The MusicianShip DC

The MusicianShip offers a multi-disciplinary summer program at two sites—one for high school students and one for elementary and middle school students.

Depending on the site, we offer marching band, drumline, choir, dance, music business, music media, DJing, and music production programs, all leading to an end-of-summer showcase for students’ families and community members.

High School Program

The MusicianShip’s High School Summer Program provides youth the opportunity to participate in one of our performing arts ensembles – Choir, Dance, Drumline or Marching Band - or our Music Industry programs - Music Media or Music Business.

Elementary/Middle School Program

The MusicianShip’s Elementary and Middle School Summer Program enrolls youth in K - 8 to instrumental, vocal and general music programming. Young people enjoy learning the basics of music and specializing on their desired instruments.

The MusicianShip is fortunate to work with extremely talented artists and musicians throughout our family of music experience brands—The Wammie Awards and the DC Funk Parade.

We invite these artists to design a one-and-a-half-hour curriculum that interweaves exciting performances and age-relevant music crash courses. In addition to seeing great musical performances, we facilitate interactive activities that allow students to contribute to the creative process. Students do everything from playing the artists’ instruments, to singing with the artists, to dancing to their music, to participating in structured question-and-answer sessions.

The objectives we develop for Master Classes are for students to better understand the foundational elements and history of the contemporary music they listen to today. Specifically, to improve critical listening skills, develop a blueprint for the fundamentals of creating music, and to advance knowledge of specific instruments and their role in popular music. This wildly popular program serves thousands of students and is the foundation of our Global Program efforts, which have served youth in South Africa, France, and Sint Maarten.

The MusicianShip offers cultural exchange programs, whereby we export and import teachers and artists to provide master classes, after-school programs, and summer programs for youth who need us most. Through private and public sector partners in DC and beyond, we work with youth in Pretoria, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Paris, France, and St. Maarten. Through our Global Programs, we demonstrate that we have more in common than we have differences, while celebrating our commonalities and differences all the same

The Washington Youth Choir is an astounding year-round performance ensemble, which provides an educational experience geared toward talented and driven young vocalists in the DC Metropolitan area. Our focus is to fulfill the educational needs of DC-area youth by utilizing music as a vehicle to impart core values, promote higher education, and instill the belief that excellence can be achieved despite disadvantages.