bassoon at McGill University, Yale University and Carnegie Mellon University, Rameau was an inaugural member of the Abreu Fellows Program at the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied El Sistema, the Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra System. Modeled on El Sistema, the Atlanta Music Project is a 5-day-a-week, after-school, youth orchestra program targeting Atlanta’s underserved communities.

Artist: Dantes Rameau

Q&A

How do you plan to use the 25 for 25 grant? The AOL 25 for 25 Grant money will help Rameau in the development of the Atlanta Music Project’s recently launched pilot program. The Atlanta Music Project believes the pursuance of excellence in music studies leads to positive social change for its participants and the communities it serves.