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Speaker 1: Kids from the Croft School and Jamaica playing got the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to play their instruments on a somewhat bigger stage

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Speaker 1: than normal.

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Speaker 2: In school performances are great, but you know, the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to share the music with a larger, you know, public

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Speaker 2: is always fun.

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Speaker 1: The grand staircase of the State House are the appreciative

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Speaker 1: lawmakers and staffers all around. Chris Ruder with the Boston

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Speaker 1: Music Project says these are just a handful of the

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Speaker 1: kids the nonprofit teaches. He says, the music gives kids

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Speaker 1: an outlet for creativity and bonding with their friends that

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Speaker 1: they may not get otherwise.

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Speaker 2: The social experience of playing with others, having that larger

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Speaker 2: orchestral sounds, you know when everyone comes together.

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Speaker 1: Of the countless students he's taught, there's usually two types.

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Speaker 2: Some of the students really aspire to be professional musicians.

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Speaker 2: Others just have this joy of music making and some

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Speaker 2: of these experiences, like performing at the State House are

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Speaker 2: one of those memories that they'll carry through everything that

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Speaker 2: they do.

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Speaker 1: Hyle Schaffle WBZ, Boston's news radio