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Hyde Square Task Force Wins $500,000 Prize For Blending Music Education And Civic Engagement
By Magdiela Matta of WBUR.org
Original article published on January 12, 2021. Re-posted with permission from WBUR.
In a pandemic, Music is more important than ever.
Check out this beautiful video from our partners at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell. It shows how Music Mentorship is thriving— and essential— at their Music Clubhouse during these challenging times.
Posted with permission from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell.
Introducing the New Brockton Studio Clubhouse
In light of the very difficult times we are all facing with Covid-19, we are especially pleased to announce the opening of a new Studio Clubhouse in Brockton, MA, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South!
The Brockton Studio Clubhouse Director, Guyclaude Lacossade, said it best. “The kids have many questions and frustrations right now. Music helps them express how they feel. It gives them the tools they need to get through this time… Our job is to help them navigate these difficult moments through grace.”
Continue readingBGCD Partners with Music & Youth for Summer Music Programming
Original article published August 11, 2020 by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. Re-posted with permission from BGCD.
This Summer BGCD has taken a whole new approach to music instruction with a new virtual component added to on-site lessons for members ages 10-18. Thanks to our partners at the Music & Youth Initiative who stepped up during this time to provide equipment for members to take home. Currently 24 members are taking 2 lessons a week for 60 minutes in Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass and Sax. In addition, Music & Youth are providing Home Studio Kits for self-recording and on the go Mobile Studios which are part of the Teen program.
Continue readingPlaying On
Originally published on May 4, 2020 by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County.
Kids are drawn to music. Music has the ability to break down barriers and encourage vulnerability. Music production, from start to finish, also encourages collaboration, the use of math & science skills, and commitment. All of these are reasons we have Music & Youth Clubhouses in two of our locations, and we offer a mobile studio component. Kids love coming to the Music & Youth Clubhouses, and it is no surprise they have been missing their time there.
Continue readingHow to Create a Cheap, Battery-Powered Production Workstation (article by Reverb.com)
Original article published April 01, 2020 by Joel Handley at Reverb.com
Article re-printed with permission from Reverb.com
If you work at an after-school music program, maybe this dilemma will sound familiar: Your students want to learn how to make music, but maybe not the kind they find in their school’s classical, marching band, or choral curricula.
The Music & Youth Initiative came up with a cost-effective way to get powerful, contemporary music-making tools into the hands of students. The battery-powered workstation the group devised has everything students need to create modern pop, hip-hop, R&B, or other current music, and it will cost just about $1,000 total.
Continue readingMusic Clubhouses of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston featured on NBC 10 Boston
Congrats to the talented youth musicians from the Berkshire Partners Blue Hill Club and Mattapan Teen Center!
Boys & Girls Club of Waltham Studio Clubhouse on NBC 10 Boston
Check out this great segment on NBC 10 Boston, featuring the Waltham Studio Clubhouse!
Reverb Gives Donates $2,500-Worth of Musical Instruments to Music & Youth Initiative
Boston, MA (June 2019) — Music & Youth Initiative is excited to announce that it has received a $2,500 grant from Reverb Gives, the charitable arm of Reverb.com, the online marketplace for musicians to buy, sell, and learn about new and used musical instruments. Thanks to Reverb Gives, Music & Youth will be able to put more instruments into the hands of youth in the Music Clubhouse program.
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