Practice Makes Perfect addresses inequities in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods over the summer. Research has found that two-thirds of the ninth-grade achievement gap between lower and higher income youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities. Students from low-income areas lose between 2.5 to 3.5 months of academic learning each summer, while their affluent peers are making academic gains. Our goal is to narrow the achievement gap, one summer at a time.

-Execute organizational strategy and special projects-Instruct intermediate to advanced students in piano and saxophone practical proficiency and theory studies. -Manage interns and conduct gospel and jazz bands.

-Generate scholarship monies through fundraising activities and solicite sponserships to fund educationally and financially qualified individuals who aspire to learn music education.