Youth Volume

YOUTH VOLUME is a music program for youth age 3-18 in Marquette & Detroit, Michigan. We utilize the world-renowned classical Suzuki method alongside social justice teaching approaches. 

We provide private violin & cello lessons, group classes, and opportunities for musical collaboration with local artist mentors. We have released a handful of albums with local musicians as a way to celebrate place-based music and develop positive cultural identity in our students. Check out our hip hop/electronic/jazz violin music videos!

Ultimately we need agents of social justice who are able to solve deep-rooted problems, imagine new realities and build movements that span communities across the world! We play music in order to grow RICH Changemaker Skills of Resilience, Innovation, Collaboration, Higher Order Thinking.

YV Director Clara Hardie also provides a Course of Action for music teachers called "Growing Equitable Music Studios". Graduation celebrations are shared on our channel!