Etude for Youth

Help support private music lessons for middle school musicians!

Etude for Youth was created in 2021 to address the inequitable access to private music instruction for middle school students in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Our mission is to provide funding for motivated public-school students from low-income families to take weekly one-on-one lessons with a private instructor during the school day. In order to be considered for the lesson program, students must have participated for at least one year in their middle school music program, practice their instrument regularly, and be willing to commit to in-school lessons for the entire school year. Students participating in the lesson program will have access to up to two years of private music study during their 7th and 8th grade years.

Etude for Youth is currently funding lessons for five middle school band students attending one of the public middle schools in Saint Paul. Four local private instructors provide weekly 45-minute lessons for these students studying oboe, trumpet, saxophone, and French horn. Lessons are in-person at the students' middle school during the school year, with an option for continuing lessons through next summer at a location convenient to the families. Etude for Youth plans to expand its lesson program to a second middle school for the 2023-24 school year so that more public-school students in Saint Paul will have the opportunity for private music study!

Please consider a donation in any amount.  All funds will go directly to pay for private lessons for middle school musicians in our lesson program. If you would rather make a donation by check, please make it payable to Etude for Youth, and mail to:

Etude for Youth, 1494 Fairmount Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105.

 Thank you for your support!