Notice
School closures and stay at home directives necessitated by COVID-19 required we move music lessons for at-promise youth and mentoring in our After-School Guitar and Band & Orchestra Programs online; academic lessons and at-promise youth mentoring in our STEAM Guitar Program are also available online. The guitar build portion of our STEAM Guitar Program is deferred until in-person sessions can resume.
Our United Way, DC One Fund, Combined Federal and World Bank Community Connections Campaigns for 2020 have ended. Thank you to everyone who participated. You can support us any time using the Donate Now button above. We found a way to continue delivering quality programming to at-promise youth in 2020; with your support we’ll do the same in 2021.
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting our programs this school year: ArtsFairfax, D’Addario Foundation, Fairfax County Consolidated Community Funding Pool, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association, National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia MICRON Opportunity Fund, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
who are we
Music for Life
Music for Life is a community based organization that provides free music lessons and mentoring to at-promise youth in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia; i.e. low-income, at-risk youth without the resources and support necessary to achieve their full potential. We also provide music equipment to partner organizations serving underserved adults who have a qualified music program but lack equipment as well as to music teachers in Title I elementary schools . The three music education programs we offer are listed below.
Our Programs
What We Offer
After School Guitar Program
Band & Orchestra Program
