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.
Learn more about Take Note's Impact HERE.
2020-2022 PAST GRANTEES (in alphabetical order)
- A Child's Song - Music Lessons for Youth in Residential Treatment Programs (Metro Denver)
- ArtistYear Roaring Fork Valley (Western Colorado)
- Arts for All - Kids on Marimbas for the North Fork Valley (Western Colorado)
- Augustana Arts - Music Encounters (Metro Denver)
- Be Frank Foundation (Mountain Ute Reservation/Montezuma County)
- Blast N Scrap - Band Blast Off (Fort Collins Area)
- Beats by Girlz - Fort Collins
- Boredomfighters - Real Life Virtual Music Empowerment Program (Statewide)
- Boulder MUSE
- Boys & Girls Club of Weld County - Music & Mentors (Northern Colorado)
- Charisma Chorus Camps (Statewide)
- Colorado Arts & Artist Associates - Music for the Cause (Pueblo Area)
- Colorado Music Bridge - Digital Music Program @ Aurora Central High School
- Colorado Youth Mariachi Program (Metro Denver)
- Creative Art Express - DIY Audible Abstracts (Metro Denver)
- Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins - Guitar Instruction Program
- Denver Young Artists Organization (Metro Denver)
- Dream Create Inspire Tour - DREAMTrack Workshop Northern Colorado Series
- iAM MUSIC Outreach (Southwestern Colorado)
- Immersive Sound by Emily vonSwearingen (San Luis Valley)
- Inside Out Youth Services - DJ/MC Skillz Lab (Colorado Springs Area)
- Inspire - Dreamkeepers Project (Northern Colorado)
- Kid Pan Alley - Songwriting for Children (Northern Colorado)
- Latino Cultural Arts Center - Music of Latin America (Metro Denver)
- The Matthews House - Raise the Youth! Studios (Fort Collins Area)
- Music Associates of Aspen - Aspen Music Festival and School's Beginning Strings Program
- Music For All - Building Inclusive Music Education (Metro Denver)
- MusiQuest - Independent Learning and Music Making (Statewide)
- New Cottage Arts - Adams County Youth Drum Line & World Music Percussion Ensemble (Metro Denver)
- Northwest Colorado Health - Rural Youth Resiliency Music Program
- Peterson Air Force Base Youth Program (Colorado Springs Area)
- Rodarte Community Center - City of Greeley
- Rok School – Articipate (Salida area)
- Through Arts - Through the Music (Colorado Springs Area)
- VOICES - Drum Circle Project (Western Colorado)
Photos courtesy of Fort Collins Cultural Enrichment Center