City by The Numbers: Acclaimed Stamford Youth Music Program Earns $500,000 Grant Award

A Stamford-based organization which teaches music to over 1,000 young people ages 3-17 has been named as recipient of The Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award, which brings a $500,000 multi-year grant. The organization is one of four nationally to receive the top award.

The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2022 Awardees are influencing youth-serving systems so young people have access to learning, creating, and performing experiences that reflect their culture and identity. In the third year of the awards, over $2 million will go to Creative Youth Development (CYD) organizations across the country to give young people access to music education, strengthen the well-being of their communities and put music at the center of efforts to establish equity, according to the organization.