Unison Chamber Music Collective brings high level classical music programming to marginalized communities, creating a welcoming, inclusive, and healing space for all listeners.
What do we do?
Unison Chamber Music Collective performs free, professional level chamber concerts at homeless shelters, prisons, and addiction recovery centers.
We offer our programming in a unique engagement based way that meets the audience where they are, allowing their voices to be heard and valued, and giving them access to the true healing powers of this art form.
Meet Our Founder
Allyson Cohen founded Unison Chamber Music Collective to combat systemic barriers that prevent individuals from underserved communities from accessing cultural programming. Through its concerts, Unison removes barriers to classical music, providing a healing and empowering experience with no prior knowledge necessary. Allyson envisions a world where all service-oriented institutions offer high-level music programming, ensuring that everyone feels safe and welcome.
Through carefully curated concerts, Unison challenges the systemic inequities embedded in classical music. The events actively promote and feature the works of historically excluded composers in all programs, while also increasing access to live music performances for marginalized communities—many of whom have never experienced live music before. Music is more than performance; it is a vehicle for healing, connection, and cultural expression, offering hope and dignity to those who need it most.
ATTEND OUR 2026 FUNDRAISING GALA
June 16, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Kerrytown Concert House | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Join Unison Chamber Music Collective for our Annual Gala, an evening of music, community, and collective impact supporting the future of accessible, engagement-based classical music across Southeast Michigan. This event is Unison’s largest fundraiser of the year and one of the only opportunities for the broader public to experience our work firsthand through live performance, storytelling, and connection.
Funds raised through the gala directly support Unison’s ongoing programming in shelters, recovery centers, and correctional facilities, helping sustain more than 50 performances annually while expanding initiatives that create long-term systemic change within classical music. In 2025 alone, Unison served more than 5,000 audience members, engaged over 40 artists, and supported the creation of 10 new commissioned works through our community-centered programming.
Support opportunities include:
- $500 sponsors a live chamber music concert at a shelter, recovery center, or correctional facility
- $1,000 supports a commissioning fee for a new work by an emerging composer
- $5,000 supports Unison’s Artist Residency Program, including performances, educational programming, and mentorship opportunities
Any contribution directly supports Unison’s work bringing music, connection, and creative engagement to underserved communities across Southeast Michigan.
Sponsorship tiers include:
- Community Sponsor — $1,000
- Gold Sponsor — $2,000
- Presenting Sponsor — $3,500
Sponsors receive recognition through event materials, social media, programs, and Unison’s annual impact report while helping sustain a more accessible and community-centered future for the arts.
The evening will feature live performances by Unison artists, food from local community partners, and opportunities to connect with the artists, audiences, and supporters who make this work possible.
To become a sponsor or learn more, please contact:
info@unisonchambermusiccollective.org
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