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Free Rock&Roll Education for Atlanta Public Schools

Little Kids Rock (LKR), a non-profit music program that provides free instruments and instruction for public school students, will launch a chapter in Atlanta.

The Atlanta chapter launch has been made possible through a generous grant from the Music Lives Foundation. The $70,000 grant will be used to provide 600 Atlanta-area students with the gift of music education. Students who participate in the music program will receive free music classes, guitars and cases.

The chapter launch kicks off with a free two-day workshop fin February or all teachers who wish to bring the LKR program into their schools. Currently, 15 teachers from 11 schools are scheduled to participate. Participating Atlanta schools include elementary, middle and high schools.

Little Kids Rock teaches kids how to play pop, rock, funk, blues, rap and hip-hop music. LKR students not only perform, but they also compose and record their own music.
They have released four full-length CDs as well as music videos featuring student-written originals. To date, the Little Kids Rock program has served more than 7,000 students in California, Louisiana, New York, New Jersey and Tennessee.

Supporters of the program include Paul Simon, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt.

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