October 24, 2019. The Seattle Times’ article about The Residency, our 5 year celebration An Evening with the Residency and the program’s need for a permanent home. “As we’ve developed programming to be much more of a year-round model, we’re really feeling like having a home could help take us to the next level…” Read the full article here.
South Seattle Emerald: THE RESIDENCY NEEDS A RESIDENCE
October 13, 2019. South Seattle Emerald Reporter, Neve Kamilah Mazique-Bianco, attended An Evening with the Residency at the Paramount Theater on September 28, 2019. “I was compelled by the diversity of styles in fashion, flow, instrumentation, lyricism, stage presence, and the music ancestors called to mind and body which shone on-stage throughout the night….An Evening with the Residency gave me a very special gift: Seattle pride.” Read their entire article here.
King 5 Evening: Travis Thompson could be the next big hip hop star from Seattle
September 26, 2019. Part of King 5’s series on The Residency, Evening interviewed program alumni, Travis Thompson. “Travis's talent is clear. But even talent needs training. Something he found at a program for promising young artists called The Residency”. To read more and watch the segment click here.
New Day NW: The Residency sets the stage for Seattle musical artists like MC Talk
September 24, 2019. Residency Participants, MC Talk performs the song, "Shinin" and discuss the program’s impact on Seattle’s youth on King 5’s New Day Northwest. To read and watch the segment click here.
King 5 Evening: How The Residency is helping Northwest kids...
September 9, 2019. King 5 Evening featured a series on The Residency. “For artists like Tacoma’s Mathew "King" Quest, The Residency is a lot more than just spitting rhymes. I just thought, oh it's going to be a hip-hop camp I can get better at rapping. It's way more than that," said Quest. "We learn staging. We learn articulation in our rap. A lot of stuff in the music business. And then also learned about identity and like finding ourselves."
To read more and view their segment click here.
King 5 Evening: Macklemore to headline anniversary celebration for local arts collaboration
July 25, 2019. King 5 and Evening announced their support of “An Evening with the Residency”. The Residency’s 5-year anniversary celebration at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Washington. All proceeds raised at the event support the growth and expansion of The Residency. Read the full piece here.
Macklemore Hosts BFA show featuring The Residency
On December 6th, 2018, Macklemore hosted a show with Seattle’s Brothers from Another at the Crocodile. The show featured performances from four acts from the Residency: Nestra, Brandon Marsalis, Sharmaine and Rose and Talaya. Check out the video recap below.
CBS This Morning: Feature on The Residency
CBS This Morning recently did a national feature story on The Residency, including a look at how the program started and our plans to expand. In the piece Macklemore visits Garfield High School in Seattle, where he started making music, and student Talaya Logan and teaching artist Olisa Enrico also shared their experiences in the program. Click here to read the full article.
Macklemore and Alaska Airlines Surprise Residency Youth with Trip to LA
We teamed up with Alaska Airlines to fly nearly 40 members of The Residency program to LA for a music and culture packed weekend. Participants visited the Underground Museum, learned from a panel of industry experts at the Grammy Museum and saw Drake and The Migos at Staples Center. It was an amazing weekend made possible by the incredible partnership with Alaska.
City Arts Magazine: Rising from The Residency
City Arts Magazine did a great feature on the class of 2018 Showcase performance at MoPOP’s Sky Church. All 45 youth from the program took the stage to perform in front of a sold out crowd. Read the full piece here.
Alaska Airlines Surprises Students from The Residency
As part of their three year commitment to the program, Alaska Airlines surprised all of the participants from The Residency and flew them down to Phoenix in October of 2017 for Macklemore's show as part of the Gemini World Tour.
City Stream: High-Rise Recording Studio
The Residency is featured on the Seattle Channel, as participants record in W Seattle's brand new Sound Suite studio in the summer of 2017.
The Residency at Chop Suey, hosted by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
In December of 2016, at Chop Suey in Seattle, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hosted a show for participants from The Residency.
