The second edition of the project was implemented in 2021:

• 10 visually impaired young people went through a training and mentoring program including 48 hours of individual music lessons
• Participants recorded their songs in a professional recording studio, where they had a dedicated music video created. See all videos here.
• Professional training for teachers of various musical instruments was conducted to help them work effectively with visually impaired people
• A methodology for teaching music to visually impaired people was developed and digitized, which is now freely available to music schools throughout the country. See the teaching handbook here.

The first edition of the project was implemented in 2019:

• 19 visually impaired young people went through a training and mentoring program including 48 hours of individual music lessons
• Participants recorded their songs in a professional recording studio, where they had a dedicated music video created
• All participants had the opportunity to perform on stage in front of a real audience
• The results from the project showed us what enormous potential this program has and inspired us to turn it in an yearly initiative

The idea for the project "See through Music" came through Petra - a visually impaired teenager who was a music student in RockSchool. Like any teenage girl, she was looking for the same things as her peers - a way to express herself, a supportive community, new friends, and a way to develop personally. Thus we saw the opportunity to create an adapted music education program for visually impaired young people like her. For them, music is a way to see the world and themselves in a new way, to develop invaluable personal traits and skills, and explore new career paths.

"See through Music" became the winner of the competition of Change 2018/2019 - an initiative of the Foundation "Reach 4 Change" and Nova TV and received funding for its implementation.

The first edition of "See through Music" in 2019 was very successful and inspired us to make the project into a regular initiative which we will continue to develop.