Roots of American Music

We nourish our neighborhoods with the transformative power of music through education and performance.

Our Programs

Roots of American Music’s commitment to arts-integrated programming ensures that music becomes a powerful pathway to both academic success and emotional well-being.

Stop The Hate

In partnership with Roots of American Music and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Maltz Museum celebrates the voices of young people standing up to bias and bigotry through the annual Stop the Hate® Youth Sing Out contest.

Blues Is The Backbone

Blues is the Backbone is an age-appropriate, cross curricular education program offered for kindergarten and second grade students reinforcing language arts, music and social emotional learning standards.

Adult Day

Roots of American Music brings local musicians to adult day and residential facilities serving people who are physically and developmentally challenged. Through music we provide important mental, physical, and emotional benefits which help restore a sense of belonging, encourage physical movement through music interaction, and help individuals connect through music enrichment. These 50-minute programs can be regularly scheduled across the month and year for adult day and residential facilities. We can also provide live music for your special event and holidays.

Senior Communities

Roots of American Music brings local musicians to residential facilities for seniors. Through music we provide important mental, physical, and emotional benefits which help restore a sense of belonging, encourage physical movement through music interaction, and help individuals connect memories through music. Our 50-minute music enrichment programs can be regularly scheduled across the month and year for senior residential facilities as well as for special events and holidays.

Montessori Schools

Roots of American Music provides teaching artists to first-third grade students for 50-minute classes across 26 weeks during the classroom teacher’s specified class time. ROOTS also provides teaching artists to 4th & 5th grade students for 50-minute classes across 15 weeks during the classroom teacher’s specified class time. Through music students will learn age-appropriate music history curriculum, create movement matching lyrics, connect physically through the sound and rhythm of music, and work in peer groups to learn key signatures, notes, and chords.

Community Center Programs

Roots of American Music can provide live music for your senior citizen lunches, group music instruction programs for youth and adults, and summer / winter/monthly concert series. Our Food for the Soul program for seniors can be presented once a week for an hour, for 15 dates and one concert. Evelyn Wright, singer and program lead is accompanied on the piano (keyboard) by Joe Hunter. Each week Eveyln reviews the week’s current events, engages the audience in discussion and reflection, and connects appropriate generational music to highlight the current events, including sharing history about the musicians and the songs. (Sing-alongs are always encouraged!)

Concerts

Roots of American Music brings local musicians to neighborhoods and residents who lack live music opportunities. Through the transformative power of music, we share and educate about music rooted in America and help celebrate the sense of community. These programs can be scheduled as special events, 30–60-minute performances, a 90-minute concert, or a concert series across days, weeks, or months.