Our Programs
“. . . the arts have been an inseparable part of the human journey; indeed, we depend on the arts to carry us toward the fullness of our humanity. We value them for themselves, and because we do, we believe knowing and practicing them is fundamental to the healthy development of our children’s minds and spirits. That is why, in any civilization - ours included - the arts are inseparable from the very meaning of the term ‘education.’ We know from long experience that no one can claim to be truly educated who lacks basic knowledge and skills in the arts.”
- National Standards for Arts Education
Music in Schools Today offers three major programs:
Music First!
Who: Preschools, especially Head Starts, TransK-2
Focus: School readiness, language acquisition, reading readiness and ESL, science, and numeracy.
Developed in collaboration with National Head Start as a model for national dissemination, Music First! offers a laboratory for learning, collaborating with Johns Hopkins Arts+Mind Lab to provide powerful assessment and research.
To bring Music First! to your school, please contact us at info@mustcreate.org
Adopt/Donate an Instrument
Donate
Donate your gently used instruments to MUST today! We’ll handle getting your instruments to a deserving home.
Due to their size and difficulty of transport, we, unfortunately, do not accept pianos or drum kits. We do accept keyboards.
We have three drop-off locations throughout the Bay Area:
582 Market Street - Drop off by appointment only, please call (415)-392-9010
Kohl Mansion - Drop off by appointment only, please call (650)-762-1130 or visit musicatkohl.org/donate-an-instrument
Sebastapol Center for the Arts - Drop off at the Center’s Auditorium on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Message our socials or contact maria@mustcreate.org for any questions.
Adopt
Instrument adoptions details coming soon.
Music Plus!
Who: Bay Area districts and schools
What: K-12 music and arts programming, musical instrument training
K-3 -multicultural, hands-on residencies with culminating event in or after school.
4-5 music integration or stand-alone classes
6-12 whole child, project-based learning
Focus: Optional co-planning to meet your overall school goals. You may choose from ecological, cultural competency, social justice curricula or make your own!
Our goal is to help you teach the whole child through the arts. We specialize in underserved students and those who are difficult to reach. We offer interactive live residencies (virtual or hybrid when requested) along with professional development in instilling music and arts, and SEL skills with teachers, parents and caregivers.
All our programs reflect national and state arts and education standards and enhance Executive Function and social and emotional intelligence in students, along with language acquisition, literacy, numeracy, science and math concepts. Highly skilled teaching artists lead our culturally diverse in-school and after-school programs including all kinds of music, dance, theater and visual arts classes.
To bring Music Plus! to your school, please contact us at info@mustcreate.org
