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 Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) Academy Applications Open

 Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) Academy Applications Open

Applications are now open for our Spring 2026 Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) Academy! We invite talented musicians of all genres to submit their ideas for making change in their communities. APPLY HERE. The MCA is a 6.5-month online social change business accelerator (6 weeks of instruction, followed by 20 weeks…
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Our Spring 2025 Auction is LIVE!

Our Spring 2025 Auction is LIVE!

We’re thrilled to offer you three exclusive musical experiences and items that support our work with musician changemakers across the country! All proceeds directly support Music to Life’s mission: equipping musician changemakers with the tools and resources they need to create bold, community-driven change. Want to learn more about the…
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Instrument of Change: Vanessa Lively & Home Street Music

Instrument of Change: Vanessa Lively & Home Street Music

"My name is Vanessa Lively and I am an Instrument of Change." Every week in Austin, Texas, professional musicians and volunteers gather with people experiencing homelessness for 90 minutes of music, self-expression and creativity. The impact on participants and the community at large have been powerful. Watch the video to…
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Instrument of Change: Beny Esguerra & Wheel it Studios

Instrument of Change: Beny Esguerra & Wheel it Studios

"My name is Beny Esguerra and I am an Instrument of Change." On a Sunday afternoon, a small group of young people from the North Side and the South Side of the Jane Finch community in Toronto gather in a studio to collaborate on original music - and you get to…
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MCA Workshop and Community Showcase: Oklahoma May 2025

MCA Workshop and Community Showcase: Oklahoma May 2025

MUSICIAN CHANGEMAKER ACCELERATOR WORKSHOP & PUBLIC SHOWCASE RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA -Opportunity for local artists to impact social change through their music- Wilder, Vermont (May 21, 2025) — National nonprofit Music to Life - founded by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) - brings its Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) Workshop…
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Instrument of Change: Elexa Dawson & Good Way Gardens

Instrument of Change: Elexa Dawson & Good Way Gardens

"My name is Elexa Dawson and I am an Instrument of Change." From Juried Artist Elexa Dawson What makes up a strong community? As a Potawatomi person, I believe it comes down to embracing diversity, sharing resources, valuing intergenerational wisdom, fostering interdependence, and living in a “Good Way" - a…
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BLOG: From Small Talk to Big Impact // Music to Life at FAI

BLOG: From Small Talk to Big Impact // Music to Life at FAI

Read about the experience of our Artist Liaison, Kyra Shaughnessy, at this year’s Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal. Imagine this: you’re in a big conference hall, hundreds of people milling around, conversations happening left and right. Everyone with coffee in hand, lanyard on neck – and eager to make…
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Where will Music to Life be in 2025?

Where will Music to Life be in 2025?

Edinburg, TX (Feb 18th) MCA Workshop, in collaboration with the City of Edinburg Cultural Arts, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts Montréal, Québec (February 19th-23rd) Folk Alliance International (FAI) Conference, presenting in panel Beyond the Stage: Diversifying Artist Income Streams Arizona (March) Online MCA Workshop in collaboration with…
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Remembering Peter Yarrow

Remembering Peter Yarrow

From the desk of Executive Director, Liz Sunde With the dawn of this new year comes the close of a chapter. As many of you know, Peter Yarrow, one of Music to Life’s lifelong friends, passed away yesterday morning. I greet the news with equal measures of sadness and purpose.…
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