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 Community Engagement
“Musical philanthropy.
This has become a
driving force in our
mission and the lens
through which we
examine all of our
work. It is our heart.”
–Susan Randazzo,
IHM Executive Director
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Giving the gift of music is the heart and soul of Indian Hill Music. With a mission of “benefitting individuals, families and communities through music,” we are committed to deepening our musical presence in the 60-town region we serve through a variety of philanthropic and community engagement initiatives designed to make music accessible to everyone – especially the underserved populations who need it the most.
Each year, the musicians of Indian Hill, from the Music School and Orchestra of Indian Hill, both professional and student, offer music in a wide variety of settings. Visits to schools, senior centers, assisted living facilities, community gatherings and other events bring music to those who otherwise would not have access, and help IHM meet its mission of giving back.
• We hold free “Bach’s Lunch” faculty concerts for some 2,000 seniors, home-schooled families and local professionals annually.
• Nearly 90 students from preschool to grade 5 in Ayer are taking music classes and/or learning to play an instrument through our Ayer After School Music Collaborative. More than 400 Ayer students also attended musical performances this spring as part of the program.
• We are the first community music school in the nation to offer a Threshold Choir, which provides healing and comfort at the bedsides of the sick and dying.
• The Indian Hill Big Band and Justin Meyer Swing Trio regularly perform at senior centers and functions in our local communities. Our student groups and faculty have also performed dozens of outreach concerts in a variety of locations and area towns.
• We awarded $37,000 in scholarships to our Music School this year. We encourage our students to share their gift of music with others. Our annual Performathon, where students and faculty perform for an entire weekend, raises funds that allow us to give scholarships to students in need so that they can attend IHMS. Many of these scholarship students have won awards for their talent that has flourished at Indian Hill.
• We offer free master classes, workshops and concert tickets to each of our 1,500 music students.
• Our student families and concert attendees collected more than 525 pounds of food for the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry at Devens as part of a national food drive. We also conducted food and toy drives during the holidays for Loaves & Fishes.
• We provided free concert tickets to approximately 40 area nonprofits to use in fundraising activities for their organizations last season
Some of our key community partnerships include:
2009: Habitat for Humanity – offered discounted tickets to local chapter for our Thanksgiving family concert
League of American Orchestras “Orchestras Feeding America” Food Drive – 525 pounds of food collected and donated to Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry in Devens
2008: Loaves & Fishes Pantry in Devens - toy drive and canned food drive
2007: Loaves & Fishes Pantry in Devens - book drive
2006: Children’s Hospital, Boston - IH faculty donated their performances at a benefit concert that raised more than $30,000 for Duchene’s muscular dystrophy research
2005: New Orleans Ballet Association - more than $2,000 raised after Hurricane Katrina.
2001: New York’ City's Church Street School for Music & Art - donated instruments after September 11th tragedy
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