The first month of 2026 has concluded and MusicAid hopes everybody's 2026 has been off to an amazing start!

January Concerts

In January, we hosted our four regular concerts.

On January 10th, the wonderful piano teacher, Hanni Zhang, once again, brought her adorable students to our concert at Victory Court. This marks one year of her volunteering with us, as she first brought her students to perform at our concerts last year on January 25th, 2025. We are so grateful and honored for the many times she has graciously had her students come perform with us over the past year. We have also had the pleasure of watching her young students grow and improve, and we hope 2026 provides for more opportunities for them to step into the spotlight. Thank you Hanni, for your dedication both to music and service. 

We have also seen a rise in duets and chamber music at our concerts. While solo pieces are always abundant, the increase in collaborations between musicians has been noticeable. We hope that all musicians are having fun rehearsing with other young students!

We are also honored to have had the Montgomery Board of Education member, Ms. Julie Yang, come and watch our concert on January 17th, at Bartholomew House. Each MusicAid concert is meant to inspire joy through music and foster a sense of community as volunteers are able to share their talent with us and the lovely seniors at each living complex. This concert was no exception, with many wonderful string and piano performances, ranging from classical pieces, to movie soundtrack, and traditional music, and even hymns. We thank Ms. Yang for her time and we hope she enjoyed her experience at our concert. learning a bit more about our organization and what it stands for.

Expanding Our Reach

Recently, we were invited by a local organization, the Jewish Council for the Aging, to perform for them at an organization wide meet and greet, an opportunity we were truly honored to accept. We are to perform for them on February 18th.  

Additionally, many students have started to reach out to our organization for accompaniment services, including events such as the MCPS Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Adjudication. We are so glad that they chose our services! Our accompanists are also student musicians, and we will try our best to make sure that students will get the best accompaniment possible!

Our organization has been gaining more recognition, and we could not be more excited. Working with local organizations to perform is exactly in alignment with our mission and values. We hope even more people can hear about what we do and that we can further our work by collaborating with even more venues and organizations. Every performance is meaningful to us and allows us to further our mission of spreading joy through music and building community through shared experiences!

We now have 561 subscribers on our YouTube channel! Thank you guys so much for the boost in subscriptions. We hope this progress can continue in the future as well!

If you would like to view more amazing performances from our wonderful volunteers, head over to our YouTube Channel. Our channel is linked here: 

https://www.youtube.com/@MusicAid-us

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