Making music accessible to young people throughout
Greater Peoria through lessons, instruments, performance opportunities, and community programs.

A woman is demonstrating a musical instrument to children at an indoor event, with others sitting and walking in the background.
A young girl smiling and holding a trumpet, with face paint designs in purple and pink, wearing a light-colored dress with puffed sleeves, in a festive indoor setting.
A group of young people playing musical instruments and singing outdoors in a garage converted into a music space, with colorful bowls and a woman sitting on a blanket.
A four-member band performing on an outdoor stage, with two guitarists, a drummer, and a vocalist singing into a microphone.
A young girl with long brown hair lying on the open trunk of a silver car, drawing on a piece of paper. Next to her is a small decorated cooler with stickers and a dog standing on top, smiling. The cooler has a sign that says 'Live' on it. In the background, a maroon car and a wooden fence are visible.
A group of four musicians performing on stage, including a guitarist wearing a baseball cap, a musician with an acoustic guitar, a drummer, and a saxophonist wearing sunglasses, with a drum set and microphones present.
Two young men playing guitars on stage during a live music performance.
A young man playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone, with a drummer in the background, on a stage.
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Graphic with musical staff and the words "harmonize peoria" in blue text, a large musical treble clef, and multicolored horizontal lines.
Two young girls practicing fire dancing with flaming poi in an outdoor setting, with music equipment and a person in the background.
A red brick building with graffiti that reads 'LUC' and 'OPENINGS' on the wall. The building is fenced with a small yard and trees in the background.
Children playing drums outdoors, one child is sitting with a drum set and another is standing, with others nearby on benches.
Children and adults participating in an interactive music activity with drums and other instruments at a community event.
Outdoor gathering with people sitting on chairs in front of a garage, listening to a performance or speaker, with a woman standing and facing the group, and cars parked in the background.
Two children playing musical instruments on a stage; one is playing a keyboard, the other is sitting at a drum set.
A young boy playing a drum set in a music studio.
Two young people singing into a microphone, laughing and enjoying a musical performance.
A young toddler sitting in a stroller looking at a man playing drums at an indoor arts fair event.
A group of four musicians rehearsing with instruments in a garage with open door, outdoor scene outside with trees and chairs.
Display of six guitars of various colors and styles on a black stand, with a red brick wall in the background.
A young person with glasses and brown hair playing an electric bass guitar and smiling, standing on a colorful towel on a stage with musical instruments and equipment around.
A group of people gathered around a young person playing an electric guitar in an indoor space with windows.
A man demonstrates a guitar to two children at a community event inside a well-lit room with large windows, with other people browsing tables in the background.
Three young women playing musical instruments together in a music room
Four electric bass guitars in blue, red, purple, and brown, each on a stand in front of amplifiers, against a wood-paneled wall.

These were our first donated instruments, the ones that helped spark the idea of Garage Band Open Stage. We’re forever grateful to Pete Ramsey for that and all the good that followed because of them.

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Explore Harmonize Peoria’s New Website!

We finally have our own site with its own personality!

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We were featured as part of WTVP’s “You Gotta See This” on October 13th!
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Harmonize Peoria is 501(c)3 public charity registered with the IRS, State of Illinois, and GuideStar.