Improving Accessibility to Musical Education
Transforming Lives, One Note at a Time.
We Are Instrumental’s mission is to improve accessibility to musical education for children in Northern NY by providing well-working instruments and dynamic enrichment opportunities, and supporting the sustainability of our efforts through relevant professional development training for teachers of the region. WAI is a 501(c)(3)
Music education is far more than just a creative outlet for children; it is a catalyst for comprehensive brain development. From enhancing cognitive skills to fostering emotional intelligence, music education nurtures young minds in ways that extend beyond the realm of music itself. Source
Empowering Students and Teachers
Explore our multi-faceted approach to providing a good musical education to children in Northern, NY while supporting our local teachers.
Schools with music programs have higher graduation and attendance rates than schools without music programs. Source
Make Change Happen!
Have a gently-used instrument that’s collecting dust? We can help! WAI will get that instrument up and running and into the hands of kids.
Don’t have an instrument? There are lots of ways you can help.
Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together. Source
“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”
— Leonard Bernstein
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