ComMUSICation's mission is to amplify young voices and cultivates skills for success through equitable access to music, collaboration, and opportunity. Vision Youth use their voices to lead and make change, inspiring and inspired by their community. Core Values Collaboration: ComMUSICation utilizes community partners to bolster resources and maximize collective impact. We make decisions collaboratively partnering with youth, families, and community. Intention: ComMUSICation is dedicated to musical excellence and selecting purposeful music and performances that empower our youth to be actively engaged in their community and use their voices in a beautiful, healthy way. Evolving: ComMUSICation believes we are a never-ending evolving entity that can always better ourselves and will never stop striving for excellence. We measure our impact and evaluate programming and staff regularly. Youth-centered: ComMUSICation nurtures a youth’s development as a respectful, engaged young person first and foremost. Youth first, music second. Community-based: we are rooted in our community, both by location and by representation having parents, community partners, and community members on our board.