Music, offered freely, wherever it’s needed.

Soli is a student-led group that performs in hospitals, nursing homes, and community spaces, and mentors younger musicians coming up behind us. All of it is free. It always has been.

Soli student musicians posing with their instruments before a performance

We go to the audience, not the other way around

Concert halls ask listeners to come find the music. But the people who need it most, patients, residents, families in the middle of a hard week, usually can’t make that trip. So we go to them instead.

Every player is a student volunteer. We rehearse together and build each program around the room we’re about to play in. We don’t charge for a concert, and we don’t charge for mentorship either.

Where we play

Every room calls for something different, so no two nights look the same.

Hospitals

We set up in lobbies and on wards to give patients, families, and staff a break in the middle of a long day. Short sets, no ticket needed, no stage required.

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Nursing homes

Standards and classical favorites residents already know by heart, played in common rooms and dining halls.

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Community spaces

Libraries, shelters, local events, places where live music is rare but always welcome. We bring the program to wherever people already are.

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Our chapters

Soli started at Purdue and has since spread to Ball State. Each chapter aims to run two branches: performance, playing for hospitals, nursing homes, and community spaces, and education, mentoring younger musicians. Wherever students want a chapter, we help start one.

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Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana. Our founding chapter.

Performance: Active
Education: Coming soon!

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Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana. Starting with performance.

Performance: Active
Education: Coming soon!

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Bring Soli to your college

If students at your school want to perform for their community or mentor younger musicians, we’ll help you start a chapter.

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Soli student musicians gathered together

Coming soon

Soli Music Mentorship

A free peer mentorship program. High schoolers mentor younger musicians, and get mentored themselves by upper-level and college players. Nobody pays, at any point in the chain.

Learn about mentorship