/news/tags/nine-lives-project Nine Lives Project en-US Copyright Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:45:06 GMT /news/arts-culture/2020-10-15/in-a-year-of-racial-unrest-the-nine-lives-project-shifts-the-focus-to-celebrating-black-life It's been five years since Northeast Ohio saxophonist Chris Coles began working on "Nine Lives Project," a 40-minute music and performance piece intended to heighten awareness of ongoing racial injustice in America after the 2015 Charleston church shooting. Now, the project is complete and its four movements have been recorded. Coles says the project is intended to celebrate the achievements and greatness of Black Americans, rather than solely mourning the nine Black lives lost. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:45:06 GMT /news/arts-culture/2020-10-15/in-a-year-of-racial-unrest-the-nine-lives-project-shifts-the-focus-to-celebrating-black-life Amanda Rabinowitz, Brittany Nader /news/arts-culture/2019-08-22/shuffle-nine-lives-project-remembers-the-charleston-church-shooting-through-song Saxophonist and Kent State University music teacher Chris Coles has spent the past two years creating a performance piece that he hopes will raise… Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:18:41 GMT /news/arts-culture/2019-08-22/shuffle-nine-lives-project-remembers-the-charleston-church-shooting-through-song Amanda Rabinowitz