The Foundation to Assist Young Musicians’ Violins for Kids program began years ago when an elementary school principal was looking for ways to keep his students out of a local gang. Arturo Ochoa, then ...

Exposing children to music at an early age has been widely known to bring about a host of benefits such as teaching patience, improving memory, instilling discipline and more. It is no wonder why ...

They grew up playing classical music in the school orchestra, but what they listened to on their own time was hip-hop. Now, two former high school classmates have found a way to blend the two genres ...

Every Monday and Friday afternoon a handful of kids and their parents slip into a side door of St. Charles Boromeo Church on Detroit's east side. The young people carry violin cases and backpacks and ...

The ABC documentary Don’t Stop the Music first aired in 2018 and highlights the transformative effects of teaching music in primary schools. A call was put out for people to donate instruments to ...

Before running her own music education nonprofit, Portia Dunkley was a 6th grade student in Miami who wanted to play the violin. She rushed to her teacher to sign up for the music program, but she ...