Music is more than instruments and voices. It’s more than rhythm and movement. Music is a powerful force that can inspire, create community, and build family bonds. And it can be life-changing to develop our inner music-maker as early as possible.
WHAT I WANT TO DO
Establish Shar-La-La Music Together, to bring Music Together–a fantastic, smart, joyful, brain-building early childhood music program–to the greatest number of children and families in the Chattanooga area possible.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
More and more research indicates that early childhood (ages 0-6), a period of rapid change and development, is the most critical period in a child’s musical growth.
It also indicates that early music education (where children are making music):
WHY MUSIC TOGETHER?
Because it’s a research-based program with these four powerful guiding principles:
MY STORY
I’m Sharla June, and for many, many years I worked passionately as a musician, writer, and teacher in various capacities. Then, during one stunning and surprising year, I became a parent and my journey changed. I chose to leave my fulltime teaching position and to allow my working band to disintegrate so that I could raise my daughter.
This new endeavor—Shar-La-La Music Together—funded lovingly by you, my people, represents the next phase in my development as an educator and musician. While searching for an early music program to attend with my daughter, I fell in love with Music Together. I proceeded to take and pass teacher training and got permission to establish my own Music Together Center. That work is done. The next phase is up to y’all! I need your help to pay my start-up costs and to buy instruments for my center.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
When you donate to my RocketHub campaign, in addition to receiving some cool goods, you will be helping me pay for:
AND IN CONCLUSION
I thank you, Fine People, for while few of us have enough to pay all the costs, the combined power of our modest funds can bring music to lots of little people and their families.