Musicopia

Musicopia

For A Well Played Life

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Musicopia’s mission is to provide equitable access to music education and enrichment, encouraging self-confidence, global awareness, dedication and joy in Pre-K to 12th grade students and their communities. Musicopia and partner organization Dancing Classrooms Philly’s shared vision is to use the power of the Arts to transform the lives of ALL children and youth. This will be guided and informed

09/20/2024

Join us at the Philadelphia Fall Arts Fest! Visit our table to learn more about our work and plenty of other great organizations across Philadelphia.

09/16/2024

We’re celebrating through our diverse programming options in Latinx and Hispanic musical cultures. Check out our website to bring one of these programs to your school or community.

09/15/2024

We're honored that the Keystone Fusion Youth Symphony chose to benefit us at their recent concert! An enormous thank you to them, we greatly appreciate the support.

09/14/2024

Come support Musicopia and our students at Philadelphia Phillies Band Night! We're excited to partner with The University of Pennsylvania Band and the Phillies for this event again this year. Follow this link to get tickets: http://bit.ly/Phillies4Mus

09/12/2024

For most of our students across the Philadelphia region, school is officially back in session! We're ready to get back in the classroom for another great year.

09/09/2024

SAVE THE DATE for the 50th Anniversary Celebration for Musicopia!

We’re so excited for this event and all the events throughout the year building up to this celebration. Visit the link in our bio or our story to learn more.

09/04/2024

We're proud that our Gift of Music Program deeply impacts the lives of so many students who are passionate about learning an instrument.

Read more about how this program has helped schools like Our Lady of Angels Regional Catholic School: https://apigateway.agilitypr.com/distributions/history/ff6c4965-8e02-48dd-b7af-974fba247789

09/03/2024

We love this heartwarming quote from the Site Director of 4920 Brightside Academy on their participation in the Lullaby Project. Thanks, Linda!

08/28/2024

Through August 31st, buy one piece of 50th Anniversary gear and get another for 20% off. No code needed! Don't miss this great deal!

How the Sixers Stixers drumline is giving Philadelphia's kids a path forward 08/23/2024

Antoine Mapp and West Powelton were featured on CBS Philadelphia! We're so excited for them to get this spotlight. Check out their story at this link:

How the Sixers Stixers drumline is giving Philadelphia's kids a path forward Known for hyping up the crowd before, during and after each home Philadelphia 76ers home game, director Antoine Mapp is the heart of the Sixers Stixers druml...

Photos from Musicopia's post 08/21/2024

Our Afro-Cuban Music and Dance Program with Leana Song was presented at the Kennett Library this month!

08/12/2024

Today we celebrate ! Music education has been proven to have many benefits for children, like confidence and joy, and we're proud to provide the opportunity for all students to learn.

08/10/2024

We received this beautiful cello from Eileen as a donation to our Gift of Music Program. She said she's "hopeful that a young student... can begin to love the cello". Thanks, Eileen!

08/08/2024

For , we wanted to show off our highlight reel from last year's High Note High Step Fundraiser. We're so thankful to our event sponsors and attendees for making this event such a success. Stay tuned for information on this year's festivities!

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acyJkOMOMps

08/06/2024

The students at the Brightside Academy are having a blast during their Summer Bucket Drumming Program!

Photos from Musicopia's post 08/02/2024

To celebrate , we have fresh new merchandise in our store for a BOGO 20% deal until August 31st! Don't miss your chance to get these amazing new designs!

07/31/2024

Today is ! Musicopia is proud to have created and grown friendships within our various programs through the power of music for 50 years and counting.

07/29/2024

We've made some exciting additions to our Board! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kadia Rowe and Edward Sharpe!

Our fearless leader, Catherine Charlton, also has a new and all-encompassing title of President and CEO.

Read more about these great changes at this link under the "Power Moves" section: https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=50af28029894c38b0286b4605&id=1a1cdb107b

07/27/2024

We wanted to highlight some clips from this year’s Musicopia String Orchestra Spring Concert! Congratulations to our students, we're so excited for next year.

Photos from Musicopia's post 07/24/2024

Last month, our 5th and 6th grade students at The Philadelphia Charter School for the Arts and Sciences had the culminating performance for their band/orchestra instruction program. We're so proud of their hard work and dedication throughout the year!

07/18/2024

With the school year officially over, we wanted to take this to show our appreciation for all our partners, schools, and students who made the 2023-2024 school year incredible. We're already gearing up for next school year to start!

Photos from Musicopia's post 07/17/2024

The West Powelton Drumline students recently had the incredible opportunity to chat with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner!

07/17/2024

CALLING ALL SONGWRITERS! Musicopia is looking for new Lullaby Project Teaching Artists for the upcoming school year!

You can find more information and the application at this link: https://www.philaculture.org/what-we-do/job-bank/philadelphia-lullaby-project-teaching-artist-0

07/13/2024

We're so excited to see our Summer Drumlines program and all the other talented young musicians perform at Philly Youth Music Fest this Saturday! The festivities start at 12pm at Venice Island. Tickets are FREE of charge, so we hope to see you there!

Find out more information at https://www.phillyyouthmusicfest.com.

07/10/2024

THANK YOU to Philadelphia Cultural Fund and Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker! We're honored to be grantees of the 2024 Art and Culture Fund and we're grateful for this fund's continued support of the arts throughout Philadelphia.

Photos from Musicopia's post 07/09/2024

Musicopia Drumlines' Parkway Northwest High School Drumline students gave an incredible performance at the School District of Philadelphia's graduation ceremony!

07/04/2024

Musicopia was featured in PHL17's Community Spotlight segment! We're so grateful to Jennifer Lewis-Hall for this highlight, watch the full clip over at this link: https://phl17.com/video/musicopia/9801206/

07/03/2024

For 50 years, ​Musicopia has been leading the charge in music education, ​tirelessly shaping the music makers and the future shakers of the ​world. We look forward to having you side by side with us throughout the year to ​celebrate our past, to celebrate our future, and to celebrate what ​moves you!

We invite you to join us at a series of student and ​community events leading up to a ​celebratory concert on May 31, 2025 ​at The Miller Theater. Visit https://bit.ly/Musicopia50 to keep up with the festivities.

Photos from Musicopia's post 06/21/2024

Our Musicopia String Orchestra Spring Concert was a wonderful evening of talent and beautiful performances. We're so proud of this year's group of students, and we can't wait for next year!

Photos from Musicopia's post 06/14/2024

Our MSO students had such a blast performing at the Philadelphian!

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Our Story

With an emphasis on reaching students who are underserved and cut off from the region’s rich cultural life, Musicopia is a leader in rebuilding and revitalizing school music programs. Working with a roster of nearly 100 professional ensembles and solo musicians of the highest caliber, Musicopia brings interactive music education and performance opportunities to thousands of students in Pre-K through 12th grade annually. Musicopia’s programs represent diverse musical styles and traditions from around the world including classical, jazz, Latin, African, Brazilian, Middle Eastern, opera, hip hop, rock/pop and others.

In addition to Musicopia’s in-school assembly, residency, and music training programs, the organization has established long-term, out-of-school performance and study opportunities through its Musicopia String Orchestra and Percussion Ensembles. Musicopia also runs the very successful Gift of Music instrument donation program.

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Happy #NationalNonProfitDay! We are continuously grateful for the support we receive from people like you, which keeps o...
We wanted to highlight some clips from this year’s Musicopia String Orchestra Spring Concert! Congratulations to our stu...
PHL17
Parkway Drumline students gave an incredible performance at the Schools District of Philadelphia's graduation ceremony!
End of Year Giving
#PhillyElmo performed with Musicopia Drumlines students from Parkway Northwest High School when they visited Waverly Hei...
Gloria Gallante
Gabriel Preston
Nick Santangelo
Carroll Riddick
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Philadelphia, PA
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