Alumnus raises money for children’s music lessons

by Wesley Graham

A member of one of the country’s hottest bands came back to North Carolina to help out some underprivileged kids. Joe Kwon is from Durham, graduated from UNC, and plays the cello for the Avett Brothers. He was in Chapel Hill to help raise money for Musical Empowerment — a student group that gives music lessons and instruments to children who wouldn’t be able to afford them.

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