Educators Circle
The VMA Educators Circle connects music teachers with opportunities for their students to perform outreach concerts, develop leadership skills, and experience the power of music as a form of community service.
What Is the Educators Circle?
The VMA Educators Circle is a network of music teachers who support students in sharing their musical talents through community outreach and service.
Teachers in the Educators Circle connect their students with opportunities to perform outreach concerts, participate in leadership initiatives, and earn national service recognition through Volunteer Musicians for the Arts.
Why Teachers Join
Meaningful Performance Opportunities
Students perform outreach concerts that bring classical music into communities where live music is rarely experienced.
Leadership Development
Students develop leadership skills by organizing outreach concerts, starting school clubs, and participating in service initiatives.
National Service Recognition
Students can earn nationally recognized volunteer service awards through their participation in VMA programs.
How It Works
Introduce Students to VMA
Teachers encourage students to participate in outreach concerts and leadership opportunities through the VMA Junior Program.
Students Perform Outreach Concerts
Students share classical music in assisted living communities, hospitals, libraries, and community spaces.
Teachers Verify Participation
Teachers verify student outreach participation through simple online forms after concerts are completed.
Students Grow as Leaders
Students gain leadership experience through service initiatives, club leadership, and national programs.
Help Your Students
Turn Music Into Service
The VMA Educator Outreach Grant helps music educators create meaningful opportunities for their students to share their musical talents in service to their communities.
Grants may support student-led concerts in assisted living communities, libraries, community gathering spaces, and other settings where live music can make a meaningful difference.
Give your students the opportunity to discover that their music can do more than be heard — it can serve others.
Learn More & Apply
What Teachers Are Saying
MTNA Teacher of the Year (2024)
Steinway Top Teacher (2021, 2022)
Eastern Division Director, Music Teachers National Association (2024–2026)
Join the Educators Circle
Music teachers play an essential role in helping students discover how their musical talents can serve their communities. Join the VMA Educators Circle to connect your students with outreach performances, leadership opportunities, and national service recognition.
Let’s work together
Interested in joining VMA as an educator?
We’d love to learn more about you and explore how we can serve communities together. Please share a bit of information below, and our team will reach out shortly. We can’t wait to connect!
