Practicing Musician

Practicing Musician is a Seattle-based social purpose corporation working to remove the barriers between people and music education. Our online platform offers more than 3,800 video tutorials across 16 band and orchestra instruments, a complete learning management system, and curriculum aligned with the National Core Arts Standards, developed with leading music educators. All of it is free for learners, educators, and families. We have 150+ volunteers, over 2,800 educators using our platform in 90+ countries.

While we’ve already worked with 150+ volunteers to provide services to 2,800+ educators in 90+ countries free of charge, the need is large. About 3.6 million U.S. public school students attend schools with no music program. An estimated 3.4 million homeschooled students lack access to standards-aligned instrumental instruction. Only 7.9% of Americans play an instrument, while roughly one in six wishes they had learned.