Choose Your Sound

HALLOWEEN BALL

Presented by:

FRED & MJ
WRIGHT

PHOTOS BY ROBERTO MATA SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Choose Your Sound is Guitars Over Guns’ signature annual fundraising event, attended by key supporters including friends, donors, entertainment luminaries and community stakeholders.

Join us for an epic evening filled with incredible performances from students, mentors, alumni & special guests, amazing food & drinks, and an unbelievable silent auction.

Dress as your favorite musician and dance the night away with us.

Get involved

Choose Your Sound 2023 is SOLD OUT!

But don't worry! You can still support the transformative power of music and mentorship
by making a donation or bidding in our online silent auction.

STEP & repeat photos

Choose Your Sound 2023 Honorees

Dr. Kimberly Green

An accomplished philanthropist, writer and documentary-filmmaker, Kimberly Green has led the Green Family Foundation (GFF) since 1997. Under her leadership, GFF has spearheaded a variety of initiatives in Haiti and in her native Miami. In Haiti, Ms. Green’s work ranges from community health and development to cultural repatriation and preservation, and includes a partnership with Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the establishing of the Haiti Policy Program, as well as partnering with Fastforward for the Sinema Anba Zetwal (Cinema Under the Stars) “Food for Souls” tour (which followed the 2010 earthquake’s fault line and was attended by over 250,000), and executive producing The Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937 box set (which received two Grammy nominations). Ms. Green, who directed and produced the award-winning documentary “Once There Was a Country: Revisiting Haiti” (narrated by Dr. Maya Angelou and Guy Johnson) Ms. Green and GFF’s close association with FIU has resulted in the creation of both the Steven and Dorothea Green Library and the Digital Library of the Caribbean, as well as the establishing of NeighborhoodHELP program, and most recently co-founded Green Space Miami, a community art and conversation space.

Mireille Louis Charles

Mireille Louis Charles is currently Executive Director of the Green Family Foundation in Miami, FL, a private non-profit foundation dedicated to providing funding and resources to organizations in the US and abroad that support education, global health, community development, the arts and cultural preservation. Since 2011, she has facilitated securing numerous grants, collaborations and partnerships with organizations and entities; liaising with universities, community-based organizations, arts organizations and private foundations. Mireille joined the Green Family Foundation following a 20-year career in both stewardship and development at United Way of Miami-Dade, the largest not-for-profit organization in the county focused on improving education, financial stability and health. During her tenure at United Way, Mireille also concentrated her efforts on informing, involving and creating partnerships with the Haitian and Caribbean communities in Miami. Her efforts resulted in attracting many individuals of Haitian and Caribbean descent to serve on the organization’s board of directors and to become members of its affinity groups. When she first moved to Miami from Haiti, Mireille forged relationships with community leaders. She worked as a liaison while managing the daily operations of the Haitian Task Force, a former community-based economic development organization and the developer of the unique commercial shopping center in Little Haiti, the Caribbean Marketplace. Three years later, the Marketplace opened for the first time with 22 tenants resulting in the creation of 40 jobs for the local community and opening the way for the “Little Haiti neighborhood walks”. In working with the Haitian and Caribbean communities in Miami, she sought out to connect organizations and facilitate the sharing of resources. From there, she developed her personal mission of connecting young professionals with mentors, their cultural roots and with each other to enrich their own communities. Mireille serves on various boards and committees including the Sant La Fellows Advisory Board, Prizm Advisory Committee, UNCF South Florida Leadership Council and Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) Board of Trustees.

Thank You To Our Partners!

From curtain call to final bow, our Partners make an impact every step of the way. As an official Guitars Over Guns Partner, you’re a VIP in every audience we entertain! All partnerships include VIP seating at the event, an ad in our annual magazine, logo placement in Choose Your Sound marketing materials, and a full year of marketing exposure and engagement opportunities that include exclusive invitations and backstage passes to our events, programs & more.

Record Exec ($50,000+)

MJ & Fred Wright

Producer ($25,000 - $49,999)

Composer ($10,000 - $24,999)

Wynn & Jeff Adam

The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation

Bob & Kathy Bernstein

Scott & Becki Etzler Foundation

Tanner Lee
Cindy Wallace &
Allen Moseley

Musician ($5,000 - $9,999)

Ambal, Inc.

In-Kind

Band Manager ($2,500 - $4,999)

This Is Why We Do What We Do.

Meet Sofia “Atlas” Alvarez, recipient of the 2022 Louis Salgar Legacy Award.

What You Can Look Forward To

Bandmates
EVENT COMMITTEE​

Kathy Bernstein
Michael Bittel
Stefano Campanini
Veronica Crego-Flores
Ralph Fales
Sarah Feil Lewin
Dafna Gold
Liz Heno
Melanie Masterson
JP Melo
Denise Minakowski
Adam Savage
Tracy Shelowitz
Amy Simons
Katherine Solorzano
Brax Tinkler

Rockstars
HOST COMMITTEE​

Kathy & Bob Bernstein
Veronica Crego-Flores
Dr. Mary Beatrice De Leon & Jono De Leon
Jessica & Alex Dominguez
Sarah Feil Lewin
Cathy Gordon
Dr. Kimberly Green & Mireille Louis Charles
Tanner Lee
JP Melo
Denise Minakowski
Duane Miranda
Brenda O’Connor Juanas
Kent Savage
Chad Turner
Tamara & David Walsh
Robin & H Weitz
Yonathan Yehezkel

Road Crew
LOGISTICS COMMITTEE​

Caleb Alcime
Chad Bernstein
Antonio Correa
Jesse “Ron” Dalrymple
Amin De Jesus
Jono De Leon
Carlos Gonzalez
Carly Gordon
Carlos Gonzalez
Amanda Hale
J. Howard
Tenisha Lane
Isaac Lorié
Tiffany Lusan
Walker Moseley
Amy Simons
Brax Tinkler
Cameron Underwood