Southwest students to get music in the near future

DC This Week reports that the charitable foundation, MusicLink, is offering scholarships to budding musicians recommended by their music teachers and private lessons granting young people the opportunity to advance their musical skills. MusicLink supports over 60 students in Virginia and Maryland with volunteer regional coordinators, the donation of instruments, sheet music, practice facilities, and scholarships to summer music camp. A budding partnership with the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast will provide lessons in keyboard, percussion, and guitar (jazz, blues, pop) to 50 elementary and middle school students.

The Atlas will provide use of its facility, marketing, and publicity for recitals. In the next few years, MusicLink hopes to expand to engage 200 students from 12 more Northeast DC elementary schools, a middle school, and two junior highs in the Atlas program, and expand to serve Southeast and Southwest DC students.