The Light We Leave Behind
Written & Produced By Elson Guy Smith III | All rights reserved.
With your support — through donations, volunteering, or partnerships — we can keep putting music into the hands of students and schools that need it most, helping more young people discover confidence, creativity, and hope.
With our help and the support of others, students and schools that might otherwise go without are given access to instruments, encouragement, and meaningful opportunity through music.
Without compassion and support, too many young people are left on the outside looking in — not because they lack talent, but because they lack access.
Too often, the barrier is not willingness.
It is cost.
It is limited school funding.
It is not having the tools needed to begin.
Sadly, many students who could benefit deeply from music never get the chance at all.
That is who we are asking people to help.
We are focused on those who truly need the opportunity — the students waiting quietly, the schools doing their best with too little, and the communities where music access is out of reach.
We are asking for help for them — for those who deserve the chance to learn, grow, and discover what music can do in their lives.
While there are certainly some who may choose to beg, that’s not who we’re asking for help for.
We are focused on those who truly need it—the ones waiting for an opportunity, struggling in silence, and lacking the resources to change their circumstances.
We’re asking for help for them—those who deserve a chance to rise above their challenges.
Texas requires music in elementary school, but the state does not track enrollment in elementary music courses, making it hard to know which children are actually receiving real music instruction.
Texas students highly engaged in the music arts were 20% more likely to attend college.
Suburban schools offer 59% more music arts courses than rural schools in Texas.
Texas high-poverty schools have 29% fewer arts-certified teachers than low-poverty schools.
Texas high-poverty schools have 29% fewer arts-certified teachers than low-poverty schools.
At OVH Music Access, we don’t just support music; we help place it into the hands of students and schools that need it most. We open doors to creativity, confidence, and opportunity through the power of music.
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