Creative Futures is a career-connected music technology and digital media production program where learners build agency, voice, and career-readiness. Participants create real-world projects—beats, podcasts, videos—while building portfolios, life/career skills, and well-being. Purposefully built for high-adversity environments, Creative Futures emphasizes intrinsic motivation, healing and transformation through creative expression, coping skills and peer-to-peer community building.
Our STAGES curriculum provides the skills vital to digital career pathways through scaffolded project-based learning (PBL) that covers Music, Technology, Media Production, Digital Fluency, Writing, Design, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.
Student growth is fueled by:
Professional portfolio-building
Impactful community showcases
Extracurricular ‘Studio Time’ incentives
For more samples of our curriculum content or to schedule a demo, please email info@lightthemusic.com
Flexible delivery options
In-person and virtual learning models
Teacher-directed, self-paced, or hybrid delivery
9-week, 18-week, or year-round programming
Bi-weekly, weekly or daily participation cadences
Easily scaffolded to accommodate a range of proficiency levels, as well as learners joining at various entry points
Our Music Tech classes empower K-12 music educators to engage student creativity via project-based learning (PBL).
Music Technology/General Music: Standards-based semester and year-long curricula includes scaffolded lesson plans with resources, class slides and step-by step instructions for music-making.
Stand-alone activities: Empower ensemble engagement and collaboration, and enhance music fundamentals.
Live ‘Masterclass’ sessions: Expert musicians provide insight into the music industry, careers, composition and more.
Creativity & Collaboration
For students:
Broadens “5C” skills
Nurtures student choice/voice & SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
Deepens an understanding and love of music
Educators get:
Easy, step-by-step plans, templates and resources
Over 50 class sessions
Training and support to learn, create and teach with digital audio tools
Custom Content Development & Strategic Program Alignment
Looking to build mission-aligned programming with a focus on music, creativity and technology? We'll partner with your team to design and implement a comprehensive program that serves the unique needs of your staff and student population.
Software & Equipment Packages
We help procure all of the technology and hardware your program needs to be successful.
We offer bulk device packages and setup (iPads, Chromebooks, MacBooks), software, and the right music studio gear (microphones, keyboards, speakers, and more).