Check out Detroit Youth Volume at events the events list below! There is also a form to fill out if you'd like to request a performance at one of your events.
Our music helps celebrate youth, culture & community-building. We especially love to put our youth in concert with local musicians of color. Paid performances are an earned-income strategy for the non-profit; all proceeds go into our scholarship fund. Donated performances may be provided for events that align with our mission if performance honorariums are unavailable.
Our music helps celebrate youth, culture & community-building. We especially love to put our youth in concert with local musicians of color. Paid performances are an earned-income strategy for the non-profit; all proceeds go into our scholarship fund. Donated performances may be provided for events that align with our mission if performance honorariums are unavailable.
This is who we are:
DYV teaches youth ages 3-18 to play violin using the world-class Suzuki method & social justice pedagogies to nurture students' creativity, perseverance, collaborative skills & empathy for others.
Both as a community of people and a non-profit, we strive to function as an anti-racist, pro-Black organization through our practices inside and outside of the classroom.
Collaborations with local artists as guest instructors develop positive cultural identities in our students as Detroiters and as youth of color (applicable to the majority of our students). Check out our Special Projects from past years resulting in albums celebrating hip hop, jazz, techno, and Detroit Voices.
Since 2010, DYV has made quality arts education free & accessible to low-income families, especially youth from Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Paying and scholarship students alike receive the same excellent music education.
2023 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
February 11 - YV at WinterFest at Palmer Park
March - YV Solo Recital - in Marquette and Detroit. Locations TBA.
March - YV Solo Recital - in Marquette and Detroit. Locations TBA.
2022 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
June 11 - 3-5p Celebrating 12 Years of Music & Changemaking at Gordon Park with DYV, Joe Reilly, and Ashanti Norwood
March 19 - DYV Solo Recital on Zoom and Let's Laugh Day
March 19 - DYV Solo Recital on Zoom and Let's Laugh Day
2021 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
March 20 - DYV Solo Recital on Zoom
2020 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
February 29 - Interactive improv workshop at Hamtramck Music Festival at Delite Cafe
2019 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
December 8 - 2-2:30pm Winterfest at Palmer Park in the log cabin WSG beatboxer Stevie Soul. DYV's oldest student Ashanti Norwood is playing her own set!
June 21 - OrchKids Jam Session at Detroit Shipping Co
June 17 - Detroit Institute of Art annual volunteers' meeting at Grosse Point War Memorial
May 11 - DETROIT VOICES Album Performance & Live Recording at Main Branch Detroit Public Library, Children's Library.
March 23 - Solo Recital & DYV Classrooms Open House at Cathedral Church of St Paul
March 9 - The Bestest Concert Ever at Royal Oak Farmers Market hosted by the Royal Oak Optimist Club
March 9 - Detroit Collaborative Soundbath at Charles Wright Museum of African American History
February 3 - DYV-hosts an Every Child Can! Course for parents and prospective Suzuki teachers
January 30 - "Creating Community Engagement that Sustains" session co-presentation by DYV Director at El Sistema Symposium & performance by students
June 21 - OrchKids Jam Session at Detroit Shipping Co
June 17 - Detroit Institute of Art annual volunteers' meeting at Grosse Point War Memorial
May 11 - DETROIT VOICES Album Performance & Live Recording at Main Branch Detroit Public Library, Children's Library.
March 23 - Solo Recital & DYV Classrooms Open House at Cathedral Church of St Paul
March 9 - The Bestest Concert Ever at Royal Oak Farmers Market hosted by the Royal Oak Optimist Club
March 9 - Detroit Collaborative Soundbath at Charles Wright Museum of African American History
February 3 - DYV-hosts an Every Child Can! Course for parents and prospective Suzuki teachers
January 30 - "Creating Community Engagement that Sustains" session co-presentation by DYV Director at El Sistema Symposium & performance by students
2018 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
December 15 - Family Fun Day benefit for DYV presented by Mommimosa LLC.
December 9 - Winterfest in Palmer Park
December 8 - Makers Market at Ponyride
November 30 - Red Shoe Company collaborative show & benefit at First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor.
June 27 - Year-end show culminating our electric violin / MPC workshop series at Trinosophes.
June 16 - Let's Make Electronic Music! workshop at Allied Media Conference at Wayne State University
May 27 - DYV presents on panel "Access and Equity in the Suzuki Community: Strategies for Successful Engagement" at the Suzuki Biennial Conference
March 25 - Solo Recital at Allesee Hall in Detroit Symphony Orchestra building
March 4 - Electronic music-making workshop at Hamtramck Public Library for Hamtramck Music Festival.
February 15 - DYV community strategy meeting at the DSO. Thursday night Group Class performs at 6pm.
December 9 - Winterfest in Palmer Park
December 8 - Makers Market at Ponyride
November 30 - Red Shoe Company collaborative show & benefit at First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor.
June 27 - Year-end show culminating our electric violin / MPC workshop series at Trinosophes.
June 16 - Let's Make Electronic Music! workshop at Allied Media Conference at Wayne State University
May 27 - DYV presents on panel "Access and Equity in the Suzuki Community: Strategies for Successful Engagement" at the Suzuki Biennial Conference
March 25 - Solo Recital at Allesee Hall in Detroit Symphony Orchestra building
March 4 - Electronic music-making workshop at Hamtramck Public Library for Hamtramck Music Festival.
February 15 - DYV community strategy meeting at the DSO. Thursday night Group Class performs at 6pm.
2017 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
December 10 - Palmer Park Winterfest performance in the log cabin.
November 18 - 2-4pm Violin Art Auction & Holiday Party at Holding House
November 18 - 2-4pm Violin Art Auction & Holiday Party at Holding House
August 26 - 12:30pm Detroit LIVE a free community block party celebrating music, art, food and community at Heidelberg Project from 12-8pm. 3600 Heidelberg St in Detroit.
August 7 - 5pm Urban Stringz camp recital at Red Dunn Kitchen 1331 Trumbull St Ste 100, Detroit, Michigan 48216. Food Available for purchase.
August 4 - 3:30pm PheonixPhest Grande Jazz Camp recital at Eastern Michigan University
July 22 - 4pm Crash Detroit marching band festival at Lincoln Street Art Park 5926 Lincoln St, Detroit, MI 48208. We are following Gabriel Brass Band! Entire event runs 2-8pm at the park + 8-midnight at Marble Bar.
July 22 - 1:15pm Beacon Park Family Day performance celebrating a new downtown Detroit park at 1903 Grand River, corner of Cass Ave. Youth performances, interactive art activities, pop-up retail vendors, and games. Event is 12-6pm. FREE and open to all!
July 21 - 1pm 1967 Uprising 50th Anniversary at Gordon Park 9125 Rosa Parks Boulevard. Event presented by Brothers Always Together.
June 19 - Jazz Violin "The Detroit Way" at N'Namdi Gallery
April 9 - DYV Solo Recital in Allesee Hall
August 7 - 5pm Urban Stringz camp recital at Red Dunn Kitchen 1331 Trumbull St Ste 100, Detroit, Michigan 48216. Food Available for purchase.
August 4 - 3:30pm PheonixPhest Grande Jazz Camp recital at Eastern Michigan University
July 22 - 4pm Crash Detroit marching band festival at Lincoln Street Art Park 5926 Lincoln St, Detroit, MI 48208. We are following Gabriel Brass Band! Entire event runs 2-8pm at the park + 8-midnight at Marble Bar.
July 22 - 1:15pm Beacon Park Family Day performance celebrating a new downtown Detroit park at 1903 Grand River, corner of Cass Ave. Youth performances, interactive art activities, pop-up retail vendors, and games. Event is 12-6pm. FREE and open to all!
July 21 - 1pm 1967 Uprising 50th Anniversary at Gordon Park 9125 Rosa Parks Boulevard. Event presented by Brothers Always Together.
June 19 - Jazz Violin "The Detroit Way" at N'Namdi Gallery
April 9 - DYV Solo Recital in Allesee Hall
March 18 - DYV cookbook release party 3-5pm Meldrum Soup Kitchen
February 12 - Dilla Youth Day performance during Youth Showcase. Chalres H Wright Museum of African American History
January 29 - Palmer Park WinterFest & Doggie Fashion Parade. Performance between 2 and 3pm in heated tent.
2016 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
December 10 - Ceramics, Prints & Violins tea party fundraiser for DYV at Holding House
December 3 - Super Solstice Show for Noel Night at Cass Commons
November 27 - Kids Day at Third Wave Music grand opening
November 17 - Lower East Side Community Grant Program networking event at MASH Detroit
September - pitch session for Catapult
September - pitch session for My Brother's Keeper
September 19 - Sterling Toles album release at Paramita Sound
August 31 - Detroit SOUP at Belle Isle Cricket Field
August 13 - Detroit Youth Volume album release party at MOCAD
June 18 - Allied Media Conference, soothing strings for Orlando Healing Circle
June 3 - End of year gathering for parents, teachers and students at Sound House for Picture Day, surveys & potluck
May 21 - Hip Hop Violin Album promo event at Third Man Records
February 7th - Dilla Youth Day hosted by The Foundation at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
February 27 - Detroit BOLD Presents: In the Spirit of Sadie Hawkins at Eastern Market
December 3 - Super Solstice Show for Noel Night at Cass Commons
November 27 - Kids Day at Third Wave Music grand opening
November 17 - Lower East Side Community Grant Program networking event at MASH Detroit
September - pitch session for Catapult
September - pitch session for My Brother's Keeper
September 19 - Sterling Toles album release at Paramita Sound
August 31 - Detroit SOUP at Belle Isle Cricket Field
August 13 - Detroit Youth Volume album release party at MOCAD
June 18 - Allied Media Conference, soothing strings for Orlando Healing Circle
June 3 - End of year gathering for parents, teachers and students at Sound House for Picture Day, surveys & potluck
May 21 - Hip Hop Violin Album promo event at Third Man Records
February 7th - Dilla Youth Day hosted by The Foundation at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
February 27 - Detroit BOLD Presents: In the Spirit of Sadie Hawkins at Eastern Market
2015 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
August 21 - DYV Fundraiser Altered Violin Art Auction at Holding House Detroit
August 22 - Temple of I AM 8th Annual Community Health Fair
September 12 - Eastern Market busking and text vote promotion
September 13 - Feedom Freedom Growers Free Concert against eviction foreclosures to support Lela Whitfield
October 16 - Suzuki violin Play-in and Potluck for friends & family at St Charles Parish
October 21 - Young Artist Award Wayne County Council for Arts, History & Humanities awards ceremony
November 18 - featured performers at Classical Revolution Detroit with CutTime Simfonica at St CeCe's
December 12 - Teatro del Niños collaborative performance with Sterling Toles at Mexicantown Mercado
August 22 - Temple of I AM 8th Annual Community Health Fair
September 12 - Eastern Market busking and text vote promotion
September 13 - Feedom Freedom Growers Free Concert against eviction foreclosures to support Lela Whitfield
October 16 - Suzuki violin Play-in and Potluck for friends & family at St Charles Parish
October 21 - Young Artist Award Wayne County Council for Arts, History & Humanities awards ceremony
November 18 - featured performers at Classical Revolution Detroit with CutTime Simfonica at St CeCe's
December 12 - Teatro del Niños collaborative performance with Sterling Toles at Mexicantown Mercado