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
Jonathan Sprout is leading a charge, giving a voice to a calling he believes all heroes must have heard and acted upon. He has put together a team that is committed to joining Sprout in his mission to inspire others to action and to “uplift the uplifters”—to highlight those who are making a positive difference.
“Since 1994, I have studied our greatest Americans so I could write, record, sing, and speak about them to children. For a quarter of a century, I’ve lived under the skin of these heroes, whom I call inspirers. I’ve learned what motivated them and how they became successful.”
Grammy®-nominated composer/singer Jonathan Sprout has been inspiring others for more than 35 years through award-winning educational children’s music that has touched thousands of lives. For many of those years he presented programs titled “American Heroes,” about people who have made a marked difference in the history of America, people who have taught Sprout the value of making that difference. With this knowledge, Sprout has forged Force For Good, an organization that is devoted to serving as inspiration for others.
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:
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.
Rodney Whittenberg, Co-producer of Film, who 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, 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.
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 the acoustic duo StuccoRainbow.
“Bringing to light good people doing good things.”