Youth Volume Music Studio

We are youth ages 3-18 learning to play violin and cello in order to grow RICH Changemaker Skills:

● Resilience

● Innovation

● Collaboration

● Higher Order Thinking

We are striving towards racial and economic justice, both as a community of people and an organization, through our practices inside and outside of the classroom. We are making quality arts education accessible to families experiencing systematized oppression with grassroots student recruitment strategies and by maintaining a community-supported fund for financial aid. 23% of YV students receive financial aid. 100% of students benefit from the diverse learning environment made possible by our Equitable Tuition Fund.

We are cultivating a Studio Culture & Teaching Approach using the world-class Suzuki method & social justice practices aka "Equity Pedagogy". We are studying genres with historical significance to our cities during an annual Place-based Music Celebration workshop series, performance, and album release. We do this to develop positive cultural identities in our students as city residents and as Black, Indigenous & Youth of Color (41% of our student body).

Youth Volume is queer-owned and operated.

Youth Volume was founded in Detroit in 2010 and became a hybrid studio experiment in 2021, when Director Clara Hardie moved back to their Michigan Upper Peninsula hometown. Students in Detroit meet with Clara virtually for weekly lessons. Marquette students receive lessons at our space at SOMA Studios. We gather twice-a-month for Saturday morning collaborations.