2021 interns
The Rhapsody Project’s paid interns are funded by generous donors and grants. They are deeply embedded in the development of our organization—especially as we pivot from the pandemic to the new world. In addition to conducting independent projects exploring personal and cultural heritage, our interns run tRp’s social media accounts and learning bankable skills as they prepare to join the cultural workforce.
Mariah
tRp intern '21
Mariah Roberson is a multi-instrumentalist who studies and practices blues, jazz, and popular American music. She started with classical and jazz cello in elementary school, and continued to pursue those passions at Washington Middle School. In 2017, the orchestra director there, Beth Fortune, was impressed by Mariah’s talents and connected her to The Rhapsody Project (TRP).
Tate
tRp intern '21
Tate Linden is an intern for the Rhapsody Project in a partnership with Northwest Folklife. He has been working with the tRp and related programs since he was eleven years old. He first started playing the violin at age nine, but never really connected with music until joining an after-school program at his middle school called Junior Fiddlers, which was a precursor to the Rhapsody Project.
Edien
tRp intern '21
Edien Nega was born in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Her parents immigrated from Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia in 1983, and taught Edien to speak Amharic while raising her in South Seattle. At John Muir Elementary School, Edien began studying the violin with Mr. Holmes at age 11, and continued under the tutelage of Beth Fortune at Washington Middle School.
