TSA promotes music among youth in the North as a means to increase self-esteem, teamwork and leadership skills, while also promoting a healthy and positive lifestyle.

We are a small, volunteer-run charitable organization, delivering quality music education. What began as an after-school music program for disengaged and bored youth, has now grown into a program that brings joy and meaning into the lives of Nunavut youth. Our program is built on a foundation of relationship - not only do our students learn to play music, many of them develop leadership skills, build self-esteem and the workshops have a positive impact on their mental health as well, improving their lives significantly.

Music for the Future has been presenting music workshops to youth in Nunavut for 13 years, led by qualified music instructors. More recently, due to the pandemic and the restrictions of visitors in schools, we started providing weekly virtual music lessons. These lessons have shown to be a great way to engage youth on a more regular basis and are giving youth a structured activity after school hours.

Our program aims not only to provide Inuit youth with music instruction (especially in communities where music programs don't exist), as a positive, creative outlet, but our program continues to deliver valuable skills that translate into increased self-worth, joy, positive engagement with others, increased confidence and positive mental health.