The Music Matters Project is a community-based music program for underserved youth, ages 6-18. The program is focused on providing three things, Music education, music appreciation and intervention for at-risk children.
The Project allows kids to experience not only knowledge and appreciation of music but a transformation of hope that will stay with them throughout their adult life, having a direct and positive effect on their well being and the well being of their community.
Our goal is to reach 1,500 kids in the next 18 months with The Music Matters Project all over the country.
The purported benefits of music education have been well documented in hundreds of studies. The measured outcomes generally fall into one of two categories: pro social development and academic achievement.
Indicators of pro social development include:
• Better discipline
• Increased motivation
• Increased self-esteem
• More positive peer associations
• Reduced truancy
• Less interest in drugs
• Better relations with adults
• More resistant to peer pressure
• More hope for the future
• Reduced criminal activity
Measures of academic achievement include:
• Improved math ability
• Improved spatial-temporal reasoning
• Improved reading comprehension
• Increased interest in social studies
• Improved language skills
• Higher high school graduation rate
If you would like more information on the project, its benefits, how its measured and more just let us know. We would love to share the entire vision for you.
There is no greater reward than to know you have changed a child's life forever. Your sponsorship provides a child an instrument, a mentor, field trips and more.
With your sponsorship gift of less than two dollars a day, you'll provide hope for the future, an experience a child will never forget, and a help that will last a lifetime.
Check out our plans for a MOBILE MUSIC LAB
You can bring The Music Matters Project to your community by partnering with us to reach our goal of 1,500 children in the next 18 months.
If you are an Apartment Community, Community Center, Place of Worship or you serve the community at large we would like to talk to you about the possibilities.
If you like to help kids you have come to the right place. Volunteers are the backbone of our mission. Without you the impact would be very small.
