The Atlanta Music Project, a non-profit that provides intense music education for at-risk children, has received a grant of $122,801 from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Widening the Stage grant is one of only six awarded by the Virginia-based foundation to youth music programs across the country. Renewable annually for the next three years, the grants are intended to  increase advanced instruction and performance opportunities for talented, low-income students, ages 8 to 18.

The largest grant ever to the Atlanta Music Project will be used to create the Exceptional Student Program, which will provide the best resources to the 20 most advanced AMP students to further develop their musical abilities.

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Written By Howard Pousner
Atlanta Journal-Constitution