Their Vision
They are dedicated to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to unlock their inner music-maker. That is Little Kids Rock’s mission, and since 2002, they have given more than 400,000 underserved schoolchildren across the U.S. access to fun, engaging, Modern Band music classes and brand new instruments at no cost to the students, teachers, or school districts.

Little Kids Rock trains public school teachers and donates all of the instruments, curricular resources and support they need to ensure that their kids receive the right to rock!

What makes Little Kids Rock different is that they do more than just donate instruments like guitars, drums and keyboards; they build lasting music programs that focus on teaching kids to perform, improvise and compose the popular music genres that they already know and love, like rock, pop, blues, hip-hop, country, reggae and R&B.

Since 2002, Little Kids Rock has served more than 400,000 children with the lifelong gift of music-making.

Little Kids Rock partners with public school districts in some of the nation’s most economically disadvantaged communities with the goal of ensuring that all students have access to music education and its many benefits. They do this by building Modern Band programs in their partner districts.

Teachers apply to be trained to use their innovative and transformational methodology. After their training is complete, teachers receive a donation of curricula, instruments and other resources so that they can launch Modern Band music programming for students at their schools.

With the resources they invest, teachers can have their programs up and running quickly and at no cost to the school. The movement build on the expertise and skills of teachers and give schools the flexibility to offer classes during regular school hours or as an after-school enrichment program. Once they have started a program at a school, they support it with ongoing investments of curriculum and teacher training.

Their Goals

• Providing weekly music education classes to K-12 students in public schools that have been stripped of their music programs.

• Pioneering innovative teaching methods that are rooted in children’s knowledge of popular music forms such as rock, pop, blues, hip-hop, country, reggae and R&B.

• Preparing teachers to offer classes utilizing our Modern Band methods and materials.