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Mexico City Expands School Music Program With 3,900 Instruments Delivered

City leaders frame free music classes as a violence‑prevention strategy that will reach 500 schools by year‑end.

Overview

  • Clara Brugada led a symbolic handover at the Teatro de la Ciudad, where students from Primaria 30 de Septiembre and Lisandro Calderón performed.
  • Officials set targets to cover 500 public schools and distribute more than 15,000 instruments in 2025 to benefit about 150,000 basic‑education students.
  • Current reach was described differently in outlets, with one report citing around 100 schools and another quoting Brugada saying 185 schools with 486 workshop leaders.
  • The rollout includes a wide range of instruments, from violins, cellos and bongos to ukuleles, bandoneons and pianos.
  • Brugada presented the effort as a tool to foster peace by engaging children in music, coordinated with the federal education authority in the capital.