Source: Elizabeth Thompson, NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 1/13/22


Bethany Uhler Thompson didn’t know what to expect when she decided to start a youth string orchestra at Chatham Youth Development Center. She was inspired by her uncle, who was incarcerated and had confided in her how isolating being in prison could be. Thompson used to perform with her cello in a juvenile detention center when she was younger, but she wanted to get incarcerated people involved in the community of music makers. That’s how Chatham Strings was born.

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