Promotion of Seocho Music Dream Tree Instrument Support Project

Accepting Donations of Unused Household Idle Instruments Until June 30 for Repair and Delivery to Seocho Music Dream Trees... Supporting Music Education for Youths New to Instruments and Planning Year-End Concert

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seocho-gu (Mayor Jo Eun-hee) is promoting the ‘Seocho Music Dream Tree Instrument Support Project,’ which collects unused or broken instruments, repairs them, and provides them free of charge to culturally marginalized youth, along with supporting music education.

The ‘Seocho Music Dream Tree Instrument Support Project’ is a program started in 2020 in collaboration with the Seocho Cultural Foundation to provide opportunities for cultural and artistic activities to local youth who need instruments but face economic difficulties, lowering the barrier to learning instruments.

Last year, a total of 55 instruments were donated and delivered to culturally marginalized youth in Seocho-gu, nurturing the musical talents of young future classical musicians and encouraging their dreams and hopes.

This year, following the instrument sharing, music education will also be provided to youth who are encountering instruments for the first time.

From August to November, participants will receive direct instrument lessons (basic/beginner level) from performers belonging to the Seocho Symphony Orchestra, and at the end of the year, the Seocho Music Dream Tree Concert will be held to allow the youth to fully showcase the skills they have practiced.

Additionally, the donated instruments will be repaired and maintained at instrument-related facilities located within the Seocho Music Culture District near Banpodaero, expected to bring new vitality to the local economy, which has been stagnated due to reduced consumption in the cultural and artistic sectors.

Instrument donations can be applied for online via the Seoripul Instrument Street website or by phone until June 30, and donors will receive a ‘Donation Appreciation Certificate’ as a token of gratitude.

Seocho-gu Mayor Jo Eun-hee said, “I hope many residents and artists actively participate in donations so that the warm culture of sharing can spread during COVID-19 by delivering instruments sleeping inside homes to youth in need.”

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