IMPACT
We're transforming lives through music.
OUR REACH
We provide opportunity and widespread access to the benefits of music through our completely tuition-free model.
Through intensive instruction and performance, our students achieve excellence in music that transfers to other areas of life. They grow musically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually and develop a foundation of responsibility, self-esteem, resilience, and purpose.
10,000+
hours of cost-saving service performed by our families every year
250,000+
learning hours per year
85%+
students of color
60+
committed, talented, inspiring paid teaching artists
OUTCOMES
Excellence achieved in music transforms lives.
Research shows that intensive music education leads to higher graduation rates, higher salaries, higher rates of voting and volunteering, lower rates of crime, and more.
Studies show that students who receive an arts education are:
2x
more likely to complete college
5x
less likely to drop out of school
20%
more likely to have gainful employment
45%
more likely to vote
Learn more about the impact of acts education in these studies by arts.gov, Americans for the Arts, and UChicago.
You can support tuition-free music education at The People’s Music School today!
