Yarmouth music center receives grant from The Lewis Prize for Music
The Lewis Prize for Music, a philanthropic organization dedicated to provided music-learning services to young people, announced this week that it will award $1.25 million to 32 creative youth development organizations across the country as part of its COVID-19 Community Response Fund. Among these recipients is 317 Main Community Center based in Yarmouth, which received a grant of $50,000 to fund its youth music education programs during the pandemic.
317 Main offers a variety of programs, tuition-free or through low cost partnership programs, for teens and children in southern and midcoast Maine. Due to the pandemic, the organization adapted its learning model to continue programming either online or in person outside through the summer. The organization has also placed limits on the number of people who can enroll in its programs, but remains committed to providing music education for people of all backgrounds and abilities.
“We knew it was especially important for young people to have creative outlets during the pandemic,” 317 Main Director of Music Education Chris Moore said in a news release. “We wanted to empower them to engage their creative voices and transform the world from a place of isolation to a place of connection.”