Get Involved
Student volunteers support instrument donations, community performances, outreach, and project operations. Returning volunteers may take responsibility for instrument placement, performance coordination, or service-hour documentation.
Prepare about 20 minutes of music and perform with other students at senior communities near you. Students should have playing experience. Any instrument is welcome, and no audition is required.
Search listings, contact donors, and help coordinate pickups and deliveries. No musical experience is required.
Leadership
Returning volunteers may lead an area of the project, such as instrument placement, performance coordination, or service-hour documentation.
Coordination takes place online, on your own schedule. Performances and deliveries take place in person. The team meets twice a year: in September to assign roles and in January to review progress.
Recognition
Volunteers record their service hours for approval by a project leader. Host organizations confirm performance attendance.
First achievement level in each category:
Students receive a certificate at each achievement level. Service hours have five levels, from Bronze to Diamond. Performances, instrument placements, and referrals have three levels, from Bronze to Gold. The annual Play It Forward Award recognizes exceptional dedication to the project and the communities it serves.
Play it forward.
Instruments where they’re needed.
Music where it’s missed.