San Jose Jazz

Progressions is all about changing lives by helping low-income, at-risk youth in our community identify, cultivate and celebrate their gifts through music education and performance.

Progressions is an evidence-based, K-12, youth development program that uses music to connect with low-income, at-risk students, challenges them with a rigorous music education program, helps them build a pro-social community, and stays with them until they graduate from high school. The program’s mission is to help keep participants in school, out of gangs, and on the road to becoming better students and contributing citizens.

Developed in 2009 and tested in spring 2011 as a pilot program in the Franklin-McKinley School District, Progressions has worked with over 450 children to date. Currently, the program works with 135 2^nd-6^th grade students at Santee Elementary School, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary School and Success Academy, where music education is complemented with supporting resources and opportunities that foster a community of families that actively supports their children’s growth and development.