PBS NewsHour

NY Arts Program Brings 'Harmony' to Low-Income Students

Clip: Season 2012 | 10m 29s

Serving mostly low-income children in New York City, an innovative music education program called Harmony provides free instruments and daily music lessons to children in third through sixth grades. Correspondent John Merrow reports on an arts program changing lives in public schools, based on a system developed in Venezuela.

Aired: 02/24/12

Rating: NR

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