Flagship program
Harmony Project Oakland
Free, multi-year instrumental instruction, Saturday programming, performances, peer-led practice, and teacher-guided mentorship for East Oakland students.
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Oakland Music Matters
Lighting up lives through music.
More music, more Oakland. Free, sustained music learning for young people, rooted in belonging, mentorship, and community reinvestment.
Why music
Access changes the sound of a city.
Music learning builds more than musicianship. Students practice attention, listening, timing, memory, confidence, cooperation, and the discipline of returning to something difficult until it becomes possible.
The Why Music page will become OMM's home for the science and civic case behind sustained music education.
Read the case for music
About us
A new nonprofit carrying a familiar promise forward.
Oakland Music Matters is a 501(c)(3) built to bring more music to more of Oakland. Its first public program is Harmony Project Oakland, which began serving Oakland students in 2020.
OMM gives the work a local nonprofit home for staff, board members, volunteers, partners, and future programs.
Meet the organizationPrograms
Harmony Project Oakland is the anchor.
Alongside the flagship multi-year program, OMM can show Town Strings, summer programming, Saturday ensembles, mentoring, student teaching, and performance pathways as part of one growing Oakland music ecosystem.
Donate
Every gift keeps the music moving.
Donor, sponsor, school, and community partner support keeps instruction free, helps instruments reach students, and sustains the relationships that make musical growth possible.
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Blog
News, student stories, and field notes.
The blog gives OMM a place for announcements, program updates, research notes, sponsor spotlights, and stories from the students and adults building the work.
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