Music Journeys is a Fulbright-funded research project at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that examines how music fosters communication, dialogue, and peacebuilding in divided societies. Using observations, interviews, and surveys of select 2024-2025 performances, the study explores how producing and listening to music can promote empathy.

By engaging with music, both listeners and musicians may reinterpret trauma, challenge stereotypes, and create new meanings—supporting healing for individuals and communities.