Jenny Lin Foundation: Free Summer Music Program for Bay Area Students

For the 29th year, Jenny Lin Foundation is offering a summer music program free of charge to young people in the Bay Area. Instrumental musicians currently in 8th grade or higher are welcomed to join the String Orchestra or Band; students currently in 7th grade and up may register for the Choir.

Participants meet Mondays, Wednesdays and some Thursdays (6:45-9:00 p.m.) for five weeks starting June 12. Rehearsals take place at Creekside Middle School, Castro Valley, and culminate with a large-scale community concert on Saturday, July 15, at Chabot College Performing Arts Center in Hayward.

Based in Castro Valley, the Jenny Lin Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1994 after the brutal murder of 14-year-old Jenny Lin. It operates through volunteers and donations with a mission to promote child safety and youth music education. For the many music and safety events that the Foundation has sponsored over decades, its founders (who are also Jenny's parents) were honored last year with the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the most prestigious and longest-standing public service award in the United States.

Through the annual Summer Music Program, Jenny Lin Foundation hopes to carry on Jenny’s passion—music and friendship—and extend her life in a unique fashion. Student-musicians are encouraged to take advantage of this exceptional program to help maintain their skills and to continue performing in a group during the summer. This is also an opportunity for students to meet and interact with peers from throughout the Bay Area, and cultivate and hone their leadership skills. Last summer, about 200 young people from 29 schools of 12 cities participated in the program, co-sponsored by Chabot College.

Registration for 2023 is now open here. Please help spread the word as we look forward to welcoming many more of you this summer.