# The Listening Project > Music brings us together ## Pages - [Listen](https://listeningprojectfl.org/listen/): KYLE’S SELECTIONS · 4 PLAYLISTS · 48 RECORDINGS A few things I’dlove you to hear. Start with a track. Follow a sound. See where it takes you. These playlists move across generations, connected by feel. Soul and samples, inner worlds, heavier emotions, and records that reward a little more attention. Start wherever you feel at home. Kyle Rich Founder, The Listening Project Soul & Substance 12 RECORDINGS · IN LISTENING ORDER Soul & Substance · 01 Color Of My Soul Pretty Lights LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUDColor Of My Soul Choose a recording to listen through its official player. Open the official recording […] - [Strategic Plan](https://listeningprojectfl.org/strategic-plan/): The Plan · September 24, 2026 Our strategic plan. Experiences people want to attend, share and return to. The first phase brings one pilot from each of our four public formats into development, alongside the Listening Lab for young people and education partners. Good sound, thoughtful curation and a welcoming room are the foundation. Download the strategic plan (PDF) Purpose Our mission. The Listening Project enriches lives and strengthens Southwest Florida communities through accessible music programs, cultural preservation, and shared storytelling that foster connection, curiosity, calm, and creativity. Music carries our histories, gives shape to our emotions, and connects us across […] - [Founder](https://listeningprojectfl.org/founder/): From the founder Music found me first.Now I want to help it find someone else. Kyle Rich, Founder and President You have to hear this. I’ve said that to a lot of people. Usually I’m already holding my phone out, already turning it up, and already a little too excited about a part that doesn’t happen until two minutes in. Sometimes it’s a whole album. Sometimes it’s a three-second drum fill that means we’re starting the song over. Twice. I want to tell you why that moment matters so much to me, and why I’m building an organization around it. 01 […] - [Privacy](https://listeningprojectfl.org/privacy/): Privacy policy Your information, handled with care. Effective September 23, 2026. The Listening Project, Inc. What we collect When you contact us: your name, email address, area of interest, optional ZIP code and your message. When you join our list: your email address and your consent. When you register for a program: your name, contact details, ticket type, optional ZIP code, and any access needs you choose to tell us. Surveys: after programs we invite optional feedback. You can answer anonymously. Payments for tickets or contributions will be processed by a secure third-party payment processor; we don’t store card numbers. How […] - [Access & conduct](https://listeningprojectfl.org/access/): Access and conduct Comfortable to attend alone. What you can expect from us, and what we ask of everyone in the room. Access Every listing will describe step-free access, seating, restrooms, parking and transit. Playback is at comfortable listening levels. Earplugs are available, and we’ll note any louder programs. Large-print liner cards are available on request. You can step out at any time, and there is always a quiet way back in. Companions who assist a person with a disability attend free. Tell us what would help: krich@listeningprojectfl.org. Conduct Respect the listening. Phones quiet and no side conversations during focused listening. […] - [Listening Lab](https://listeningprojectfl.org/listening-lab/): Youth, students and families The Listening Lab. Young people research a record, write its liner notes, run the playback and host a program of their own. Creative skills, close listening and collaboration, developed with educators. Bring the Lab to your school Three tracks Built with educators. Teen Lab Ages 14–18 After school, 90 min 6-week cycle A small group spends six weeks developing a music program: exploring recordings, researching their stories, writing liner notes, learning sound and planning how to welcome an audience. The cycle ends with a presentation for family and the public. College Collaborations Music production, arts, humanities Students […] - [Roadmap](https://listeningprojectfl.org/roadmap/): Roadmap How we’ll grow. This is how we plan to grow, the evidence we’ll look for at each step, and where you can help. Each phase begins when the one before it shows us it’s ready, not on a fixed date. Open any section for the detail. Last updated September 2026. We’ll update this page as things change and say what changed. 01The phasesFrom groundwork and four pilot events to a first season, a residency and a permanent home. Phase 1 · Fall 2026 In progress Groundwork Setting up an organization that can be trusted with other people’s time and money. […] - [The Listening Place](https://listeningprojectfl.org/the-listening-place/): The Plan · Future vision The Listening Place. The Listening Place is our vision for a permanent home: a beautifully considered room where music is worth settling in for. A future home for The Listening Project. No location or opening date is confirmed. The name would carry its city, for example The Listening Place of Sarasota or The Listening Place of Venice. Read the strategic plan The Listening Place, imagined with our founder Kyle Rich. Created with AI using photographs of Kyle and his own furnishings and sound system; this is a future vision, not an existing venue or event. An […] - [About](https://listeningprojectfl.org/about/): About · Our mission Access to music.Room to understand it. The Listening Project enriches lives and strengthens Southwest Florida communities through accessible music programs, cultural preservation, and shared storytelling that foster connection, curiosity, calm, and creativity. We’re developing welcoming programs for people of different ages, backgrounds and musical experience in Southwest Florida. A song, a story or a creative experiment can give us something to explore together. Our vision is for shared learning through music to become a familiar part of life in Southwest Florida. Affordable participation, thoughtful access and collaboration with local hosts will help us get there. Read the […] - [Get Involved](https://listeningprojectfl.org/get-involved/): Get involved Build something worth gathering for. The Listening Project needs people with something to share and people who can help it last. Contribute to the programs, build a partnership, or help guide the organization. Tell us what you have in mind Ways to contributeDevelop a programPartnerMake the room workWell-beingBoardContact Ways to contribute A contribution can take many forms. Host an evening Offer a suitable space or underwrite its use. A gallery, community room, or hospitality venue with a strong local following could give the first programs a welcoming home. Put good equipment to work Lend or donate hi-fi playback, recording, […] - [Programs](https://listeningprojectfl.org/programs/): Programs Follow the sound. Music programs in four proposed formats: Lounge, Library, Retreat and Workshop. Explore the concepts we are developing for Southwest Florida. These formats describe ways to participate, and can travel to partner venues. Our first events will be pilots; dates and venues will be announced once confirmed. Keep me posted LoungeLibraryRetreatWorkshopPilots Connect The Lounge. Trade songs and the stories they carry. These concepts make room for conversation, shared memories and new connections. Got Me Through Proposed format: LoungeMedia: Recorded tracks on vinyl, CD or digital playback The song that carried you through something. At Seventeen Proposed format: LoungeMedia: […] - [Home](https://listeningprojectfl.org/): Southwest Florida · Our mission Music gives usa way in. The Listening Project enriches lives and strengthens Southwest Florida communities through accessible music programs, cultural preservation, and shared storytelling that foster connection, curiosity, calm, and creativity. Developing music and community programs in Southwest Florida. No musical background needed. Explore the offerings Our mission & why music Common ground More reasons to be together. 315societies examined.Music in every one. Mehr et al., Science, 2019 · See the research Everyone deserves welcoming ways to connect, explore and create. Shared music gives us a place to begin. We’re creating more reasons to gather, listen […] - [Opportunities](https://listeningprojectfl.org/opportunities/): Build somethingworth gathering for. The Listening Project needs people with something to share and people who can help it last. Contribute to the programs, build a partnership, or help guide the organization. Tell us what you have in mind ↗ Develop a program. Bring a record, a question, or a story you know well. We’ll work together on the listening selections and a format that lets others follow it. A background in teaching helps, but knowledge can also come from years of making music, researching it, or being there. A music educator could make harmony audible without a theory lesson. Someone […] ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/listeningprojectfl.org/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)