Making Musicians Who Make a Better World
Welcome! Play It Forward is a nonprofit organization providing private music lesson scholarships for Atlanta's most motivated young musicians. In exchange, they "play it forward" by volunteering their own time to help others.

Play It Forward is a win/win/win: students receive private lesson scholarships, the community receives dedicated volunteers, and donors see their contributions make double the difference.
HOW IT WORKS:
Generous individuals and businesses in the community donate funds to provide private lessons to Atlanta's most dedicated young musicians with financial need.
Scholarship students study privately with highly qualified teachers. Their experience is identical to that of students who pay the teacher directly.
For every hour of lessons they receive, students "pay it forward" by donating an hour to a volunteer organization of their choice. Donors watch the impact of their contributions multiply.
MISSION STATEMENT:
To foster citizenship and social justice through music by empowering motivated young musicians, regardless of financial status, to earn private lessons through hour-for-hour volunteer work with local service organizations.

LATEST NEWS:

PIF WINS NATIONAL ARTS VENTURE GRANT COMPETITION
Director Jessica Sherer and partner Emma Shubin (of Integral Steps) presented to a panel of judges at the National Flute Association's annual convention in San Diego, and were awarded a grant of $2,000 to put towards the PIF scholarship!
PIF AND FOUNDER JESSICA SHERER FEATURED IN THE FLUTE EXAMINER BLOG
Play It Forward was recently featured in The Flute Examiner blog in an article on entrepreneurship among young musicians. Check out the full article here.
PIF NAMED FINALIST IN NATIONAL ARTS VENTURE GRANT COMPETITION 
Play It Forward has been named one of 4 finalists in the National Flute Association's Arts Venture Grant Competition! We will travel to San Diego this August to present our organization to a panel of judges. Wish us luck!
PIANIST AMY O'DELL TO DONATE CD PROCEEDS TO PLAY IT FORWARD
Atlanta-based pianist and new music enthusiast Amy O'Dell has recently released her new CD, Find Your Inner Child, a collection of commissioned works for toy piano. Purchase your copy here to support local musicians, living composers, and Play It Forward!
PLAY IT FORWARD/AMY O'DELL CD LAUNCH PARTY FEB. 26!
Join us from 7:30 to 9:30 on February 26 in the cellar bar at 5 Seasons Westside. Take advantage of their killer menu and beer list while Amy performs selections from her new CD. We can't wait to tell you all about the work that we're doing with Play It Forward.