Our story

Our Mission

Global Arts’ mission is to contribute to educational equity by providing exceptional music classes for underserved youth and continual professional development for educators.

FOR STUDENTS

We cultivate a nurturing learning environment for youth who come from underfunded neighborhoods; this learning environment is intentionally centered around music, community, and personal growth.

FOR EDUCATORS

We believe that students are more successful if their teachers are inspired and well prepared. To ensure that youth are receiving high-quality education, we provide teachers with innovative professional development, helping them to advance their teaching and build engaging environments for their students.

How we started

Global Arts was initially inspired by a social and musical movement that began over 40 years ago in the country of Venezuela.

This movement, El Sistema, was started by an unbelievably nurturing and talented man, Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu, whose mission it was to empower underserved children in Venezuela by giving them instruments and providing a space to build and cultivate a community. Fast forward over four decades, and this movement has swept the world – reaching small towns and villages to large metropolises in major countries, with the sole mission of helping to support youth through music.

Where are we now?

Global Arts has a similar mission, but strives to take it one step further by providing the same developmental and nurturing environment for both students and educators. We have seen the impact that music programs can have on the lives of children, but we aspire to take the students’ success to another level by focusing on the development of educators and creating a holistic environment for children, teachers, and families. Through Global Arts, we support youth in being young leaders in today’s world so that they may truly affect change in their communities.

Global Arts’

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Statement

Global Arts uses music education to actively engage students and educators in conversations about race, power, identity, and intersectionality with the goal of developing practical tools for combatting the socioeconomic forces that challenge their communities. We respect and value people from every walk of life and we do not discriminate based on race, sex, class, ableism, nativism, ageism, religion, body type, or any other form of oppression. This is reflected in our staff hiring and student recruitment practices as well as our conduct with people and organizations with whom we interact.