History of the original MRC located in Charlottesville, VA

In 1992, John Hornsby and other Charlottesville, VA area musicians began exploring the idea of creating a community organization where middle and high school students could engage in music-making opportunities each day after school. This exploration was driven by the strong belief of MRC’s founders that fewer students would get in trouble after school if there were productive, high interest activities such as music-making in which to engage. In 1993, Mr. Hornsby began conducting focus groups among local school students to see if the idea of a local music resource center would appeal to students and if they would help make the organization successful. The response from students was overwhelming. 92% of the 400 students surveyed indicated that they wanted the facility set up and on average, the students indicated they would use the facility two or three times a week.