Join us in CELEBRATING 12 YEARS OF MUSIC & CHANGEMAKING
JUNE 11, 2022, 3p EST
Gordon Park in Detroit 

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Hello! Detroit Youth Volume is

Youth ages 3-18 learning to play violin using the world-class Suzuki method & social justice pedagogies to nurture creativity, resilience, collaboration & higher-order thinking skills.
 
Striving towards racial and economic justice, both as a community of people and a non-profit, through our practices inside and outside of the classroom. 

​Engaging in Place-based Music Celebrations by collaborating with local artists as guest instructors during workshops, performances and album releases. Studying genres with historical significance to our city such as hip hop, jazz, techno and more! Developing positive cultural identities in our students as Detroiters, and as black, Indigenous & youth of color (applicable to 65% of our kids). 

Making quality arts education accessible to low-income families, especially youth from Capuchin Soup Kitchen, since 2010. Paying and scholarship students alike engage in weekly private lessons (with a nice instrument they can take home for practicing), group classes, and community-building performances. 

Physical studio is within the Cathedral Church of St Paul building in the Cass Corridor arts district of Detroit. Shared office is Allied Media Projects address on Third Street.

This organization is queer-owned and operated.

Growing Equitable Music Studios:
​a Course of Action

For studio music teachers who believe
every child can change the world. 
Expand studio diversity, access and inclusion
​while nurturing students as changemakers. ​
Detroit Youth Volume's co-founder & Director, Clara Hardie, presents a six-week Course of Action entitled Growing Equitable Music Studios (GEMS)! Case studies and templates from Detroit Youth Volume are provided as inspirational tools.

Click the "Learn more!" button so receive GEMS email communications. You can also follow Clara's Facebook/Instagram accounts!

Prospective students may schedule a phone call with Clara to receive additional course information and get registered by emailing clara@detroityouthvoluem.org. 

Dates & course content details can be found in the Teaching Training & Think Tank tab above.

Youth Volume Think Tank

The Youth Volume Think Tank is generating practical solutions for individual music teachers to nurture their studios with diversity, equity and inclusion ASAP. 

Upcoming Tank Tank sessions will feature graduates of the virtual Growing Equitable Music Studios Course of Action who will share the results of their course work and answer questions from our virtual audience. Any one is welcome!
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  • Friday, February 18, 2022 1:30-3:30 EST 

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"Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.” ~Shinichi Suzuki