Our Mission

To obtain donations of new, used, or refurbished musical instruments for Youth of all ages and backgrounds, enabling them to participate in a musical band, orchestra, or class, providing access without cost barriers to the Student or the family. 

Early Results: 

Within three months of our partnership with Communities in Schools-Henry, we received 13 instruments: trumpets, clarinets, trombones, keyboards, violins, and guitars, and in 2016 seven kids were placed into their middle school band, allowing them to participate. Since then, Henry For Music has established a system and placed over 250 instruments in the hands of middle school students. Instruments qualified by our music store partners as "unserviceable" are designated either as "parts for use" donations or donated by Henry For Music to local artists for charity and public awareness events. A surplus of donated strings instruments sparked the 2018 launch of the Youth Orchestra United Program, where students Pre-K through High School public- and homeschooled students receive musical instruction from Henry For Music Teaching Artists and participate in public concert events. 

More:

Henry For Music, Inc. Organization brings Youth and Instruments Together, transforming lives through the Gift of Music”. Henry For Music, Inc. believes that no student should be denied the joy of music and learning to play an instrument, if they so desire, no matter their station in life or their inability to purchase an instrument and acquire instruction. 

Henry For Music, Inc. enables Students to participate in music programs by easing financial barriers preventing instrument rental or purchase through accepting donations of new and used musical instruments, regardless of condition, working with local instrument repair professionals to repair and refurbish them as necessary, and then coordinating with County Middle Schools, High Schools, and Community Centers to place the newly-restored instruments into the hands of Student Musicians. 

Henry For Music, Inc. develops advocacy efforts to bring Orchestras and Bands with Teachers into all school environments – public, private, homeschool, kids in transition (homeless), foster/guardian care, and the SWAG Program.