BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Our mission is to deliver educational experiences for students of all ages with "The Blues", the roots and heritage of modern American music, in an effort to spark an interest in, and an appreciation for, all of the musical art forms.

Scroll down to read about and view photos of recent events Breaking News: The Blues In The School crew has just returned from our latest presentation at Sandtown Middle School in southwest Atlanta, where we met with an 8th grade group of budding musicians and singers from the band and choir. They may not have realized they liked the blues when we got there, but by the time we left, we had some serious young Blues fans! As always, we started with a bit of history and background on the Blues and were pleasantly surprised to learn that these students were well versed on all types of music and were already big fans of The Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire, and Ray Charles, so taking them to the roots was not such a stretch. Of course, the best way to learn about the music is to listen to the music and the band did not disappoint. Presenter Big Robert T told the students why he loved the blues and introduced them to the band: Carlos Capote on harmonica, Chicago Joe Jones on Guitar, John Schwenke on bass, and Andre Burbridge on drums. It didn’t take long for the Blues to settle in and the students jumped right in to sing and play along. A little bird told us that Ms. Crawford, the choir instructor, had some pipes on her and before she knew what hit her, she was performing “Route 66” for her students. But wait – what was that? Not to be outdone by Ms. Crawford, Mr. Young, the band instructor, had retrieved his trumpet from the back room and joined in. Thanks to all the students and faculty at Sandtown Middle School for welcoming Blues In The Schools. We look forward to returning soon.     To Learn More about our Blues In The Schools Program click here BITS Information See some photos of BITS events below