Past Grantees & Innovative Music Programs for Youth
Take Note Colorado (TNC) provides funding through its ongoing Grant Program, with the goal of providing access to musical instruments and instruction to youth across the state of Colorado who lack access to these opportunities. Take Note also supports the efforts of Arts & Venues’ Denver Music Advancement Fund and the Boys and Girls Clubs in Colorado to support its mission.
Past grantees have impacted the lives of youth through innovative and culturally relevant programming and education. (See complete list below.)
One example of a grantee that is making a difference in their community is the Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins, which launched a free acoustic guitar instruction program for Black youth. Learn more about the Center’s efforts in this video sponsored by Odell Brewing Company.
2020-2021 PAST GRANTEES (in alphabetical order)
- A Child's Song - Music Lessons for Youth in Residential Treatment Programs
- ArtistYear Roaring Fork Valley
- Arts for All - Kids on Marimbas for the North Fork Valley
- Augustana Arts - Music Encounters
- Blast N Scrap - Band Blast Off
- Beats by Girlz - Fort Collins
- Boredomfighters - Real Life Virtual Music Empowerment Program
- Boulder MUSE
- Boys & Girls Club of Weld County - Music & Mentors
- Charisma Chorus Camps
- Colorado Arts & Artist Associates - Music for the Cause
- Colorado Music Bridge - Digital Music Program @ Aurora Central High School
- Creative Art Express - DIY Audible Abstracts
- Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins - Guitar Instruction Program
- Denver Young Artists Organization
- Dream Create Inspire Tour - DREAMTrack Workshop Northern Colorado Series
- iAM MUSIC Outreach
- Inside Out Youth Services - DJ/MC Skillz Lab
- Inspire - Dreamkeepers Project
- Kid Pan Alley - Songwriting for Children
- Latino Cultural Arts Center - Music of Latin America
- The Matthews House - Raise the Youth! Studios
- Music Associates of Aspen - Aspen Music Festival and School's Beginning Strings Program
- Music For All - Building Inclusive Music Education
- MusiQuest - Independent Learning and Music Making
- New Cottage Arts - Adams County Youth Drum Line and World Music Percussion Ensemble
- Northwest Colorado Health - Rural Youth Resiliency Music Program
- Peterson Air Force Base Youth Program
- Rodarte Community Center - City of Greeley
- Through Arts - Through the Music
- VOICES - Drum Circle Project
Photos courtesy of Fort Collins Cultural Enrichment Center