Mission Statement
The Multicultural Music Group, Inc. presents history through music to advance social-emotional learning and promote world peace. We believe multicultural arts instruction is a tool to achieve global understanding, cultural awareness, and academic improvement.
Our History
The Multicultural Music Group was founded in 1996 by a collective of educators, musicians, and community leaders to intentionally diversify New York City’s symphonic repertoire and teach multiculturalism in public school classrooms, per the National and Local Standards of Education of its time. As a charitable organization, we continue to provide multicultural arts education through our Symphonic Youth Program, the Multicultural Music Encounters Series, and offer programming at no-cost to NYC residents across the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
The Multicultural Music Group, Inc. presents and teaches history through music to preserve the cultures of the economically-marginalized communities we serve.
Vision and Purpose
The United States and many countries around the world are rich in diversity. We celebrate this diversity through language, culture, food, and of course, music. The Multicultural Music Group, Inc. provides music instruction, professional development, and multicultural performances and scholarly research to supplement our performances.
At The Multicultural Music Group, we aim to diversify our musical repertoire to reflect the rich diversity of our communities. We view it as our responsibility to examine and discuss what unites us as a country and global village.
The presentation and creation of multicultural music for orchestra and chamber ensembles is uncommon and rarely promoted by established symphonic organizations. The Multicultural Music Group, Inc. remedies this oversight by featuring and commissioning musicians of color. The Multicultural Music Group, Inc. is dedicated to national educational reform by providing multicultural music education to communities across New York City. We support schools by implementing more diverse music instruction to reflect the diversity of our city.