Message From Our Owners
Dear Friends,
This August marks eight years since we decided to form The Music Therapy Project Inc.
We started with the simple goal of bringing music therapy to what we believed to be an under-represented population.
As we contacted the many non-profit providers that were serving children and adults with special needs, we realized that our
assumptions were correct. In our first few years we built solid partnerships with a handful of organizations that were interested
in what the creative arts could do for the people they serve. Today we are pleased to continue those relationships and a good
many more throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and soon Westchester County.We are proud of our charitable efforts and the early work we did with the Make A Wish Foundation, and most importantly the
work we are doing now with Feel Better Kids Inc. Over a four year period our Jazz Cocktail Fund Raising events provided a
network for musicians and non-profit workers, and enabled us to make significant contributions to programs like Life’s WORC,
The Floating Hospital, and Feel Better Kids.Our business goals like our music goals have followed a simple path; Quality, Integrity, and, Support. This coming fall we will be
partnering with the Westchester Creative Arts Therapy Project, to open a Saturday program at a brand new facility in Yonkers.
We look to serve many children and young adults in need in the Bronx, Westchester County, and neighboring areas. As we bring
the Creative Arts Therapies to more and more people we want to express our gratitude to all the therapists and our staff who have
worked with us, all the non-profit administrators who believe in the arts, and all the families, children, and adults, who have shared
music with us for the past eight years.Sincere thanks,
Elizabeth Balzano & Michael DeGrottole
