Miami Music Project Programs
Miami Music Project, Inc. at Büro Central, 101 NW 8th St, Ste. 200, Miami, FL 33136
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Miami Music Project Programs include Children’s Orchestras, a Summer Music Camp, the Pathways: Young Musicians Development Program, and the Miami Music Project Youth Orchestra. The programs also include a MusicLab season that leads to a MusicLab Finale Concert, as well as Events and Performances. Additional offerings include an In-School Residency program, Teaching Artist Training Institute, and Teaching Artist Training Orchestra Boot Camps.
Miami Music Project was founded in 2008 and was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in 2008. Its mission states that it uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. The organization is El Sistema-modeled and offers a tuition-free, after-school music education program, with Children Orchestras community chapters in Doral, Little Haiti, Liberty City, and Little Havana. It also offers a youth ensemble for ages 13–21 performing side-by-side with professional musicians, and a Summer Music Camp open to beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.
Miami Music Project has a leadership team that includes founder Maestro James Judd and board member Nicole Henry, a jazz musician and philanthropist. The organization has received a $1 million challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, its first-ever National Endowment of the Arts grant, and first-ever support from the State of Florida. It is supported by a 17-member Board of Trustees and a Miami Music Project Advisory Board, and it receives 100% of requested funding from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs in direct support of fees associated with services provided by Miami Music Project Teaching Artists. The School Board of Miami-Dade County has passed a special proclamation honoring Miami Music Project as a provider of “relevant, rigorous and innovative academics,” and it received the Superintendent’s Choice Award 2017, the highest honor given to community-based organizations by the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Miami Music Project’s community involvement includes a partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools and programming alliances with FIU Music, FIU Center for Children and Families, and New World Symphony. It participates with other El Sistema inspired programs around the country, the Leadership Forum for Young Musicians in Los Angeles, California, and the East Coast Seminario with other young musicians. The organization has been invited by Mayor Tomas Regalado to perform during the Consular Corps Christmas Party at the historic Freedom Tower. A testimonial from board member Nicole Henry states that music has helped her connect with others and understand life, and that she sits on the Board of Miami Music Project because she believes in children, education, and the power of music, and believes that when given an opportunity, children will flourish and live a happy life.
Last updated May 26, 2026.
Miami Music Project was founded in 2008 and was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in 2008. Its mission states that it uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. The organization is El Sistema-modeled and offers a tuition-free, after-school music education program, with Children Orchestras community chapters in Doral, Little Haiti, Liberty City, and Little Havana. It also offers a youth ensemble for ages 13–21 performing side-by-side with professional musicians, and a Summer Music Camp open to beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.
Miami Music Project has a leadership team that includes founder Maestro James Judd and board member Nicole Henry, a jazz musician and philanthropist. The organization has received a $1 million challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, its first-ever National Endowment of the Arts grant, and first-ever support from the State of Florida. It is supported by a 17-member Board of Trustees and a Miami Music Project Advisory Board, and it receives 100% of requested funding from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs in direct support of fees associated with services provided by Miami Music Project Teaching Artists. The School Board of Miami-Dade County has passed a special proclamation honoring Miami Music Project as a provider of “relevant, rigorous and innovative academics,” and it received the Superintendent’s Choice Award 2017, the highest honor given to community-based organizations by the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Miami Music Project’s community involvement includes a partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools and programming alliances with FIU Music, FIU Center for Children and Families, and New World Symphony. It participates with other El Sistema inspired programs around the country, the Leadership Forum for Young Musicians in Los Angeles, California, and the East Coast Seminario with other young musicians. The organization has been invited by Mayor Tomas Regalado to perform during the Consular Corps Christmas Party at the historic Freedom Tower. A testimonial from board member Nicole Henry states that music has helped her connect with others and understand life, and that she sits on the Board of Miami Music Project because she believes in children, education, and the power of music, and believes that when given an opportunity, children will flourish and live a happy life.
Last updated May 26, 2026.
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