We Orchestrate Joy

Music is how children learn resilience, empathy, and focus.

But thousands of students in the Pacific Northwest alone attend schools with zero music instruction.

We’re changing that—one classroom at a time.

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See Our Impact

Music Deserts

Are Growing

In low-income school districts across the Pacific Northwest and rural California, there is one music teacher for every 1,000 students. Many of these schools have no music program at all.

Meanwhile, research shows that children who receive music instruction show measurable gains in literacy, emotional regulation, and mathematics.

The students who would benefit most from music are the ones

least likely to receive it.

Teacher Training

Three Pillars of EIMI

Emotionally Intelligent Music Instruction(EIMI) reframes music education as part of human development.

Research-Backed

Curriculum

Developmentally sequenced lessons teach musical skill alongside persistence, curiosity, emotional regulation, and resilience.

Music is the method—whole, healthy students are the outcome.

Stress-free Teacher

Training

Live workshops and self-paced modules equip classroom teachers—not just music specialists—to deliver EIMI.

Every teacher can bring music into every classroom, regardless of their musical background.

Sustained Classroom

Integration

We don’t deliver a one-time workshop and walk away. Our model embeds music into daily instruction, with ongoing support and research that measures real outcomes.

6,600+

Educators trained across two continents

5,500+

Students in Music Deserts to receive EIMI

100%

Of trained teachers report higher engagement

What people are saying

  • In traditional programs, the music is the product, and the humans are just the means to achieve it. In [this] program, whole, healthy humans are the product, and the music is the means.

    Charlee Eaves

    Saxophone Professor, Old Dominion University, Virginia

  • I’m so happy we have this program, because there is music in my classroom where there wasn’t before, and my kids needed it. I didn’t know how bad they needed it.

    Heather Hiatt

    Grades 4-6 Classroom Guide: Lupine Community Montessori Charter School, Oregon

  • The longer I've studied math and physics, the more I've realized their connections in my own cognition to music. Piano, like math, requires its learners to make mistakes on a daily basis and meet them with curiosity.

    Miller Nelson

    Applied Physics Major, Oregon State University

  • I Am Music Programme has impacted my learners positively, and the love of music has really developed its root in their hearts.

    John Njuguna

    Music Program Lead: Mirema School, Nairobi Kenya

2025-6

Development and Relationship Building

In 2025-2026, we are excited to

  • Complete our curriculum,

  • Produce our asynchronous training videos during our summer camp, and

  • Connect with carefully selected districts and schools for partnership.

2027-9

Start work with 5 Districts and 3 Universities

With the right support, we will start working with carefully selected partners.

As our impact grows and our donors see results, we will continue to invite more districts and universities to apply for training and supplies.

2030+

Partner with New Disciplines

We will work to expand EIMI into subjects like mathematics, sports, and literacy.

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