Bus equipped with studio reaching Govt schools to teach music
New Delhi: Music classes are reaching the government schools of Delhi these days through a bus with an aim to prepare future musicians. The buses have been prepared by an organisation named ‘Manzil Mystics’ in collaboration with the Delhi Government. It is completely dedicated to music with facilities for theory classes, recording and a stage for presentation.
On Wednesday, some children of Delhi government schools arrived for a class on this bus. Thirteen-year-old Sonam studies in Delhi Government’s Sister Nivedita Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in the seventh standard. Sonam said, “I have been learning music for a year. This is the second day of class on the music bus.
This is very beneficial for us because earlier we had to go ourselves for music classes, now this bus is reaching our homes.” Sonam shared that her family members also support her in learning music.
Ten-year-old Shabnam studies in class sixth in the Sister Nivedita Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya. “I have been learning music for a year. Music is taught well in the music bus and I am trying to learn as much as possible,” Shabnam said. She said that she lives in Defense Colony and after knowing about her music bus classes, more children from her neighbourhood want to join the class.
Apart from these two, some other children were present in today’s music bus class.
Anurag Hoon, the co-founder of Manzil Mystics, was seen teaching these children the nuances of music. Hoon said that he had also studied at a government school in Delhi. While learning music, he thought of providing music classes to underprivileged children who want to learn music but do not have enough resources, he stated.
“We wanted to teach music to the children of government schools in Delhi on par with the level of music being taught in private schools. SBI Card helped us in this. We were funded by their CSR initiatives. Delhi government is also supporting us. Along with this project, the support of the Delhi government has also been received in other projects related to music,” Hoon added.
