Who We Are

OUR MISSION

Groton Hill Music Center shares the transformative power of music, through teaching and performing, and giving music generously when there is need.

Our Core Values

Our Core Values reflect this mission and support our belief that music inspires both our hearts and our minds, encourages the growth and development of the whole person, and is integral to the lives of the individuals and communities we serve.

A Community of Excellence Open to All

We maintain the highest standards in music education and performance in a stimulating and inspiring environment.

A Feeling of Home

We are a warm, welcoming community where everyone is accepted, respected, and valued.

Vibrant Experiences

We energize and enrich lives through extraordinary musical experiences.

Personal Growth

We elevate people’s lives by offering opportunities to explore, create, flourish, and achieve their goals.

Meaningful Connections

We provide multiple pathways to music that encourage social interaction and create a sense of belonging.

Giving Music Generously

We make music accessible to all through philanthropic community engagement.

Responsible Stewardship

We are committed to caring for the resources entrusted to us and making prudent decisions regarding our organization to ensure a strong future.

Ethics Statement

Groton Hill Music Center is committed to maintaining high ethical standards in carrying out its mission to share the transformative power of music through teaching and performing and giving music generously when there is need.

Our Code of Ethics is based upon being respectful of all members of our community, maintaining integrity in our actions, acting as responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, and making prudent decisions regarding our organization to ensure a strong future.

Groton Hill Music Center maintains the following Code of Ethics:

Acting honestly, truthfully, and with integrity in all of our transactions and dealings
Being a good corporate citizen and complying with both the spirit and the letter of the law at all times
Maintaining the highest standards in music education and performance
Maintaining a conflict of interest policy designed to avoid any such conflicts and appropriately addressing any actual or apparent conflicts that may arise
Offering a warm and welcoming environment where everyone is accepted, respected, and valued
Treating everyone fairly, with dignity, and in a non-discriminatory manner
Being responsible, transparent, and accountable for all of our actions
Providing a positive work environment, free from harassment and maintaining appropriate policies and procedures designed to safeguard employee welfare
Acting responsibly when carrying out our mission and serving our community

Groton Hill Music Center is committed to ensuring that our Code of Ethics is appropriately practiced by all members of our organization.

Approved by Board of Directors on June 17, 2020. Reaffirmed on June 17, 2026.

DEI Vision Statement

The stated mission of Groton Hill Music Center is to share the transformative power of music through teaching and performing, and giving music generously when there is need. We embrace music’s unique capacity to bring diverse communities together and to build bridges of understanding, acceptance, and inclusion of all people.

To these central tenets, we add our commitment to ensuring that programs and policies will be intentionally inclusive and equitable for all faculty, staff, board members, students, performers, and visitors. We further commit to acknowledging and dismantling any inequities within our current programs, policies, systems and services, with the goal of building a Board, staff, faculty, students, performers and audiences that reflect the diversity in the communities we serve.

We believe that together these commitments will support the overarching goal of making Groton Hill Music the exemplary leader in diversity and inclusion for music education and performance in our region.

To that end, we will:

Lead by example, with respect, tolerance, and an overt willingness to thoughtfully listen and carefully consider diverse perspectives.
Explore, at all levels of the organization, potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness. Further, we will challenge systems and policies that create or perpetuate inequity, oppression, and disparity.
Support and encourage Groton Hill Music’s continuing mission to broaden the spectrum of music education, programming, and community engagement to reflect the diverse range of cultures in the global music community.
Advocate for and support our thinking about how systemic inequities impact our work, and how best to address those quickly, effectively, and with transparency.
Commit time and resources to expand diversity within our Board, faculty, staff, performances, and advisory bodies.
Practice and encourage transparent, inclusive communication and language in all interactions.
Generate and aggregate quantitative and qualitative research related to equity to make incremental, measurable progress toward the visibility of our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Share our efforts, successes, and challenges around diversity, equity, and inclusion within and outside Groton Hill Music Center.