Instruments for Project Music

Learning outcomes from music education include higher reading and math scores, improved self-esteem, pride, and accomplishment, as well as the myriad intangible benefits youth get from exposure to the arts. Unfortunately, the arts are often the first to be cut from a school's budget, and these cuts disproportionately affect rural and inner-city schools. Project Music aims to bring a piece of that critical creative learning back into students' lives. 

Located in Stamford, Connecticut, Project Music is an immersive music education and enrichment program, providing after-school music instruction to inner-city students four days a week at no cost. In addition to instruction in a variety of instruments, students also give numerous performances throughout the year in a myriad of settings. These performances help the students gain familiarity with performing, making it a more natural part of their music making process. This supports them in gaining confidence and taking pride in their own growth. Performances also give parents and the larger community opportunities to share in the students’ growth and achievement, and see the consistent progress they are making.  

PaperSeed proudly provided funding for Project Music to purchase new instruments for the 2016-2017 school year. 

This is a Local+Global Initiative