Boston Public Library to Become First U.S. Public Library System to Offer Keys of Inspiration Piano Learning Stations
The Boston Public Library will become the first public library system in the United States to participate in the Lang Lang International Music Foundation’s Keys of Inspiration program.
Through a donation from the the LLIMF, Boston Public Libraries will install piano learning stations at four library branches, expanding access to music education for patrons across the city.
Boston holds special significance for the program: KOI’s founding school, launched in 2013, was the Orchard Gardens School, alongside the Boston Arts Academy, both in the Boston Public Schools system. This new partnership deepens the relationship between BPL and KOI’s Boston Public Schools programs that began more than a decade ago.
“The Boston Public Library has always been about far more than books — we’re a place where people come to learn a new skill, explore a new interest, or simply have an experience they couldn’t access anywhere else,” said David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library. “Partnering with the Lang Lang Foundation to bring piano learning into our branches is a perfect example of that mission in action, and we’re excited to see what our patrons discover.”
“After over a decade of partnership with Boston Public Schools, the LLIMF is very proud to announce a new era in our Keys of Inspiration programming; we are launching multiple smart piano learning stations in branches of the Boston Public Library, accessible to patrons of the BPL who wish to experience the joy of learning to play the piano,” said Leszek Barwinski-Brown, CEO of Lang Lang International Music Foundation.
“Patrons will be able to learn entirely on their own, by using the smart piano technology of TheONE Music Group, seamlessly blending traditional music education with 21st-century technology. Together with the Boston Public Schools and Libraries, we are ensuring that the power of music continues to shape and uplift lives for many generations of Bostonians to come, and we are very excited that Boston, the birthplace of public music education, will serve as a “first of its kind” model for other public library systems as we expand this programming across the country.”
