Join Us At South Shore Country Festival!
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Join Us At South Shore Country Festival!

Music Drives Us is excited to announce that we will be the charitable beneficiary of South Shore Country Festival 2018! For every ticket sold, $1 will be donated to our foundation. These proceeds will support our mission to keep music in our schools.

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Get Involved in ArtWeek!
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Get Involved in ArtWeek!

Presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek is an award-winning, 10-day innovative festival featuring hundreds of creative experiences offering ways to experience arts and culture. Born in Boston in 2013, ArtWeek expanded its footprint across the Commonwealth for the 2018 festival. The 2018 spring festival is April 27 - May 6.

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Winner of Teachers Who Inspire Contest
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Winner of Teachers Who Inspire Contest

The votes are in, and the winner of the Music Teachers Who Inspire Contest has been announced! A big congratulations to Mark Todd of Holyoke High School! The Holyoke community expressed how much this music teacher inspires them, and it was great to read stories of praise under his nomination photo.

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MDU Visits the Mary Lyon!
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MDU Visits the Mary Lyon!

On Tuesday March 6, Music Drives Us visited the Mary Lyon Pilot High School in Brighton, MA to witness the music club perform with their new instruments and equipment. The school wrote to Music Drives Us in need of instruments and equipment for their expanding music club. Music Drives Us provided their club with: electric guitars, bass guitars, amps, brand new cymbals and hardware, microphones, keyboards and a drum kit. Before the donation from Music Drives Us, the students were utilizing the staff’s personal gear for the past five years.

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Our Visit to Horizons for Homeless Children!
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Our Visit to Horizons for Homeless Children!

On Tuesday February 6, Music Drives Us presented Horizons for Homeless Children in Roxbury, MA a $10,000 grant for their Young Audiences of Massachusetts (YAMA) residency program. The program, Expanding Horizons Through Music, is a literacy-through-music residency in which artists from YAMA lead interactive music sessions for the children at Horizons for Homeless Children. YAMA is a non-profit with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower the youth of Massachusetts through the arts.

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Dropkick Murphys & Murphys Boxing Christmas Party
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Dropkick Murphys & Murphys Boxing Christmas Party

On December 16, Music Drives Us took on round two of an incredibly charitable weekend!

The Dropkick Murphys’ Christmas Party was at Plainridge Park Casino and it was a big hit! The party featured an excellent performance by the Dropkick Murphys, followed by a boxing fight in the downstairs racing room.

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Music Drives Us and our Evening with Joe Perry!
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Music Drives Us and our Evening with Joe Perry!

On December 15, Music Drives Us was lucky enough to host An Evening with Joe Perry! The legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer performed a charity concert to benefit Music Drives Us right here in our hometown of Norwood, MA.

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Slash Guitar Now Available for Bids on Charitybuzz!
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Slash Guitar Now Available for Bids on Charitybuzz!

We have some exciting news! From now until August 1, we will be featured on Charitybuzz​ to auction off an Epiphone guitar signed by the legendary Slash​ of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver​! The proceeds will benefit Music Drives Us and our mission of keeping music in our local schools and communities.

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Pledge Night at WGBH!
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Pledge Night at WGBH!

On June 6th, Music Drives Us took part in the annual “Pledge Night” at WGBH in Boston, MA!

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