The Norwalk Art Space announces Petty-Drayton Music Program

The Norwalk Art Space is excited to announce the launch of the Petty-Drayton Music Program, which provides free, high-caliber music education to under-served students in grades 1 - 8 from the Norwalk area. Registration is now open for classes which begin January 25th at www.thenorwalkartspace.org/music

A three-year commitment of financial support for the program, which will be free for all students, comes from the Petty and Drayton Families, two legendary musical families.

Adria Petty, a filmmaker and a managing partner at the Tom Petty Estate and Charley Drayton, who is currently on tour with Bob Dylan, an acclaimed world class multi-instrumental musician, gave their support for the program to honor their fathers’ legacies.

Their fathers respectively are: the late Tom Petty, world-renowned, Grammy Award-winning musician and songwriter. And Bernard Drayton, a commercial music producer and music innovator who pioneered diversity in music for advertising. 

Adria Petty and Charley Drayton said in a joint statement. “Our fathers are self-made men who were and are dynamic mentors in music.  We honor Tom and Bernard with this program because they are both an inspiration to anyone who wants a career in music. They blazed their own unique trails to great success. We are thrilled to lean in to contribute to the program and provide professional support, access and resources in these small classes.”

For the full press release and photo, please click here.