Education & Outreach

Engaging Our Community by Celebrating, Teaching, Collaborating, & Healing

Community Chords Celebrating shines a spotlight on the heritage of cultural arts in Meridian and the surrounding areas, as well as the heritage of the ever-changing and growing population of its residents. 

The Community Chords Teaching Program is designed to provide opportunities for all in our community to have access to the arts and have continued arts education available throughout all stages of life.

Community Chords Collaborating brings together the immense skills, talents, and resources of the area’s existing cultural arts organizations in order to leverage their collective missions. We are better together, and our community will be more deeply impacted by our teamwork.

The Community Chords Healing initiative is designed to provide various therapies, health benefits, and education to our community through the power of music and the arts.

Healing Harmonies is a music therapy program serving oncology patients, individuals suffering from neurological trauma & diseases, loved ones and caregivers of these patients, and the healthcare professionals who have worked tirelessly to protect and serve our communities though the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, this program will serve as a training ground for the next generation of educators and counselors, as it will be an official internship site for Mississippi State University’s Department of Education and serve as an approved practicum program for the University’s Department of Counseling.