Healthy Hood, which provides Chicago youth with resources to create music and art, was awarded the grant by the Lewis Prize for Music, a philanthropic organization dedicated to music education.
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The competition honors music programs that offer students “access to learning, creating, and performing experiences that reflect their culture and identity." Finalists are in the running for a $500,000 national prize.
The Heartbeat Music Project, an organization that was created in 2016 by violinist and YSM alum Ariel Horowitz ’19MM ’20MMA to provide free music and cross-cultural education to Diné youth on the Navajo Reservation in Crownpoint, New Mexico, has received a $500,000 Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize for Music