Play with Music

Play with Music is a music and tech education program for underserved communities. The curriculum is anchored in collaboration, creation and technology. Students learn to write and produce music by collaborating with professional artists in their city, following a 360 degree methodology teaching critical music, tech & industry skills to foster their future.
Every session, a local pro musician visits to share their process, stories, make music and jam with students. Most importantly, each pro contributes an original music composition to PWM’s sound library. These recordings are the backbone of teaching students production and engineering in music software. Through connecting and collaborating, kids find their voice and creative expression while increasing tech literacy (a barrier hindering so many kids in low-income communities). By program’s end, each student graduate creates their own song in collaboration with artists in their community, which we celebrate with a big showcase party for the community.
Play with Music engages the participation of 10-15 local artists, 2-5 local music teachers, 1-2 videographer/music editors, 3-5 volunteers and a class of 25 students & their families in Watts, Los Angeles. They build bridges between underserved youth in Watts and the creative community in the greater Los Angeles area.