Help us mend the net!

Today’s pervasive technology and polarization isolate kids, parents, and community. They tear apart the safety net of face to face, heart to heart encounters.

Instrument in hand, youngsters hear their achievement, learn to make wise choices for progress, come to trust one another.

Making music together heals holes and restores this safety net of resilience.

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MUSICA’s students are exposed to polarization everywhere via technology and the news, pulling these young students away from a sense of face-to-face connection and impact of meaningful interaction. We teachers see students distracted and distant until we put an instrument in their hands and challenge them with a tune.

Once they have a specific goal, there is a recognizable achievement that they can hear with their own ears. Watching a conductor, listening to the person next to them playing, students are working toward a common destination, together as a group. This kind of communal goal emphasizes the value of overcoming differences toward a universal desire. Let us work together for something which is more beautiful than that of which we disagree.

Will you help us mend the holes in this safety net for young students in the greater Hemet, San Jacinto and Idyllwild area by donating to keep our programs running? Your donations will help us teach that regardless of what is happening in the world, we will find joy, connection, and love through a greater purpose of community. Our differences are not stronger than how we connect to each other.

MUSICA! Students learn to play violin, viola, cello, and bass in our free after school program for students in grades 2-12. . In addition to playing in an orchestral ensemble, students also learn to play solos and chamber music, conduct, compose, and teach as mentors. Our teachers are performing artists and seasoned music teachers who are driven by showing our students the joy that comes from successes built upon hard work and dedication