Tanner Community Development Corporation

The Challenges

• Only 2% of the elementary and middle school students participate in orchestra in Arizona public schools. At the high school level this number drops to 1%.
• 79% of schools spend less than $1 per year per student for curricular support in arts education.
• Music private lessons cost about $60/hour in Arizona. Despite our students' drive to learn and succeed, Harmony Project Phoenix students can’t afford lessons. 

The Solution

Harmony Project Phoenix place low-to-moderate income students in the path to success, by helping families to remove the barriers that prevent their children to achieve success in music, in school and in life.

Each child who enters the Harmony Project Phoenix is entitled to:

• Instrument music lessons: students are enrolled in 4.5 hours week of group classes.
• An instrument: as long as students remain in the program, they have an instrument to take home and use  as their own.
• Performance opportunities: The orchestras and small ensembles hold 6 concerts throughout the year, with additional performances routinely held at functions for civic groups and other organizations.
• One daily complimentary meal provided by our partner St. Mary’s Food Bank.

Why Harmony Project Phoenix? 

Our mission is to develop children as ambassadors of peace and hope. We use the practice of music as the context for students to develop the values of discipline, collaboration and respect. 

Community engagement is a key component of the program. In order to be a recipient of the Harmony Project Phoenix scholarship, students must participate in at least one civic engagement activity a year.

What will we accomplish together? 

Your generous donation will go directly to scholarships! 

Funds are urgently needed to serve more deserving children in Phoenix and YOU can help to make it happen!

Donate to Harmony Project Phoenix today and receive dollar-for-dollar back.

Harmony Project Phoenix is a program of Tanner Community Development Corporation, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization that qualifies for the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Program. Married couples can give up to $800 and single filers can give up to $400 and receive it dollar-for-dollar back as  State Tax Credit.

We cannot exist without your support. Thank you!