>> BROAD & HIGH IS FUNDED IN PART BY, THE ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, TOSTERING TALENT AND CONNECTING TO ARTSTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONINGS, CONCERTS, PUBLIC ART, AND HR.

AT COLUMBUS MAKES ART.

FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> THIS TIME ON BROAD & HIGH, PERFECTING THE ART OF THE SECOND CHANCE.

A GROUND BREAKING SIM FANY AND MUSIC THAT HEAVY MEETS MELODIC.

THIS AND MORE ON BROAD & HIGH.

>> WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH.

I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AND SUSTAINABLE FASHION EDUCATOR PRI LIS IS A IS INSPIRING CONFIDENCE AND CELEBRATING INDIVIDUALITY THROUGH COLUMBUS FASHION ACADEMY.

SHE'S TRANSFORMING LIVES ONE GARMENT AT A TIME AND BUILDING MOMENTUM IN A GENERATION THAT'S READY FOR CHANGE.

WE MET PRISCILLA AT HER WORKSHOP ON THE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN CAMPUS AND AT METRO HIGH SCHOOL TO SEE THE IMPACT SHE'S MAKING BY TURNING WASTE INTO WONDER.

>> WE HAVE PRODUCED CLOSE TO ADDRESS HUMANITY.

IT'S NOT EVEN JUST AMERICAN.

WE HAVE CLOTHES ENOUGH FOR 250 YEARS.

THAT IS ALREADY PRODUCED.

THAT'S OUT ON THE FLORS.

THERE'S NO INVENTORY FOR THRIFT STORES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGULAR RETAILERS.

COLUMBUS FASHION ACADEMY IS ABOUT TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FASHION.

COLUMBUS FASHION ACADEMY STARTED AS AN AFTERSCHOOL RAM ASK IT WAS THROUGH AN INVITATION FROM THE PTO PRESIDENT.

WE ARE RECRUITING TEACHERS, BASICALLY.

I'M NOT A TEACHER, PER SE, BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT FASHION ALL DAY LONG.

I KNOW HOW IT CAN HELP WITH BULLYING.

SO TO HELP, I'M IN.

WE HAVE FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ELEMENTS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, POWER IN KIDS AND YOUTH THROUGH MAKING THROUGH FASHION IS OUR MEDIAN.

WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

TO HOW YOU WEAR WHEN YAW LOVE AND HOW YOUR DAYS CAN BE BETTER WHEN YOU WEAR WHAT YOU LOVE.

>> WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OUR BODY LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE WEAR.

SO FASHION IS HOW WE SHOW THE INSIDE OF OUR BODY LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE FEEL.

>> WE REALLY SEE HOW STUDENTS CHOOSE, ALWAYS ASKING WHY AND UNDERSTANDING WHY AND ASKING NOT ONLY WHEN WE ARE CREATING A GARMENT OR MAKING A BAG, WHATEVER WE MAKE, BUT ALSO ASKING OUTSIDE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING, WHO MADE MY CLOTHES?

LEARNING HOW TO SEW, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING THAT I LEARNED.

I'M PROBABLY MOST LIKELY GOING TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE LEARNING HOW TO SEW AND LEARNING HOW TO PUT PIECES TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING PUFL.

THAT'S THE KEY TAKE AWAY.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT FASHION IS NOT ONLY FOR GOING TO COLLEGE.

IT'S FOR ALL OF US.

WE ALL GET DRESSED EVERY DAY.

WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY IT.

I LOVE MIXING THE OLDER AND THE YOUNGER BECAUSE THE BEAUTY FROM THE KINDERGARTEN WHEN THEY SEE THE FIFTH GRADER, IT'S LIKE GOD.

OH, MY GOD, I'M IN THE SAME CLASS AS THEM.

I'M MAKING CLOTHES LIKE THEM?

THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT WE DO AS WELL.

THE SAME AS THEY START BEING UPTIGHT AND SO THEN THEY SEE THE FREEDOM OF THE KINDERGARTEN COMPLETELY GOING WILD AND THEY CAN BE FREE AND FEARLESS.

SO THAT GOES IN THAT GENERATION.

SAME FOR OUR INSTRUCTOR.

WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE GROUP FROM 14 TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGE.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.

WE LOVE IT BECAUSE NOT JUST THE INTERGENERATION, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TALKING AND COMMUNICATING, LEARNING TO LOOK EYE TO EYE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO ENGAGE AND LOOK AND LEARN TO COMMUNICATE.

THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO TALK.

WIT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE MORE.

GIVE THEM AGENCY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS LISTENING.

SO THERE'S THE MAGIC.

IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS.

ONE THING THAT I DID ENJOY WAS LEARNING HOW TO USE A SEWING MACHINE BECAUSE I WANTED TO START MAKING MY OWN CLOTHES IN CASE I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING I LIKE.

I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE NEW DESIGNS AND I COULD ALSO UPCYCLE CLOTHES TO MAKE IT SOMETHING LIKE I WOULD WEAR AND BETTER.

>> I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I READ THE DESCRIPTION ABOUT UPCYCLEING FASHION.

THAT JUST SEEMED COOL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE FASHION INDUSTRY MORE SUSTAINABLE THERE'S SO MUCH FAST FASHION BECOMING A PART OF OUR CULTURE, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

IT'S NICE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND MAKE MORE SPECIAL PIECES.

IT'S DEFINITELY INSPIRED ME TO MAKE MORE CLOTHES ON MY OWN AND DIG THROUGH MY CLOSET OF THINGS I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT MUCH ANYMORE AND TURN THEM INTO SOMETHING FRESH AND REWEAR THEM.

>> I LEARNED THAT IT TAKES A REALLY LOT OF MATERIAL.

IT HURTS THE ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE MOST CLOTHES.

AND WHEN PEOPLE BUY CLOTHES THEY DON'T NEED AND JUST SIT IN A CLOSET OR A DRAWER FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG WASTE.

SO YOU TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR WHEN YOU SHOP THAT YOU DON'T END UP BEING WASTEFUL.

>> SUSTAINABILITY BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

WE BUY NOTHING NEW.

IF WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW, IT'S DONATED.

BUT I'M THE EVEN A LIGHTBULB.

SO THAT IS SUSTAINABILITY WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

AS WE ARE MAKING THINGS, WE'RE ALWAYS DROPPING THOSE INFORMATION AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

BUT WE ALSO SHOW SOME THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE HAVE THEY ARE TOO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT THIS.

I GO AND I TALK ABOUT FASHION HISTORY.

THEY WERE TELLING THEIR MANAGERS, THEY ARE BEING IGNORED AND PUSHED TO PRODUCE.

AND THEN AND THAT WAS ALMOST 1,500 PEOPLE DIE.

MAINLY KIDS.

AND THAT CHANGED THE HISTORY OF FASHION.

WHAT I BELIEVE IS WE SHOULD NOT BE HIDING THINGS FROM THEM.

THEY ARE THE LEADERS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

LET'S GET THEM.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE THE WAY WE ARE IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LEARN WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE BAD PEOPLE.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER FOR THE MOST PART.

SO THAT'S WHY SOME KIDS --SOME WILL GO OVER THEIR HEAD, BUT THERE'S A SEAT.

WE HAVE THIS HUGE RETENTION THAT PEOPLE JUST COME BACK OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

AND I REMEMBER THEY ARE ADDING PIECES.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY WHAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE, I'M LIKE, IT'S ARTISTIC FREEDOM.

ASK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NONGAUCHABLE.

THAT MEANS MORE 100%.

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY WHEN THERE'S THOSE CLASSES THAT PEOPLE GO AND DO LET'S CREATE SOMETHING.

LET'S HAND TO THE KIDS A BUNCH OF BLANK CANVAS.

GO CREATE.

AND SOMEBODY MAKES A LITTLE CAR.

SOMEBODY MAKES A FLOWER.

BUT THEY ARE STILL WHO AM I TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE A TOTE PERSON.

MAYBE YOU'RE A BACKPACK PERSON.

WHO AM I TO TELL YOU WHAT TO WEAR?

>> FASHION KIND OF BOOSTS YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOUR LOOK.

AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.

YOUR DAY WILL BE BETTER IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU'RE WEARING.

AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU'RE WEARING.

>> WHENEVER I TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF I'M KIND OF MAKING IT FOR MYSELF AND I HOPE YOU LIKE IT TOO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M DOING IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE SEES IT FOR HE.

>> IT HAS THAT POWER.

NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

AND THAT'S ARTISTIC FREEDOM.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S OUR SECRET SAUCE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NO, NO, NO.

IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

THAT KIND OF GUIDES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

HOW SOMETIMES IF YOU SAY, OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT EM BROIDERING PEARLS.

WE MIGHT COME UP WITH SOME THINGS TO GET SOME, BUT MANY TIMES THEY GO, I'M GOING TO DO A SKIRT AND THERE'S SOL PEOPLE THAT GO SUPER FAST.

SOME PEOPLE GO SUPER SLOW.

OR WHATEVER IT IS.

I'M NOT GOING TO PUSH ANYBODY TO JUST CHECK A BOX.

AND.

>> YOU CAN EXPRESS YOURSELF ABOUT WHAT YOU CREATE.

YOU WON'T GET JUDGED FOR IT.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT.

YOU'RE THE ONE WEARING IT.

>> IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU WEAR IT.

>> TO FIND OUT MANUFACTURE ABOUT THIS CREATIVE COMMUNITY, GO TO COLUMBUSFASHIONACADEMY.

COM.

>> CLEVELAND, OHIO, IS HOME TO A GROUND BREAKING SYMPHONY THAT IS SHAKING UP CLASSICAL MUSIC.

FOUNDED IN 2023, THE VIDEO GAME SYMPHONY PERFORMS SOUND TRACKS AND BRINGS IN NEW AUDIENCES IN THE PROCESS.

>> FOR ME, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO MAKING A GAME MEMORABLE.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS FOR ME IS THE MUSIC.

>> I GREW UP PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.

THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC ACTUALLY.

REALLY WAS THROUGH VIDEO GAMES.

IT WAS SPECIFICALLY MARIO, HALO, YOU NAME IT.

ANYTHING I GOT MY HANDS ON AND WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY.

>> GROWING UP, I WAS REALLY INTO ALL THOSE MID-2000s, LATE 2000 s GAMES THAT WOULD COME OUT.

AND I HAD JUST PLUGGED IN SO MANY HOURS.

THE BACKGROUND MUSIC WAS SO COOL.

I ALWAYS WONDERED TO MYSELF, WHERE IS THIS MUSIC BEING RECORDED?

HOW DO YOU EVEN PLAY IT?

>> I THINK WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME MUSIC GENERA AND VIDEO GAMES IN GENERAL IS THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY.

AND THE MUSIC JUST REALLY CAPTURES THAT SPIRIT AND CONVEYS THAT TO MODERN-DAY UD YENSS.

>> I HAVE BEEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES SINCE I WAS A KID.

IT'S COOL TO HEAR A LOT OF THE MUSIC THAT I GREW UP PLAYING AND PLAY NOW.

HEARING IT THROUGH THE ORCHESTRA IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S A RARE THING.

>> WE'RE A BUNCH OF MUSIC LOVERS THAT JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS MUSIC.

WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THIS MUSIC ALL THE LOVE AND ATTENTION AND RESPECT THAT IT DESERVES.

>> IT IS SO BELOVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE.

A WIDE RANGE OF AGES AND GENDERS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND BRING THIS MUSIC TO THEM.

>> IT'S ME, MARIO.

>> THE VIDEO GAME SYMPHONY IS A FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DEDICATED TO PLAYING VIDEO GAME MUSIC.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.

WE KIND OF SEE IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD THAT IT'S UNDERAPPRECIATED, IT'S UNDERPLAYED, AND SO IN THAT SENSE, WE WANT TO DO IT JUSTICE, BUT IT'S ALSO A CELEBRATION OF HOW WONDERFUL THIS MUSIC IS.

WE LOVE SHARING IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE ASK WE LOVE PERFORMING IT OURSELVES.

>> THERE ARE SOME ORCHESTRAS THAT ARE HIRED BY THE VIDEO GAME COMPANIES LIKE NIN NIN TEN DA AND THEY PLAY MUSIC FROM CERTAIN SERIES LIKE FINAL FANTASY.

BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF GRASS ROOTS ORCHESTRAS THAT PLAY THIS MUSIC AND ARE DEDICATED TO IT.

>> WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT HERE IN NORTHEAST OHIO?

WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT HERE IN OHIO?

SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO THIS AREA FOR OUR AUDIENCE AND ALSO TO OUR PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS MUSIC THAT OTHERWISE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM EVER IN THEIR LIVES.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO US AND SAID IT'S BEEN MY DREAM SINCE I WAS A CHILD TO PLAY THIS MUSIC AND FINALLY I'M ABLE TO.

>> I UTILIZE THIS AS A TOOL TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

OFTEN TIMES, PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME AND BE LIKE, WHY VIDEO GAME MUSIC OR AS OPPOSED TO FOCUSING ALL OF YOUR ENERGY ON CLASSICAL MUSIC?

>> IT'S JUST AS INTRICATE AND COMPLEX AS ANY OTHER CLASSICAL PIECE AND CONNECTED TO THESE WORLDS AND EMOTIONS IT PULLS FROM A LOT OF CULTURES TOO.

THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GET TO EXPOSE TO OTHERWISE.

>> IT NAVIGATES EXTREME SPECTRUMS OF EMOTION.

IT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S A GREAT VESSEL TO EITHER REACH THESE AND EVEN OF OLDER FOLKS THAT OFTEN COME TO ME AND SAY, HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY THE MUSIC.

ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME.

>> I THINK WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT ABILITY TO SEPARATE THE MUSIC FROM THE VIDEO GAME AND SHOW IT AS IT'S COMPLETELY UNIQUE ORIGINAL ART FORM WITHIN MUSIC.

AND IN THAT WAY, THE GENERA IS DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE SOME OTHER GENERASES WHERE IT'S COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON ITS SURROUNDINGS AND KIND OF YOU'RE A ABLE TO SEPARATE IT AND HAVE AN AMAZING PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT AUDIENCES ARE GOING TO LOVE.

>> WE DEFINITELY SLANT TOWARDS CERTAIN GENERAS.

PERSONALLY, I THINK THE RPG AND FANTASY GENERA TENDS TOM SOFT OF THE MOST EXPANSIVE AND SOUND TRACKS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE DRAMA.

WE DO A LOT OF THAT.

FINAL FANTASY MUSIC IS GREAT OVERALL.

WE HAVE THIS ARRANGEMENT OF THE OPENING MISSION.

SO IT'S JUST THIS REALLY CHALLENGING PIECE.

AND I LOVE IT.

IT'S SUPER ACTIVE.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING.

IT HAS ALL THESE GREAT BRASS MOMENTS.

I LOVE IT.

>> A LOT OF NINTENDO FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN AND SOME OF THE GREATEST TUNES AND SOUND TRACKS OUT THERE.

A LOT OF MARIO AND POKEMON.

BUT WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO MORE GENERAS AS WE GO ALONG.

♪ ♪ >> IT'S EXHILARATING.

IT'S SO HARD TO DESCRIBE.

>> I GET UP HERE AND I SEE THE AUDIENCE AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS REAL.

THESE PEOPLE CAME FOR US.

AND THAT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

>> WE'RE BRINGING AN ENTIRE NEW AUDIENCE INTO THE CLASSICAL MUSICAL WORLD, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

I WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO SEE US AND HEAR THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC, AND I WANT THIS TO MAYBE BE THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE GOING TO AN ORCHESTRA EVER.

THEN MAYBE THEY WILL GO TO MORE AND MORE ORCHESTRAS AND SUPPORT THE ART IN OTHER WAYS.

>> TO HEAR MORE, FIND THEM ONLINE AT VIDEOGAMESYMPHONY.

COM.

>> CHRIS BRANDON, JEREMY AND JOSH MAKE UP THE QUINCE TENT.

THEIR MUSIC IS DREAMY, BROODING, INTROSPECTIVE AND THUNDEROUS.

TAKE A LISTEN TO THEIR RECENT VISIT TO THE STUDIOS FOR A BROAD & HIGH PRESENTS RECORDING SESSION.

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