Changing lives through music in group settings

with a scholarship for every student

and an Upbeat instrument in their hands.

Hear what our students have to say…

We begin in 3rd grade, on-site, at their elementary school

Instilling confidence

With teamwork at Summer Strings

Providing leadership and mentoring opportunities for our high school students and college interns such as leading weekly practice sessions for our elementary aged musicians.

Continuing through high school

in UpbeatNH Youth Orchestra

Find more performance videos on our news page or on our YouTube channel.

Social Change through music, developing good citizens.

Our sincerest thanks to the United Way of Greater Nashua for their fiscal agent sponsorship. They do an amazing job supporting our community at every level.

UpBeat New Hampshire is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts. Support comes also from the Nashua Education Foundation, Nashua Rotary, Nashua Arts Commission, New Hampshire Charitable Trust, United Way, Rotary West, Ella F. Anderson, BNY Mellon, N.A., Trustee, Harvard Club of New Hampshire, City of Nashua Citizen’s Advocacy Commission, Agnes Lindsay Trust, D’Addario Foundation, Marine Family Foundation