Sponsor YOUTH VOLUME Teaching Training

Participate in giving brilliant teachers the tools they need to change the world! Detroit Youth Volume's co-founder & Director, Clara Hardie, will present her first online Youth Volume Teacher Training in January 2021. 

Clara has created framework of social justice teaching & studio practices for Suzuki teachers and beyond. She's going to share it with the world!
Want to know more? Complete this Contact Form.

Please send a note to hello@detroityouthvolume.org noting the amount you donated and that you'd like it to be directed to the Youth Volume Teacher Training Scholarship Fund.

Sponsor DETROIT YOUTH VOLUME Violin Lessons

Check out the DYV Handbook for a list of all the perks of participating as a Detroit Youth Volume studio. DYV provides the same high-quality arts education to all of our students - whether they pay tuition or depend on a full scholarship. The more support we receive from our community, the more students we are able to serve who otherwise would not have the chance to play violin.

​​We rely on a base of individual donors, grant-providers and annual fundraisers to support the work of our organization. All donations are tax deductible​ and should be addressed to our fiscal sponsor Allied Media Projects. In becoming a Sustaining Donor, you can choose any amount to auto-give monthly.

Provide a student with a year of quality music education!
​30 private lessons & a monthly group lessons in the classical Suzuki method plus special workshops with Detroit musicians
  • quality instruments, music & materials
  • transportation support for parents
  • tickets to local classical performances
  • annual solo recitals & community performances

Three Donation Levels

  1. $1,395 annually ($116.25 Sustaining monthly gift) supports a young student or beginner who only needs a 30-minute private lesson. 
  2. $1,845 annually ($153.75 Sustaining monthly gift) supports an older child or someone who has been playing violin at length; they have progressed to Book 2 Suzuki Violin School or beyond and require a 45-minute private lessons instead of the 30-minute lesson they started with initially. 
  3. Any amount, big or small, helps us continue accomplishing our dreams.
  • Some donors prefer to give a certain amount annually.
  • Sustaining Donors give monthly starting at $5 per month on up! For example, $15 per month covers the cost of renting an instrument from Bayberry Music including a check up, new violin strings and bow hair annually!

Tuition Breakdown

For one child, tuition + instrument rental totals $150 per month (30 min lessons) / $200 per month (45-min lessons) from September through May, including discounted violin rental rate from DYV’s fleet at Bayberry Music 23430 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220. Students usually opt to continue renting over the summer as well.

Donate Online 

Give Once or Give Monthly by becoming a Sustaining Donor. 

Donate by Mail

PLEASE NOTE: Checks must be written to our fiscal sponsor, Allied Media Projects, with "DYV" in the memo. Thank you!

​Detroit Youth Volume
c/o Allied Media Projects
4126 Third St.
Detroit, MI 48201

Donate Stuff

In-kind donations can be mailed or dropped off at Allied Media Projects 4126 Third St Detroit, MI 48201. Or you may schedule a time to meet the Director at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra building during violin lessons or group class if you'd like to see the program in action.
  • music stands
  • shoulder rests, rosin, new strings
  • pre-paid gas gift cards for parents transporting artists to lessons
  • Solo recital dressy performance outfits for girls & boys ages 5-18, please email for exact sizes and needs