MUSIC EMPOWERS

SpreadMusicNow supports music education, creative youth development, and artistic performance to promote educational, career, and life success.

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Music Student of the Month

Miguelvi Jimenez is our Music Student of the Month. He plays the trumpet in fifth grade at Danbury Public Schools. "Music taught me how to play trumpet and read music. Because of trumpet class I learned half a song my sister wanted me to on my own." Great work, Miguelvi!

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Since 2014, SpreadMusicNow has made grants of over $1,800,000 to music programs in Connecticut and beyond.

Facing the Crisis
at Hand

Confidence. Creativity. Collaboration. These are just some of the things that improve when a child participates in structured, rigorous music education.

Multiple studies have shown that students who study music develop stronger academic skills, and in general, enjoy a higher quality of life than peers who do not have access to music education. Unfortunately, public arts education budgets leave many students with minimal exposure to music education. This trend has taken an especially harsh toll on high-need students in underserved communities.

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What We Do

SpreadMusicNow supports music education, creative youth development, and artistic performance to promote educational, career, and life success.

We partner with nonprofit music education and youth development organizations, school systems, higher education, and cultural institutions and venues. We value the relationship between creative youth development and creative placemaking and prioritize the local, Connecticut area where we have a direct and ongoing connection to community success.

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What
We Fund

We direct our funding toward programs whose organizational model fosters not only an individual's musical skills but also their ongoing development. We ask, "What effects will your program have on a person's development throughout their life? Are you positively impacting the community?"

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Want to help? By all means...

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As the saying goes "money talks." In our case, money educates children.

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Big or small, it's the thought that counts. By fundraising for SpreadMusicNow, you're casting your vote in favor of music education.