KidZNotes

The mission of KidZNotes is to provide under-served children, “beginning in the pre-school years, free-of-charge classical, orchestral music training to combat poverty, strengthen inner-city education, and foster positive decision-making to unlock the world.” KidZNotes is based on the model of “El Sistema,” the world-renowned National System of Children and Youth Orchestras of Venezuela, which since 1974 has transformed the lives of over 800,000 Venezuelan children from impoverished circumstances.

Like its El Sistema model, KidZNotes is as much a program of social reform as a music education program. Musical training can help to overcome the disadvantages of poverty and inequality, not merely by developing a child’s intellectual potential for success in school, but also by unlocking and fostering the self-confidence, discipline, and perseverance to succeed. In particular, the ensemble nature of classical, orchestral training affords children opportunities to acquire valuable social skills. The positive values of community building are embedded in orchestral training and performance: teamwork, responsibility, and mutual respect. Finally, through classical music, an anathema in the poorest neighborhoods, children find themselves transported to another world with all of its possibilities and promises.

Recent News

KidZNotes Holiday Concert a Huge Success! (0 Comments)

December 18, 2011

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2011-12 KidZNotes Launch and Partnership with NC Symphony! (0 Comments)

September 13, 2011

Saturday, September 17th @ 10:30 AM Holton Career and Resource Center Auditorium 401 N. Driver St., Durham, NC We are excited to kick-off the second year of KidZNotes! We have expanded to 100 students and 4 schools, and are now... Read more >

KidZNotes Summer Camp July 25-Aug 2nd! (0 Comments)

July 8, 2011

KidZNotes is hosting our first boot camp for returning students July 25-August 4! For two weeks, thirty students will be led in exercises in rhythm, movement, and voice, and they will be introduced to viola, cello, and brass instruments. You... Read more >

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Recent Opportunities

KidZNotes and Catchafire - Volunteer your time and talents (0 Comments)

August 8, 2012

DETAILS: The Triangle Corporate Battle of the Bands is the largest corporate fundraising event for charities in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill). The advertising firm, McKinney, founded and hosts the Battle of the Bands as an awareness building event and fundraiser... Read more >

Help a Child! (0 Comments)

November 30, 2010

Supporting one child for one year at KidZNotes: $1500 Sending all the children to a concert: $1000 An instrument for our developing winds and brass section: $500 A child’s violin: $250 Teaching materials: $100 A music stand: $20 Donate and... Read more >

Donate an Instrument (0 Comments)

November 30, 2010

Do you have an old violin in your attic? Is there a used cello hidden in your closet? Perhaps your dusty piano won’t fit in the new house? KidZNotes is launching a donation drive for used (and unused!) musical instruments... Read more >

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