The Forte Project
Student volunteers providing free music lessons to students in grades 5–12 — middle school through high school.
- Free
- Virtual
- Grades 5–12
- Student-led
Our mission
Every student should have access to music education, regardless of their family's financial resources.
Private lessons are expensive. Ours are taught by student volunteers from their schools' top ensembles — and cost nothing.
Programs
With an instrument, or without one.
Have an instrument
Instrument lessons
You already play and want to get better. A volunteer teacher helps you grow — free.
About lessonsNo instrument
Theory & composition
No instrument yet? Learn how music works — reading it, hearing it, writing your own.
About lessonsHow it works
Signing up takes a minute.
Built for students who'd otherwise go without — anyone can sign up.
- 01
Fill out the form
Takes about a minute.
- 02
A teacher reaches out
We find a time that works.
- 03
Start learning
30 minutes, twice a month, on video.
Volunteer
Play in your school's top ensemble? Teach someone who can't afford lessons.
Become a teacherFully virtual today. We hope to add:
- In-person lessons
- Group workshops
- Community events