Music is life!
Music Is Life!
Music is Life! is a program of the Brooklyn Arts Music Academy that engages 3-5 year old children with free weekly music instruction in partnership with Head Start and New Hanover County Schools. Music Is Life! classes benefit students far beyond the realm of music. Music Is Life! builds resiliency skills for children who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) by fostering social-emotional growth, and promoting cognitive, language, and physical development. Building resilience in children can help mitigate long-term negative impacts after ACE’s have already occurred.
What does Music Is Life! offer?
Brings free weekly music instruction to preschool students
Introduces preschool children to playing violin and harp
Creates a safe, engaging, and fun musical outlet for children
Why is music instruction important for young children?
Improve children’s resilience by promoting social-emotional and cognitive development
Supports social-emotional, and behavioral development of the whole child
Lowers achievement gap between children of varying socioeconomic backgrounds
Broadens cultural horizons through exposure to multiple genres of musical expression
Stimulates lifelong learning and creativity
Ongoing research supports the importance of music education in early childhood.
““Resiliency—to bounce back after a disturbing event—is not something we are born with; it must be learned….There is no vehicle more joyful and playful for providing such training than early childhood music and movement.””
Learn more about Brooklyn Arts Music Academy and its mission to change lives through music by contacting Executive Director, Christina Brier or Artistic Director, Linda Estep by emailing info@bamamusic.org.
Support Music Is Life! today! The Brooklyn Arts Music Academy is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Gifts are deductible to the full extent of the law. Donors should consult their tax advisors about their gift’s deductibility.
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Suzanne and George Taylor Endowment of the New Hanover County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation.
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Click here to learn more about our foundation support, individual donors, and corporate sponsors. Thank you to all who have supported us in changing lives through music!