“Music for Humanity exists to spread more music. Please help us “pay it forward” to the next generation of musicians with a tax-deductible donation here. It takes less than 1 minute to donate online or send a check to Music for Humanity, PO Box 359, Chester, NY 10918. Thank you.”
DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT
An anonymous donor and music lover will match all donations from November 1st thru December 31st up to a cumulative $10,000. This includes all donations made online, by mail and at our live events. Currently the cumulative donations are:

$1,094

Grand Scholarship Winners
Inspired By Passion
More music means a better world for all of us because Music builds the invisible roads & bridges that connect our hearts, our souls. We need those connections now, more than ever.

In the Spotlight: Barry Adelman

After twenty years and $187,000 in Music Scholarships, and thanks to the support of thousands of musicians and music lovers, Music for Humanity’s Co-Founder and “chief volunteer” Barry Adelman, was featured on the cover of Spotlyts Magazine an international publication, with a detailed interview inside. See the introduction video from Spotlyts on YouTube  now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_vVjYjQFc. 

Click here to read the entire interview.

Or click play below the image to listen to an accurate and enthusiastic AI generated podcast about the interview.

Announcing the Music for Humanity 2024 Scholarship Winners

On Saturday July 20, 2024 we awarded another $20,000 in music scholarships bringing our grand total to $187,000 and 72 music scholarships.

We were forced, because of limited funding, to select 6 recipients out of 36 deserving applicants. Thanks to all the people who have donated time, talent & money to make these scholarships possible. “More Music Means a Better World for All of Us”.

Our scholarship winners are more than just excellent musicians. They are “Music Ambassadors” who are building the invisible roads & bridges that connect our hearts & souls via music. Let’s work together to give everyone who applies in 2025 a scholarship.  

Click here to see all 2024 scholarship winners.

Esther Chae, Cellist, attending the Juilliard School in New York. Grand Scholarship Winner.

The 2023 SONG WRITING CONTEST WINNERS

THE 1ST PLACE WINNER OF $1,000

Lucas Rotman, Brooklyn NY; Song: We

Esther Chae, Cellist is a Grand Prize Scholarship Winner.

Maxfield Panish is a Grand Scholarship winner.

Tania Mesa. Violinist, Singer, Arranger, Song Writer and Grand Scholarship winner.

Shavon Lloyd, Composer, Conductor, Baritone, Music Educator and Grand Scholarship winner.

Ryan Soeyadi, Pianist and Grand Scholarship winner.

Christina Grohowski, Mezzo-Soprano is a Grand Scholarship Winner.

See More Scholarship Winners...

Marissa Gerin

Third Annual Music Teacher Appreciation Award Winner Announced

Pictured above is Marissa Gerin the winner of the Third Annual Music Teacher Appreciation Award, a $1000 Grant. Marissa teaches at the St. Cloud Elementary School in West Orange NJ. Music teachers are critical to the future of humanity. We hope to increase this award in 2025. See if you qualify at this link: https://musicforhumanity.org/teacher-appreciation-award

We’ll begin accepting applications in spring 2025 and select the Fourth Annual Winner by random in the fall.

If you are a part-time or full-time music teacher at an accredited institution (grammar school thru college) you are eligible to apply for the grant in 2025. Please apply here.

Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel Here and see all our performances.

Please click the green icon to make a tax-deductible donation now… it takes less than 1 minute. Thanks for your support!

Latest News...

Music for Humanity Announced $20,000 in Music Scholarships Bringing Their Grand Total to $187,000

To date Music for Humanity has given 72 scholarships totaling $187,000. On July 20 at Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hall NY they announced 6 scholarships for $20,000 as follows: $10,000 Grand Scholarship, $5,000 Runner-Up, and four Honorable Mentions of $1,250 each.

WINNERS OF THE 2023 MUSIC FOR HUMANITY RAFFLE Announced

We sold 2148 tickets at $10 each. Thanks to all who bought tickets & thanks to Nick Zungoli of Exposures Gallery for donating the 4th Prize.

We raised over $10,000 to support music education.

We’ll start the same money raffle again in a few months plus a guitar raffle with an $8000 classical guitar handmade in Germany by Adrian Heinzelmann as first prize and a ukulele donated by Main Street Music in Beacon as the second prize.

Watch the video and see the names of the winners here.

MORE News...

Fourth Annual School Instrument Program

For the Fourth Annual School Instrument Program, MFH bought $3300 worth of new instruments for the Goshen School District. On the left is William Green, Goshen Music Teacher and MFH Co-Founder Barry Adelman

Music for Humanity School Instrument Program

Music is an International Language that Transcends All Boundaries and Builds the Invisible Roads & Bridges that Connect Our Hearts & Souls.

More music means more connections and more connections means a better world for all of us. Music for Humanity’s mission is to spread more music throughout the world by “planting” music seeds. Locally we do that by presenting the monthly Music for Humanity Free Performance Night. Nationally and globally we do it by offering scholarships to young aspiring musicians who need financial help to

 continue their formal education, as a music major, at any accredited college or university in the United States. Those musicians become, in essence, ambassadors for Music for Humanity. Our current mission is offering music education scholarships. We raise money for our scholarships through Concerts,  Free Performance Nights and Tax-Deductible Donations.

Our current mission is offering music education scholarships. We raise money for our scholarships through Concerts, Free Performance Nights and Tax-Deductible Donations.

The Story of Music for Humanity

In 2005, Co-Founder Barry Adelman heard a whisper like in the movie Field of Dreams.

This whisper didn’t say “Build it and he will come”. It simply said “Music for Humanity”.

Barry turned around to see who had said it, but no one was there. A few minutes later he heard it again. Still, no one was there.

Barry thought that maybe this whisper came because of some recent spiritual songs he had written; he knew he had to act on it. After a little research he discovered that someone had reserved the name “Music for Humanity” on the web, but there was no website.

A little more research led him to his future Co-Founder Kurt Irmiter who had reserved the name in 2001. Kurt also had an idea to use music to benefit Humanity.

To tap the power of the listener enjoying music and the musicians creating and performing music to benefit and improve the world. As soon as Barry contacted Kurt they struck a chord and teamed up to form MusicForHumanity.org.

After doing fund raisers for the Red Cross and for Big Brothers Big Sisters it dawned on them that Music itself was worthy of being supported. They realized that despite our political, religious, ethnic & financial differences, Music brought us together.

They began spreading more music with a monthly Free Performance Night and by giving music scholarships to young aspiring musicians. These scholarship recipients became “Music Ambassadors” and helped spread more music.

Music builds the invisible roads & bridges to connect our hearts, our souls. In today’s divisive world we need those connections more than ever. More Music means more connections, which means a better world for all of us. Help us spread more music throughout the world.

To volunteer, email info@MusicForHumanity.org & put “Volunteer” in the subject line. You can make a tax-deductible donation at the links provided on this site or send a check to Music for Humanity, PO Box 359, Chester, NY 10918. Thanks for your generosity!!

Ready to be Part
of This Movement?

If you’d like to apply for a music scholarship, or donate to the cause, click the appropriate button below:

A note to our visitors

This website has updated its privacy policy in compliance with changes to European Union data protection law, for all members globally. We’ve also updated our Privacy Policy to give you more information about your rights and responsibilities with respect to your privacy and personal information. Please read this to review the updates about which cookies we use and what information we collect on our site. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our updated privacy policy.

Scroll to Top