Miami Music Project

Emerging as a model for Music education programs nationally, Miami Music Project offers free-of-charge, after-school programming to all students with no barriers to entry, regardless of race or economic status. As of today, Miami Music Project has reached over 31,000 children and youth across miami-dade county and is one of the largest socially transformative Music initiatives in the us. Miami Music Project's programming is inspired by the el sistema phenomenon - a new model for social change and a visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through Music. During the 2022-2023 school year over 50 teaching artists served over 500 students with our social-emotional learning-based curriculum. Each children's orchestras student, 4 in 5 of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch, received over 15 hours of Music teaching, lessons, and support per week for 360 hours of instruction annually. Students were also provided with snacks and academic help. 100% of our seniors graduated high school and pursued higher education. Miami Music Project's summer Music camp offered orchestra rehearsals, sectionals, percussion ensembles, and a final concert to nearly 180 students. Miami Music Project is a leader in training teaching artists. Through our internal teaching artist training program and the national teaching artists training institute, Miami Music Project provides professional development from experts who specialize in child behavior, racial and cultural sensitivity, and serving students of diverse abilities. Our students are regularly awarded scholarships to, recognition from, and placement in nationally prestigious organizations. This year, Miami Music Project students participated in programs at the el sistema usa 2023 national symposium, the los angeles philharmonic (yola national fellows) national festival, interlochen arts camp, and the sphinx performance academy. Locally, Miami Music Project students gave a total of 29 concerts throughout the year at venues including new world center, the arsht center, fiu wertheim concert hall, the university of Miami gusman concert hall, Miami beach bandshell, and miami-dade county public schools community chapter sites.