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 12 - 18. They come together as “one big family” to develop the self-confidence and resilience they need to find their unique voice.
Musedics
Our semester-long program for “In School” and “After School”
Music Camp
Our 6-day one week projects
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.
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Georgiana
A student who thought camp might be “boring,” but discovered an incredible new feeling…
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Natalia
A Ukrainian refugee who found her singing voice through her involvement in Music Camp
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Anya
A middle school student from Kyiv, Ukraine, wanted to improve her English skills. She…
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Lilia
A young blind girl who, after just ten days, went from feeling “stupid” to…
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Allen
A high school student from Nadlac, Romania, he applied to do graduate studies in…
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Arpi
An abused boy who became a chorister in an international choir tour — raising…
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Laura
From Brașov, Romania, Laura credits Music Camp International with being the cornerstone of her…
By the Numbers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
