Chicago West Community Music Center (CWCMC) was formed to provide high quality music instruction and community performances to reduce the music-related achievement gap between minority and non-minority students, and between economically disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers. Its mission is to enhance families and community through music, aiming for ongoing improvement in the economic, intellectual, and social condition of the Westside communities within and nearby Chicago through education and training in the arts. CWCMC stimulates the personal and educational growth of the young people in its arts programs so their full potential is within reach.