Math + Money = Music

In a collaboration with Elev8 partners Creative Alliance and Kariz Kids, students at Tench Tilghman middle school in Baltimore produced their very own CD this fall. Students learned how to create original instrumentals, format and structure songs, operate recording software, as well as the business side of the music industry. They took on the roles of producer, engineer, writer, and artist, and created original songs together--all while operating within a budget. Program instructor Marcel Kariz says music production is a way youth can find their voice and talent, while learning how to apply math to real life.

Listen to songs produced by Elev8 students in the Kariz Kids after-school program:

Thank You Mama, featuring Tench Tilghman 6th graders Desyre Pickett and Christian Rhue.

My Life a song in which students sing about the tough realities of their lives.