In Our Community

Through collaborative concerts and community engagement, including civic and educational initiatives, Iris wants to add to the rich musical heritage of the greater Memphis area helping our community to be a model for artistic and civic engagement across the country. Our partnerships in the areas of education, health and culture broaden music’s reach and expands the horizon of what’s possible with music collaborations.

Music Eases Pain. 

Iris creates powerful experiences that increase the quality of life of patients, families and caregivers, helping alleviate patients’ physical pain and reduce their stress and anxiety levels. Partners include:

  • Creative Aging

  • Hope House

  • LeBonheur Children’s Hospital

  • Memphis Medical District Collaborative

  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Music Broadens the Mind.

Iris creates equitable educational experiences where learning environments adapt and adjust to meet the needs of each and every child.

  • Bellevue Middle School

  • The Bodine School

  • Colonial Middle School

  • Douglass K-8 Optional School

  • Germantown Municipal School District

  • Hope House Nursery & Preschool

  • Kingsbury High School

  • Memphis Oral School for the Deaf

  • Memphis Shelby County Schools

  • Middle College High School

  • University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

Music Unifies Us.

Music can be a kind of social glue that allows Iris to bring people together and bond social groups through partnerships with arts and cultural organizations.

  • Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

  • Morton Museum of Collierville History

  • National Civil Rights Museum

  • Opera Memphis

  • Bridges, USA

  • Crosstown Arts

  • Memphis Medical District Collaborative

  • WKNO Public Radio

  • Alpha Omega Veterans Services

  • Carpenter Art Garden

  • Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group

  • Collage Dance Collective

  • Company d Dancers

  • Creative Aging

  • Germantown Community Theater

  • GPAC Youth Symphony Program | Germantown Performing Arts Center

  • Memphis Black Arts Alliance