When 50 kids play a concert at the Plaza Library this weekend, it'll be one of the first public performances of a new program that provides free music education to low-income kids in hopes of ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation with additional funding from Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.

The Harmony Project started back in 2015 and has since grown to include 325 young musicians. The program provides free musical instruments and lessons to children living in Kansas City's Historic ...

Hundreds of students are getting a music education they didn't think they'd have a chance to get. The Harmony Project Tulsa offers free instruments and lessons after school. First comes the drum, then ...

I went to Los Angeles to report a story on brain science. A new study had just been released, exploring how music instruction helps kids process language. The children the researchers studied were all ...