Hello! We are DYV.
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.
Playing away in our sunny classroom at the Cathedral Church of St Paul building, near Detroit Institute of Arts, in the Cass Corridor arts district of Detroit.
Receiving office mail at Allied Media Projects (AMP) on Third Street. DYV is a node within a network of social justice arts organizations under the umbrella of AMP.
This organization is queer-owned and operated.
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.
Playing away in our sunny classroom at the Cathedral Church of St Paul building, near Detroit Institute of Arts, in the Cass Corridor arts district of Detroit.
Receiving office mail at Allied Media Projects (AMP) on Third Street. DYV is a node within a network of social justice arts organizations under the umbrella of AMP.
This organization is queer-owned and operated.
Mission
to nurture beautiful humanity & beautiful talent in young Detroiters through music.
Teaching Approach & Studio Culture
- We build a positive learning environment by using the transformative Suzuki education practices of repetition, review, listening, early beginning, ear-before-eye note reading, parent participation and nurturing language.
- We use the classical Suzuki method alongside improvising & community collaborations to grow students' genre exploration. During annual Special Projects, local artists serve as guest instructors who implement place-based education and experiential learning.
- DYV is inspired by the Rida Framework, the El Sistema network, and ideas from Pedagogy of the Oppressed, written by Brazilian educator and theorist, Paulo Freire.
- We intentionally nurture RICH changemaker skills in our students as we expand their musical experiences. Resilience, Innovation, Collaboration, & Higher Order Thinking Skills are four essential skills "necessary for ethical citizenship, collaboration, and creating social change".
- We strive to function as an anti-racist, pro-Black organization, both as a community of people and a non-profit, through our practices inside and outside of the classroom.
- We strive to make all the benefits of the Suzuki pedagogy accessible to our students by providing the resources and environment needed for success within a quality arts education.
- The DYV community is committed to expanding equitable music education; Director Clara Hardie is currently offering an online Course of Action for studio music teachers who believe every child can change the world.
Learn more: http://www.detroityouthvolume.org/teaching-approach.html