Lila Schroeder for Pinecrest City Music Project

Founded in 2018, the Pinecrest City Music Project, Inc. (PCMP) is an El Sistema-inspired nonprofit organization that educates students to become holistic arts leaders, both in and outside of the classroom through its unique student-centric music education curriculum model. 

With 502 students and 42 staff, the organization operates, funds, and instructs public elementary, middle, and high school arts education programs across Miami-Dade, and has raised over $500,000 in government grants and monetary/in-kind donations since the program’s inception. PCMP impacts over 8,000 Miamians through annual public access cultural arts initiatives including Music @ The Gardens and The South Dade Schools ArtsFest.

PCMP is the first-ever minor-led organization to execute competitive grant contracts with Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida, and the National Endowment for the Arts (subcontract), and is the only student-run organization to enter into an Affiliation Agreement with the School Board of Miami-Dade County. We rely on your support to help invest in the future of the arts.