With an emphasis on participatory, community music-making in addition to excellence in performance, the school will provide music education and opportunities for recreational, competitive, and professional musicians alike, equipping students to become lifelong practitioners and performers.
The Grinnell School of Music will:
- Foster excellence in performance alongside joyful, lifelong recreational music-making.
- Offer private and group lessons, classes, workshops, summer programs, and more, for all ages and skill levels, in a variety of styles and instruments.
- Secure scholarship funding to ensure that no student – child, youth, or adult – is excluded.
- Foster an inclusive, welcoming, and accessible space and culture.
- Ensure that professional musicians and arts administrators are fairly compensated.
- Contribute to the local economy by encouraging pedestrian traffic, commercial activity, and engagement with other community organizations.
