100% tuition-free.
100% life-changing.

The People’s Music School is the largest completely tuition-free music school serving Chicago metropolitan area children, focusing on removing barriers to access for students who otherwise would not have the opportunity of intensive music instruction.

INSTRUCTION

Led by professionally-trained faculty, students receive tuition-free intensive music education for an average three hours per student per week in our four core areas of music instruction: music theory, group instruction, individual instruction, and performance ensembles.

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OUTCOMES

Through intensive instruction and performance, our students achieve excellence in music that transfers to other areas of life.

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BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION

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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

"For our family, we are always in awe of how our girls feel heard, they feel capable, and feel they have tapped into their own unique creativity [at People’s]."

Monik Harden

Mother of TPMS students Emily and Grace

"Historically, certain communities have been denied the opportunity to access the benefits of a music education that I had. [TPMS] gives me an opportunity to support those communities."

TPMS Faculty