About Keys Beats Bars
Vision
To foster growth within our communities through music opportunities and mentorship.
To offer culturally-responsive, arts-integrated, and trauma-informed programming to support youth in their desired development.
By focusing on youth, we foster community and cultural healing and disrupt recidivism cycles, poverty, and intergenerational trauma.
Mission
Our Values
Keys Beats Bars core values create the foundation for our daily actions and inform the language we use in working with underserved youth.
Multiculturalism
We create a sense of belonging through connecting with others over music, language, culture, and art.
Creativity
We inspire others by emphasizing the value of finding joy in our artistic and professional practices and lives.
Change
We encourage youth to grow and find their voice guided by supported self-realization.
Safety
We base our integrity in social and emotional learning - treating others with respect, equity, and compassion.
Legacy
We recognize the value in learning from our ancestors. In their efforts to build a better future for us, we have our role in cultivating that too.
We Are Musicians.
We love music! We live it, practice it, and teach it. We believe music can express feelings, help us heal, or simply be beautiful.
We Are Advocates.
We support our communities with music, addressing the pain and injustice we see, along with the joy from our small victories. Music is our way to resist, live, and survive.
We Are Creators.
We create music from start to finish. Our team of filmmakers, editors, and sound experts collaborate to help musicians share their love for music and bring ideas to life.