Our Mission

Our mission is to use the transformative power of music to effect positive social change for the students most in need of access, opportunity and inspiration.

Project Music was founded in July of 2014 by music educators Garrett Mendez, Ian Taylor and board members Joyce DiCamillo, Christel Truglia and Mort Lowenthal. The program takes inspiration from a previous iteration of Project Music founded by Stamford music teacher and then State Senator, Anthony Truglia in 1967, and is shaped in the image of the revolutionary Venezuelan music education initiative known as “El Sistema.” Mayor David Martin allocates start-up funding in the City budget, and a partnership is formed with Domus, a social services organization, to host the program at its Chester Addison Community Center. Check our history to see some of our amazing experiences and accomplishments.