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Global Music Collective is a music organization with a constantly growing international series of collaborations, performances, forums, workshops, and recordings. Led by Kate Bass, a singer and songwriter from Alaska, USA, and Richard Steighner, a producer, beatboxer, singer, and songwriter from Colorado, USA, Global Music Collective unites people worldwide through the universal language of music. Our goal is to amplify underrepresented voices, foster understanding across diverse cultures, and empower economic growth through artistic expression.

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Our Purpose

Collaborative songwriting across diverse cultural backgrounds simultaneously fosters an expansion of perspectives on both our individual and collective heritageโ€”illuminating the bonds that unite us and our responsibilities to one another within our local communities and the global society. These cross-cultural musical endeavors bring together world-renowned musicians from the United States with handpicked groups of regional artists worldwide, igniting inspiration through joint creation, album production, performances, discourse, and instruction. They embrace an inclusive fusion of traditional and contemporary musical styles, narratives, and languages from all participants involved.

Who We Are

Led by Kate Bass, a singer and songwriter from Alaska, USA, and Richard Steighner, a producer, beatboxer, singer, and songwriter from Colorado, USA.

Recent and Upcoming Projects

Projects from our Directors


Highlighted Programs

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Program Experience

AMA Academy

American Music Abroad

Arts Envoy

YES Academy

Wordplay (The Lyrics Project)

Hong Kong Music Walk

Vocal Asia

Vocal Australia

Artist in Residence: NYPA

Youth On Record

Australian A Cappella

Sri Lanka Music Fest

Camp A Cappella

Hong Kong Youth Groups

London A Cappella

University of Denver Bridge Project

Various projects with ECA/US Dept of State

Additional projects made with American Voices, YES Academy, Arts Envoy, American Music Abroad.

Our thanks to American Voices and the U.S. Embassies (Bangladesh, Uganda, Kenya, Singapore, Nigeria, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea) and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for making these programs possible. Please visit the full video links for complete descriptions.

Blog

  • How Much Does Music Matter?

    How Much Does Music Matter?

    Think about it. What’s the first thing to go? The school budget gets chopped and something has to get cut. Which one do you choose? It’s a hard question. A question with no good answer. Truth is, it’s hard to cut anything. Our minds and bodies need to grow in many ways. So what is…

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  • India Album in Production

    India Album in Production

    After an amazing program in Delhi, India, we are in the throes of producing our cross-cultural collaborative album with some amazing artists we met in the process. We wrote dozens of songs and have distilled our album down to a select list including: We’re working with the amazing Indian producer Varun Gupta to incorporate diverse…

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  • Global Music Institute Workshop

    Global Music Institute Workshop

    There may not be a more obvious connection than this! Global Music Institute + Global Music Collective A perfect combo! And a perfect way to hold a music workshop about cross-cultural collaboration. We got to unveil a couple of our new songs and talk about everything from beatboxing to Sufi poetry with an amazing audience.…

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  • Delhi Program Schedule

    The Global Music Collective is in Delhi, India. We have a variety of concerts, performances, workshops, and public forums. See below for our schedule.

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