Daraja Music Initiative
Providing an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability through music education. Daraja Music Initiative (DMI) promotes awareness of conserving Mpingo–commonly referred to as African Blackwood or Grenadilla–by actively engaging students and the community with the power of music.
Teaching secondary students in Tanzania to play musical instruments empowers them by improving problem-solving skills,facilitating self-sufficiency, and by providing a healthy creative outlet.
Students and DMI teachers take part in innovative interdisciplinary performances/tree plantings throughout Tanzania to help connect the clarinet and the tree it is made of, Mpingo, with the community–therefore fostering a sincere desire for a sustainable future.
Teaching secondary students in Tanzania to play musical instruments empowers them by improving problem-solving skills,facilitating self-sufficiency, and by providing a healthy creative outlet.
Students and DMI teachers take part in innovative interdisciplinary performances/tree plantings throughout Tanzania to help connect the clarinet and the tree it is made of, Mpingo, with the community–therefore fostering a sincere desire for a sustainable future.
Clarinets for conservationFounded in 2010, Clarinets for Conservation provides an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability through music education. The clarinet is derived Tanzania’s national tree, the Mpingo, also known as African Blackwood and Grenadilla. The tree is of great value to artists, furniture makers, and hardwood carvers all over the world, but the high demand has threatened future sustainability of the tree. Students of the program serve a vital role in educating their families and community members about the importance of protecting natural resources.
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Music Education for a positive social change.
Conservation Education for a sustainable planet.
Creative Community Collaboration.
Conservation Education for a sustainable planet.
Creative Community Collaboration.
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Daraja StringsThe Daraja Strings program was started in 2015 by viola professor, Hillary Herndon and students from the University of Tennessee. Daraja Strings provides free instrumental music lessons at the Korongoni Secondary School in Moshi, Tanzania. Daraja Strings volunteers and faculty travel to Tanzania with donated instruments and materials for the students who take part in six weeks of string orchestra and group classes. Last summer was the first session Moshi and we are hoping to make this summer just as much of a success!
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