Our Community Partners 1991-present
The Healing Art of Music™ program, which began in 1991, has raised more than $2,800,000 for over fifty worthy causes and has been nationally recognized with the League of American Orchestras' MetLife Award for Excellence in Community Engagement and the highest cultural recognition in Massachusetts, the Commonwealth Award. LSO is proud to have supported the following organizations over the program's history, including those featured on our current 2024-25 season.
2024-25 Partners
October 19, 2024: project step
Since 1982, Project STEP (String Training Education Program) has provided talented young musicians that identify with historically underrepresented groups in classical music with comprehensive music instruction. Project STEP envisions a world in which the classical music profession reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of our communities. 100% of Project STEP graduates have gone on to college or conservatory.
DECEMBER 7, 2024: tunefoolery music
2024 marks Tunefoolery Music’s thirtieth year of connecting music with mental health. Founded at a drop-in center in Cambridge MA for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, Tunefoolery began as a group of four musicians who performed 15 concerts for family, friends, and peers in their first year. Today, as a Boston-based nonprofit supported by the Mass Cultural Council and the MA Dept. of Mental Health, Tunefoolery has grown to 30 active musicians (age 25-85!) who play a variety of instruments and musical genres and benefit from the organization’s music education programs, performance opportunities, and supportive community. This past year, we performed over 400 gigs at hospitals, shelters, mental health centers, and nursing homes, providing music to audiences that typically lack access to live performances. We have increased our membership’s diversity and continued giving back to mental health units where some of our members were once patients. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we are proud to be member-led for the first time and are honored to be one of LSO’s Community Partners.
MARCH 22, 2025: The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating a cure for each and every multiple myeloma patient. We drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to identify optimal and more personalized treatment approaches and empower myeloma patients and the broader community with information and resources to extend their lives.
MAY 10, 2025: vinfen
Vinfen, a leading nonprofit organization, has been a lifeline for individuals with mental health challenges, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges since 1977. Operating from Massachusetts, Vinfen is dedicated to transforming lives by promoting dignity, independence, and personal growth. The organization's services, which include residential, clinical, and employment support, have had a profound impact on individuals, helping them achieve their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. Vinfen's commitment to innovation, compassion, and excellence has made it a trusted provider in the field of human services.
All past partners:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
ALS Association Massachusetts Chapter
ALS Therapy Development Institute
American Epilepsy Society
Artists for Alzheimer's
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK)
Augustus A. White III Institute for Healthcare Equity
Berkshire Children and Families
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Boston Private Industry Council
Bridges to Malawi
Caron Treatment Centers
Children of Chornobyl
Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS
Dimock Community Health Center
EqualHealth
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Friends of Brookline Public Health
Friends of LADDERS
Global Health Initiative at Boston University
Global Oncology
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
Health Care Without Walls
Hospitality Homes
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Jack's Magic Bean Fund
Japanese Disaster Relief Fund - Boston
Joslin Diabetes Center
March of Dimes
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Mattapan Community Health Center
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
New England Hemophilia Association
New England SERVE
Partakers: College Behind Bars
Partners in Health
Performers' Outreach
Physicians for Human Rights
Project Prakash
Project STEP
Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation
Reid Sacco Memorial Foundation
Seven Hills Behavioral Health
Sharewood Project
Sharing Foundation
Shattuck Partners
Shelter Music Boston
Shriners Burn Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Steve Glidden Foundation
The Food Project
THRIVEGulu
Tunefoolery Music
Vinfen
Violence Transformed
Women of Means
Young Audiences of Massachusetts
YWCA Cambridge
For more information on becoming an LSO Community Partner, click here.