The People's Music School

🎉 🎶 We are excited to announce that The People's Music School has been awarded an Illinois State Board of Education After School Programs grant! This funding from the State of Illinois will help us to continue providing high-quality, tuition-free music education to students across Chicago. Thank you, ISBE, for believing the power of music to transform lives! 🎼 #MusicEducation #EquityInTheArts #ISBEgrant #FreeMusicEducation

🎶 Save the date! The People's Music School's Associate Board invites you to our Play It Forward Fundraiser on Friday, September 19th at 5:30pm at Carol's Pub 🍻 Join us for a fun night of food, drinks, games, and live music by Model-J! 🎸 Get your tickets today or become an event sponsor at https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gkjRDGJ3. All proceeds go to supporting high-quality, tuition-free music education at The People's Music School. #AssociateBoard #Fundraiser #PlayItForward #YoungProfessionals

📣 Are you a music educator with a passion for phenomenal teaching? Are you a firm believer in the power of music to transform lives? Work at The People’s Music School - we're #hiring! Check out our open positions at https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gZxA-D8U. #jobopportunities #werehiring #openpositions #musiceducation

🎥 Introducing “Duality” by Jlin, featuring Third Coast Percussion and The People’s Music School! Percussion students at The People’s Music School had the exciting opportunity to play with the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion in their arrangement of Jlin's composition “Duality.” The piece is featured on Third Coast Percussion’s album “Perspectives.” After preparing the piece over the course of a few months, students came together for a day to professionally record a music video, side by side with the members of Third Coast Percussion, under the direction of teaching artist Joel Block. Many thanks to Third Coast Percussion for providing such enriching musical experiences for our students. ▶️ Watch the full video here: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/g8hk_rM3 Video by NuNrml Productions

The People’s Music School is excited to welcome Manuel Chavez, Fernando Ferreyra, Adam Jackson and Cindy Erlinger Murray to our Board of Directors! We are thrilled to have these inspiring leaders aboard as we continue to transform lives through high-quality, tuition-free music education. Please join us in welcoming them! #BoardLeadership #MusicEducation #TransformingLives

🎼 We are delighted to announce that The People's Music School has been awarded a grant from the D'Addario Foundation! Their support allows us to expand our instrument inventory, bringing new and improved instruments to students across our programs. 🎻 🎺 🎸 The D'Addario Foundation works to provide as many children as possible with an extraordinary musical education through grants, scholarships, and high quality, high-impact community programs. More recently, The People's Music School was selected to participate in the Foundation's Immersive Music Challenge, a longitudinal study that will demonstrate the impact immersive music can have on children’s academic performance and mental wellbeing. Thank you, D'Addario Foundation, for your dedicated support of The People's Music School! #MusicEducation #TransformingLives #SupporTheArts

25 students. 8 competitive, audition-based summer music programs. 6 states. 2 countries. $75k+ in scholarships. That’s the power of high-quality, accessible music education. As our #SummerAmbassadors embark on their music intensives, we want to share the impact of our Summer Ambassador program. We are especially grateful for the $25k+ in TPMS scholarships made possible by John W. Rogers, Jr. and the Inde Elgersma Summer Scholarship. Summer is here, and the music plays on! #SummerMusicPrograms #ExperientialLearning #MusicEducation

📣 We're proud to share that our President and CEO Miriam Goldberg Owens has been selected as a 2025 Fellow by the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago! Miriam will attend the Strategic Nonprofit Management (SPNM) Executive Education Program at Harvard University this July, with support from the HBS Club of Chicago Charitable Fund. This competitive program provides opportunities for outstanding nonprofit leaders to grow their leadership and deepen their impact in Chicago's communities. Congratulations, Miriam - we're so grateful for your leadership! Harvard Business School #HarvardBusinessSchool #HBSClubofChicago #HBS #Leadership #PeoplesMusicSchool #ChicagoLeaders

We are excited to announce that we have been awarded a $100,000 Impact Grant from Impact Grants Chicago! The People's Music School is honored to be among such deserving, inspiring nonprofit finalists. We're especially grateful to TPMS Board member Emerald-Jane Hunter for presenting alongside President & CEO Miriam Goldberg Owens at last week's Impact Grants celebration and speaking about the transformative benefits of music education. Thank you, Impact Grants Chicago, for your belief in our work to make high-quality music education accessible to all. 🎵 ⭐ #ImpactGrantsChicago #MusicTransformsLives

Will we see you at Performapaloozathon on Saturday? 🎶 ☀️ Don't miss our biggest concert of the year, with 50+ performances, 30+ student ensembles, food, games, prize drawings, and more. Plus, exciting musical collaborations with Bach + Beethoven Experience and Crossing Borders Music, and gaming stations courtesy of I Play Games! Join us at Gary Comer Youth Center for an inspiring, musical day! Thank you to our Title Sponsor Let Music Fill My World! Official Media Partner: 97.1 The Drive Community Sponsor: Chicago Wheel Express