JONATHAN SPROUT’S “FORCE FOR GOOD” MUSIC AND FILMS ENCOURAGE KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING

“Our primary objective through our music and films is to unify, empower and inspire people to become activists. We are optimists who promote peace, equality, and compassion for all.”

— Jonathan Sprout

Grammy®-nominated composer/singer and recording artist Jonathan Sprout has worked for more than 35 years to inspire and educate with his award-winning children’s music. In 2014, having performed more than 6,500 concerts, he forged Force For Good, an organization devoted to inspiring others to make a positive difference. Force For Good highlights heroes, uplifting the uplifters.

The Force For Good team includes an array of creative talented individuals who are committed to making a positive difference in the world. “Utilizing the lessons my heroes taught me, I created Force For Good and a team of musicians, filmmakers, engineers, marketers and publicists who, like me, want to help make the world a better place. Our primary objective through our music and films is to unify, empower and inspire people to become activists. We are optimists who promote peace, equality, and compassion for all,” Sprout says.

Joining founder/composer Jonathan Sprout who has recorded 12 albums, performed more than 6,500 concerts and taught more than 800 songwriting workshops throughout the United States, are: 

• Rodney Whittenberg, Co-producer of Film, is an Emmy Award-winning composer, as well as record producer, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, musician, and lay Universal Unitarian preacher. Among the many people Rodney has worked with are Time For Three, The DePue Brothers, Phyllis Chapell and, recently, he directed the shoot of the joint concert of the Peking Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra.

• Leslie Chew, Audio Engineer, Technical Advisor and Co-visionary who has worked as engineer/producer for a range of Grammy®-nominated projects and clients, such as Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo, Roberta Flack, Earl Klugh, Todd Rundgren, and Hiroshima, as well as mixing music for television and films such as Survivor, Boy Meets World and Look Who’s Talking.

• Lisa Gage, publicist, has worked as a marketer, event promoter and publicist promoting live and televised venues for over 30 years. In 2010, she launched her own company, Hue Marketing and Entertainment, offering booking, marketing and publicity services.

• Hillary Black, Editor, Co-visionary, who was a member of producer-writer-director teams at ABC Circle Films, CBS, Paramount, and others working with John Travolta, Dave Thomas, Gloria Steinem, to name a few. Former editor of lifestyle magazines such as Cottages & Bungalows, she is also a compassionate singer-songwriter with Leslie Chew and their acoustic duo, StuccoRainbow.

• Joe Mennonna, Co-producer of Music, a multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Deep Purple, Tom Rush, Al Stewart, Janis Ian, The Bacon Brothers, and Richie Havens.