Author: cfkids

Help Us Expand Our Reach!

Now that we’re in all 50 states, help us identify other communities and programs in states we can have more presence in; tell your friends and colleagues about our grant program! Here are our current statistics as of 01-01-2020:

Excited about learning to play an instrument!

Testimonies from ArtPlus’s Project Harmony Program: https://www.artsplus.org/ Jessica Lindsey, Project Harmony Lead Winds Instructor: “Project Harmony at West Sugar Creek is on its way to becoming a full-fledged symphony orchestra! Right now we are a group young people who are excited about learning to play an instrument and learning to work together as musicians. Especially […]

Neighborhood Strings make music together

Neighborhood Strings is an El-Sistema inspired, community-based program of the Worcester Chamber Music Society (WCMS) that offers free music lessons in violin, viola and cello to youth from Worcester’s Downtown and Main South neighborhoods. The program provides affordable, high-quality arts education, fosters family involvement, and is open and accessible to the neighborhoods. Youth learn to […]

Southern Dallas Residency

Highlights from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s new program, Young Musicians, as part of the organization’s Southern Dallas Residency. https://www.mydso.com/ VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Young Musicians performing with DSO Musicians at our recent Annual Meeting VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Young Musicians Program Summer Camps In Dallas, the ultimate goal of Young Musicians is to provide every student in Southern Dallas, […]

Excited to be learning!

From the Vanderveer Park Program:  “Thanks to the Classics for Kids Foundation, we were able to start our new violin/strings program in May 2019.  We now have six students who participate in a group lesson on Saturdays.  They love it and are excited to be learning a new instrument.  There are also four children on […]