Founded in 2009 at Columbia University, Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) began as a small group of volunteer musicians - both amateurs and aspiring professionals - teaching free private lessons to elementary school students in Morningside Heights. Since 2009, MMC has taught over 10,000 lessons to youth across the US and beyond.

Today, MMC strives to address inequity in music education by matching under-resourced communities with Musical Mentors to create powerful experiences through meaningful relationships. Our collaborative includes musicians, educators, and university students; homeless shelters, supportive housing networks, and low income Title I schools; volunteers ranging from professions in law, medicine, social work, finance, technology, and arts-management; and teachers from orchestras, rock bands, conservatories, and corporations. We offer instruction on any instrument and in whatever genre our students most want to learn, and we teach students from kindergarten to high school.

Our goal is to rally music-lovers across our community, and use that resource to build novel educational infrastructure that serves our next generation of musicians and music lovers. Will you join us?

2024 Gala Concert & Online Auction

Celebrating 15 Years!