Summary
Organization name
Save The Music
Address
PO Box 2096New York, NY 10108-2096
Save The Music's core strategic idea is that investing in school music education for all students in a specific community is a catalyst for the growth of that community's entire music ecosystem.
Starting in 2017, STM began working in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools on the systems-level investment in music education for all students. In 2020, STM joined the Miami Gardens Music Alliance, a collaborative effort to ensure that all children in Miami Gardens from pre-K to high school get access to free, high quality music programming in and out of school with an aim to positively impact students' social-emotional development and academic performance. The Miami Gardens Music Alliance is a signature initiative of the Music Access Fund, launched by the Miami Foundation.
Save The Music believes every child in every public school should have the opportunity to make music as part of their education and that this is an achievable goal in our lifetime. To get there, we are investing in community-centered projects that create systems-level change to increase access to in-school music programs for public school students - aligned with standards-based education and taught by qualified teachers. Specifically, when a partner school district commits to providing teachers to teach music during the regular school day, STM:
• Provides schools with the capital investment of instruments, technology, and other resources.
• Supports music teachers with professional development, research, and classroom content.
• Advocates for music as a necessary component of every student's education.
Program options range from elementary school (Intro to Music with an emphasis on early development), to middle school (Core Band, Strings, or Mariachi; J Dilla Jr. intro to electronic music), to high school music tech and career pathways (our J Dilla Music Tech Grant). Each one-time music education grant package includes 10-years of program support.
Mission
The mission of the Save The Music Foundation (STM), a 501c3 non-profit organization, is to help students, schools and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.
For 25 years, STM has addressed the systemic inequities in music education by investing in culturally rich communities across the US. Since its inception, STM has donated $68M worth of instruments and technology to over 2,500 schools - impacting millions of students' lives in hundreds of communities nationwide.
Building on STM's 25-year track record of investment in education, we are working with a rich ecosystem of partners and advocates to advance instrumental music and music tech programs in K-12 public schools throughout Miami. To date, we've launched new music programs in 20 schools in M-DCPS, including in Miami Gardens, Hialeah, Wynwood, Homestead, Goulds, Kendale Lakes, Kendall West, and Coral Gables. And we're just getting started!
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Organization Data
New York, NY 10108-2096