Sounds Academy

Sounds Academy is a non-profit music education organization that teaches, mentors, and provides musical experiences and opportunities for underserved youth. Students receive individual lessons and group classes on all instruments and voice. Instruments are provided to those who cannot afford one. Sounds Academy students learn the character values of creativity, leadership, perseverance, resilience, and teamwork through music education. We teach these values in our musical access program, which connects students to live music and instruments through our instrument petting zoos, our school programs for lower income schools and community centers, our solo program, which provides one-on-one instruction, and the collective ensembles that teach music theory and ensemble playing techniques.

Since september of 2014, we have given over 62,000 lessons and classes. Over 21,000 students havebeen exposed to live music and instruments through our musical access program. We have given over$300,000 in scholarships for students to participate in music education programs, camps, andcollege. Today we have over 500 students in our solo and school programs that receive instrumentsand weekly instruction.