After-School Music Program Asking for Instruments, Instructors

By SCORE Berkeley

Magnus Mentors, a company comprised of Berkeley based undergraduate and law students, has created a new program called SCORE Berkeley that is about to rock the kids at Willard Middle School.

They have teamed up with the Berkeley Unified School District to create free after-school music classes for middle school students.

The group started the program to encourage creativity, engagement and teamwork in young people.

Students participating in the program will have the opportunity to learn the guitar, bass, piano and drums and will be encouraged to form their own rock bands.

The inaugural eight-week program begins on Friday, April 12, and is open to all students at Willard Middle School. A final performance will be held in June.

SCORE is currently recruiting college students to volunteer as instructors and hosting a citywide used instrument drive.

We would like to ask the community to donate guitars, bases, keyboards, and drums by emailing donate@scoreberkeley.org, or calling 310.773.7672.

All instrument donations will be tax deducible through the Berkeley Unified School District.

For more information, contact Meredith Reed, (303) 489-2200 or mreed@scoreberkeley.org. You can also log onto www.scoreberkeley.org.