AMPLIFY Your creative impact
We partner with arts & culture organizations to design impactful programs and share compelling stories that break away from outdated norms, connect more deeply with audiences, and unlock sustainable funding.
Program design
Meaningful connections with local communities are essential.
We design evidence-based, culturally-responsive programming that connects organizations with broader audiences, helping arts & culture organizations to remain relevant.
program evaluation
The impact of the arts is hard to quantify or qualify, but not impossible.
We leverage our background in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and community-building to develop meaningful tools that measure what matters.
IMPACT storytelling
The value of the arts is under threat.
Our expertise in music education and music therapy, as well as our own careers as Juilliard-trained musicians, gives us a unique ability to make a case for the essentiality of the arts.
Who we are
Renate Tsuyako Rohlfing
Principal Consultant of Arts and Health
As a pianist and music psychotherapist, Renate Tsuyako Rohlfing is passionate about designing tools for arts organizations to increase their impact. Her expertise in mediation and therapeutic outcomes offers a unique perspective to long-term organizational planning. Her clinical work at NYU focuses on researching the impact of music on grief, anxiety, and memory, and works with people across the autism spectrum. As an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, she teaches classes on music, health, and psychology. Renate is a proud native of Honolulu, Hawaii, and a graduate of The Juilliard School and New York University.
Olivia Cosío
Principal Consultant of Education
Olivia Cosío’s research and practice focus on the arts' power to drive educational outcomes. Previously, as Director of First-Year Arts Initiatives at Harvard University, Olivia reshaped the first-year student experience, using data-driven insights to build stronger connections with the arts. Her experience spanning all levels of arts education, from teaching artist to program director, informs her ability to make an impact at every stage of program development. She holds an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.M. from The Juilliard School, and a B.M. from The Oberlin Conservatory.
RECENT COLLABORATIONS
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THE WALLACE FOUNDATION
Renate Rohlfing and Olivia Cosio speak about the role of the Wallace Foundation’s Connected Arts Learning Framework in their creative projects.
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CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA
Read about Sounds That Carry's development of a new sound and music curriculum for 5th and 6th graders at Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education in partnership with Chamber Music America.
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THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
Sounds That Carry presents at Juilliard’s 2024 Entrepreneurship Symposium. Their workshop focused on best practices for activating creative projects within communities.
