Richard Rodgers Award Winning Musical, WITNESS UGANDA, to Perform at NYSE, 3/30

Songwriting team Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews have been invited to perform selections from their Richard Rodgers Award winning musical, Witness Uganda at the New York Stock Exchange on March 30th as part of TEDxWallStreet.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. In the past, TED has featured speakers including President Clinton, Steve Jobs, Jane Fonda, and Eve Ensler to name a few. TEDx is part of a revolution in global education made possible by local organizers wanting to engage their communities.  In 2010 984 TEDx Events took place in 96 countries. 

Griffin and Gould will share the stage with a host of social entrepreneurs including the CEO and founder of Students First, Michelle Rhee (featured in the documentary Waiting for Superman), and Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money.

About Witness Uganda:

In 2008 when the US economy collapsed, Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews struggled to find a way to save their grassroots non-profit, Uganda Project, from financial ruin. Armed with a voice recorder, the duo interviewed the students and staff of Uganda Project and created a documentary musical called Witness Uganda. A fusion of pop and world music, Witness Uganda weaves the audience on a real life adventure documenting the highs and devastating lows of running a non-profit and asks the question: “is changing the world even possible?”

The musical was performed as part of the Disney/ASCAP workshop where it won the Dean Kay and Harold Adamson Awards. This year, it was the recipient of New York’s prestigious Richard Rodgers Award. Griffin and Gould have performed the piece at orphanages, schools, NYC fashion week, theatres and business symposiums around the world from Uganda to Beverly Hills. www.witnessuganda.com