Project Music Receives Fairfield County Foundation Grant

PROJECT MUSIC, a non-profit music education program based in Stamford, has received a $7,500 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support its operating costs.

PROJECT MUSIC is an after-school music education program providing free music lessons, instruments and mentorship to K-6 inner city youth. Dedicated to the memory of Anthony D. Truglia, who founded the original PROJECT MUSIC in the late 1960s, the current program began in 2014 in collaboration with the City of Stamford and Chester Addison Community Center (DOMUS), plus foundation and private supporters.

“This very generous and important grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation validates PROJECT MUSIC’S mission of promoting the growth and development of Stamford’s underserved youth through music,” Joyce DiCamillo, President of PROJECT MUSIC, said in a statement. “This grant helps to insure that the vital work of PROJECT MUSIC in mentoring, encouraging, and giving youth the vision for a successful future will continue.”

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PROJECT MUSIC is inspired by Venezuela’s “music education miracle” known as El Sistema. It is intended not only to provide musical instruments and training but also to address some of the extensive social challenges affecting Stamford’s youth. To this end, PROJECT MUSIC uses music to cultivate fundamental life skills such as self-expression, cooperative learning, discipline, leadership, and creativity. The program, which is offered to children at no charge, fills a gap in accessible quality music education and afterschool care in the City of Stamford.

PROJECT MUSIC students participate in performances around Chester Addison Community Center, the City of Stamford, and throughout Fairfield County.

For information, call 203-539-1733, or visit www.projectmusic.org.