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Music For Everyone Educational Music Programs includes activities such as the “Sound Factory” After School Program, Camp MFE annual summer music camp program, in-school performances, workshops, and other educational opportunities for students. The program also offers the Carolyn Moyer Strings Lesson program for string lessons and Music Mentors, where professional musicians and teachers visit schools to work alongside faculty and directly with students. Additional activities include the Keys For The City street pianos program, Community Murals that combine visual art and musical themes, the Songs For Justice initiative, Music Fridays, Symphony of Home, a Community Chorus, the Fresh Takes on Jazz concert series, the Ukulele Uprising community ukulele group, and the Festival of Voices multi-day event with performances and workshops.
Music For Everyone states that its mission is to cultivate the power of music as an educational and community wellbeing tool to transform lives, schools, and communities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The organization reports that it has donated more than 15,000 instruments, placed 220 street pianos, and awarded scholarships to 73 MFE scholars, and that it offers more than 13 programs and initiatives addressing the need for music education amid budget cuts. Camp MFE is described as an annual summer music camp program with all camp expenses underwritten by Music For Everyone, and the Community Chorus is described as an inclusive, non-audition choir open to all ages and cultures, free from the constraints of mandatory practices and performances. Symphony of Home provides complimentary lessons to students from refugee and immigrant families, and Music For Every Vet provides music opportunities and support to veterans. Community involvement includes placing street pianos throughout Lancaster, sponsoring community murals, providing local music across Lancaster City every third Friday, offering complimentary lessons to students from refugee and immigrant families, and sponsoring in-school performances, workshops, and educational opportunities for students.
The leadership team includes Executive Director Deb Rohrer, Founder John Gerdy, Director of Operation Mark Marafioti, Development Manager James Fortin, Director of Community Strings Michael Jamanis, Director of Community Percussion Matthew Woodson, Director of Choral and Community Singing Darla Bair, and Program Director of “Symphony of Home” Jordan Redfield. Additional staff include Administrative Assistant Patrick Boyer and Teaching Artists Genevieve Chapin (Strings), Rick Ferrarelli (Woodwinds), and Alex Gay (Brass).
Parent, student, teacher, and community testimonials describe Music For Everyone’s role in keeping music a major part of schools, making a difference for students who want to learn and perform instruments, and making it possible for any student in certain grades to play a band or orchestra instrument regardless of family income. Testimonials also state that grants and donations from Music For Everyone have provided musical experiences that participants remember for years, that teachers value having Music For Everyone in their classrooms to challenge students and reinforce learning, and that the organization’s presence is viewed as positive for the community and appreciated by schools included in its performance circuit.
Last updated July 17, 2026.
Music For Everyone states that its mission is to cultivate the power of music as an educational and community wellbeing tool to transform lives, schools, and communities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The organization reports that it has donated more than 15,000 instruments, placed 220 street pianos, and awarded scholarships to 73 MFE scholars, and that it offers more than 13 programs and initiatives addressing the need for music education amid budget cuts. Camp MFE is described as an annual summer music camp program with all camp expenses underwritten by Music For Everyone, and the Community Chorus is described as an inclusive, non-audition choir open to all ages and cultures, free from the constraints of mandatory practices and performances. Symphony of Home provides complimentary lessons to students from refugee and immigrant families, and Music For Every Vet provides music opportunities and support to veterans. Community involvement includes placing street pianos throughout Lancaster, sponsoring community murals, providing local music across Lancaster City every third Friday, offering complimentary lessons to students from refugee and immigrant families, and sponsoring in-school performances, workshops, and educational opportunities for students.
The leadership team includes Executive Director Deb Rohrer, Founder John Gerdy, Director of Operation Mark Marafioti, Development Manager James Fortin, Director of Community Strings Michael Jamanis, Director of Community Percussion Matthew Woodson, Director of Choral and Community Singing Darla Bair, and Program Director of “Symphony of Home” Jordan Redfield. Additional staff include Administrative Assistant Patrick Boyer and Teaching Artists Genevieve Chapin (Strings), Rick Ferrarelli (Woodwinds), and Alex Gay (Brass).
Parent, student, teacher, and community testimonials describe Music For Everyone’s role in keeping music a major part of schools, making a difference for students who want to learn and perform instruments, and making it possible for any student in certain grades to play a band or orchestra instrument regardless of family income. Testimonials also state that grants and donations from Music For Everyone have provided musical experiences that participants remember for years, that teachers value having Music For Everyone in their classrooms to challenge students and reinforce learning, and that the organization’s presence is viewed as positive for the community and appreciated by schools included in its performance circuit.
Last updated July 17, 2026.
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