Young Musicians Unite

DAS Audio Gives Back to Community with Young Musicians Unite Collaboration

In just a few short years, Young Musicians Unite has grown from a seedling of an idea to a powerful force for change, bringing music education to students and kids across the Miami area who would otherwise never have a chance to learn an instrument. The organization collaborates with Title I schools to provide free music education for over 4900 students in 40 schools across South Florida, and DAS Audio has been among their ardent supporters, providing loudspeakers to help bring the students’ performances to life.

One of the year’s biggest events for Young Musicians United is the annual Miami Gardens Youth Music Festival, sponsored by The Miami Foundation and Music Access Miami. The festival features more than 500 young artists from 12 schools showcasing a wide range of musical genres, from rock and hip hop to jazz and acapella. Elevating the festival’s sonic experience to new heights, DAS Audio joined forces with YMU, equipping them with a custom sound system featuring six VANTEC-20A curved source speakers and two complementary VANTEC-118A subwoofers. To ensure flawless coverage, two GUIL ULK-400 towers, a brand distributed by DAS Audio in the United States, were employed to elevate the system above the audience. The result was an enthusiastic round of applause from event attendees, who marveled at the system’s ability to envelop the vast audience area with crystal-clear music and vocals, enhancing the performances of the young and talented artists.

The relationship between DAS Audio and YMU went further, as they worked together to award two local Miami-Dade county schools with a full ALTEA loudspeaker system. Making their debut at the beginning of the academic year, each system comprises a pair of ALTEA-415A 15-inch powered loudspeaker systems, along with a pair of ALTEA-408A 8-inch powered systems to use as monitors. Together the systems will deliver powerful, wide-range, full PA coverage for the schools’ events for many years to come.

“Young Musicians Unite was founded on the premise that every child deserves access to music education, and we’re truly gratified with the tremendous support we’ve received from our community,” remarked Zach Larmer, YMU’s Chief Operating Officer. “Our performing ensembles participate in over 100 shows during our annual concert season. With their donation of these great sounding PA systems, DAS Audio has enabled our students to not only have the opportunity to play to larger audiences, but to hear themselves in a whole new dimension, and that inspires them even more.”

Michael Rodriguez, Director of Operations and Marketing for North America at DAS Audio, added, “Many of us here at DAS were brought up in the Miami-Dade County school system, or currently have children in it. We wouldn’t be where we are today if we weren’t introduced to music in some form, so the work that YMU is doing is very near and dear to us. We’re proud to support YMU’s efforts to enrich students’ lives with music.”