Transforming
Lives through the Power of Music

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We help young people around the world
discover their dignity and
unlock their potential
— all through the gift of music.

The Challenge

Young people are full of potential. But around the world, many are dealing with a sense of isolation, low self-esteem, and loss of hope. Millions are growing up in difficult circumstances including war, refugee crises, ethnic hostilities, and widening educational and economic disparities. Many suffer in silence believing they have no voice.

Why Music?

Music is transformational. When people make music together it helps them build resilience, self-confidence, dignity, hope, and community. Our goal isn’t to train professional musicians but to focus on what happens within and the profound personal and social development that comes from connecting with others.

Our Programs

Through our on location and virtual music programs, we bring the transformative experience of making music together to young people ages of 12 - 18. They come together as “one big family” to develop the self-confidence and resilience they need to find their unique voice.

Week-long immersive experiences culminating in a professionally accompanied public concert

Music Camp International

  • What Young People Learn

    Camps typically include choir and instrument instruction (violin, cello, Orff percussion instruments, handbells, recorder, guitar) with adaptive curriculum levels.

  • Choir

    Young people learn the basics of good choir singing with an outstanding repertoire in multiple languages.

  • The Results

    Music camps build bridges between young people of different ethnic, economic, and social situations — creating a “one big family” experience!

  • Who Benefits

    Each camp includes hundreds of young participants including many who may have traditionally been shut out of this type of opportunity.

Musedics International

Semester-based ensemble music classes - both virtual and on location

  • Musedics Classes All Year

    Musedics classes typically meet twice a week - once for choir and once for instrument instruction.

  • What Young People Learn

    Instrument classes are offered in Recorder, Violin, and Guitar.

  • Who Benefits

    Musedics International serves young people in schools, orphanages, foster care, and community centers as well as refugees.

  • The Results

    Musedics classes result in a virtual concert featuring students from around the world with a virtual professional orchestra

Alumni Who Inspire Us

The young people who have attended our music camps inspire us to grow and bring the transformational power of music to more youth around the world.

  • Laura

    From Brașov, Romania, Laura credits Music Camp International with being the cornerstone of her development - nurturing both her confidence and communication skills. 

    Today she is completing her medical residency where connecting with people is at the heart of all she does.

  • Arpi

    An abused boy who became a chorister in an international choir tour — raising his voice in jubilant song.

  • Allen

    A high school student from Nadlac, Romania, he applied to do graduate studies in computer science in the USA after Music Camp International’s Easter festival. In addition to his PhD, he received the distinguished William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Teaching Assistant Award by the University of Texas at Austin. 

  • Lilia

    A young blind girl who, after just ten days, went from feeling "stupid" to proudly saying, "I am smart!"

  • Anya

    A middle school student from Kyiv, Ukraine, wanted to improve her English skills. She gained the courage to complete her Master’s degree abroad. Today, she works in Ireland as a Community and Partnership Manager for the European Union.

  • Natalia

    A Ukrainian refugee who found her singing voice through her involvement in Music Camp

  • Georgiana

    A student who thought camp might be "boring," but discovered an incredible new feeling by "passing the power of music to other children" and helping them find the "love inside them."

Significant Statistics

40,000+

Students have participated in on-location music camps since 2001, and hundreds more before we started counting.

250

Students across four countries participate in virtual Musedics classes led from our offices in Romania and California.

761

Teachers around the world have participated with more needed to meet the demand for our programs and grow our impact.

We are Experienced Global Leaders

Romania

Through our on-location and virtual programs, we work with students across the country. Not only do these children learn music, for some, their participation is tied to academic and literacy support – which helps keep these special young people in school and working at grade level.

Ukraine

We are currently conducting Musedics classes in both primary and secondary schools and foster homes, along with a special project - POVIR - at the invitation of the Ukrainian government. These students have suffered gaps and losses in their education because of the war. Many of the young people have fathers on the front lines.

Kenya

Musedics provides weekly participation in both vocal and instrumental ensemble for more than 110 students — 5th grade through high school — at an academy in Bungoma. Many of these students are orphans and live at the academy. Others live in poverty in a nearby village.

India

In 2022, two orphanages in New Delhi became our first Musedics programs in India. We soon added two more orphanages in Lucknow. Former participants are now returning as university students to assist younger children in experiencing the transformative power of music.

“Music Camp was a profoundly transformative experience that resonated far beyond the final note. (...) It was there I witnessed the truly inspiring power of collaborative dedication, as students, many new to professional singing, blossomed to deliver concerts of astonishing quality – a testament to the camp's unique ability to unlock hidden potential.”

- Allen

Music Camp International attendee in Romania, and PhD graduate and recipient of the William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Teaching Assistant Award by the University of Texas at Austin.

A History of Productive Partnerships

Contact Us

If you’re with a government agency, a youth and music NGO, a university with a music program, or someone interested in training to become a teacher of our curricula and methodologies, please connect with us to explore how we can work together to help young people unlock their potential.

Your Support Matters

More Music Camps!

Everywhere we work, the demand for more music camps is growing. We can only reach more young people with the help of transformational investment. 

New Programs!

We want to add Micro Music Hubs — virtual live international and interactive Musedics classes for groups of five children. In addition, we want to expand our Extended Learning Portal Zoom classes. 

More Countries!

We have been invited to bring the power of music to young people in other countries. This means recruiting and training more teachers and buying additional instruments.

Make an Impact

Be part of our efforts to build on our program-rich heritage, to become a robust, flexible, and sustainable movement that will circle the globe — and transform the lives of thousands of young people — through the power of music.