About Us
Bullhorn Arts and Education amplifies Durham, North Carolina-area music through Play, Performance, and Possibility! We learn, grow, and connect with people who are artists and audiences through a yearly festival, educational initiatives, and much more. We receive funding from people like you and through grants from the Durham and NC Arts Councils.
Some of our current projects:
Teaching group and private guitar classes
Board of Directors
Nadeen Bir – Nadeen is a natural-born entertainer and community builder with roots in Palestine, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Durham. She has worked with El Centro Hispano, Student Action with Farmworkers, Southern Vision Alliance, and currently directs HR and Finance at Press On.
Sammy Truong AKA DJ Yammy – A self-styled People’s DJ who has been serving sounds and bringing people together through music for over 15 years. He straddles the line between community and club DJ, supporting a range of diverse events from Latin music rent parties and sweaty-walled basement clubs to just about any occasion where people gather to struggle and live life through music and dance. In this way, his art is inseparable from his life and politics. Growing up as a second-generation Vietnamese-American immigrant in the arid Arizona desert, he found a connection to music through all-ages ska and punk shows buffered with hours and hours of after-school MTV. His musical influences include the 80s, of course, but also the holy trifecta — funk, soul, jazz — and all of its derivative soundscapes which can be found in the disco lofts, house warehouses and night clubs all across the globe.
Josh Zaslow – Josh is a dad, musician, and educator in Durham, North Carolina
5-Year Plan
- Offer educational experiences for youth and adults in production, group music-making, and basic vocal and instrumental technique, and more.
- Continue creating opportunities for local artists to share their music with Durham
- Learn from Durhamites about how to best support their music making. Begin providing project-based technical and financial assistance for local artists who positively impact Durham’s social and sonic landscape
- Start regular community music making sessions
- Begin offering performances and workshops in institutional settings such as prisons, hospitals, schools and nursing homes
- Create opportunities for regional, national, and international artists to share their music with Durham
10-Year Plan
- Same as above, plus
- Establish a brick and mortar facility to host workshops, lessons, jam and recording sessions, rehearsals, and performances