Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute has announced thirteen 2017-18 grant recipients for PlayUSA, which supports U.S. instrumental music education projects for low-income and underserved students. A total of $430,000 will support six new and seven returning programs. The new grantees are El Sistema Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK); Enriching Lives Through Music (Larkspur, CA); INTAKE Music (Stamford, CT); Kidznotes (Durham, NC); Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (Kalamazoo, MI); and Opportunity Music Project (New York, NY). The returning groups are Atlanta Music Project (Atlanta, GA); Community MusicWorks (Providence, RI); Music for Life (New Orleans, LA); the People’s Music School (Chicago, IL); Scrollworks (Birmingham, AL); Tocando (El Paso, Texas); and Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York, NY). New partners will receive one year of funding, and returning partners will receive a two-year grant, both of which include consultation with Carnegie Hall staff to help problem-solve, address challenges, and build on best practices, training, and professional development for teachers, including access to online resources and monthly webinars. Educators and administrators from each PlayUSA organization will convene at Carnegie Hall in February 2018 to meet and explore teaching practice alongside Carnegie Hall teaching artists.
Posted August 2, 2017
