About

Chops is a 30-year-old Minneapolis-based music nonprofit on a mission to improve lives through music education and performing arts.

Our current programs include a wide variety of youth-oriented growth opportunities, including our St. Paul Public Schools percussion programs, Minneapolis and St. Paul percussion residencies and enrichment programs, live performance ensemble, and Pan Outreach program that provides free classroom and music instruction to inner-city K-12 schools. Chops champions itself of providing opportunities for both educators and youth alike to address opportunity gaps in underserved communities.