Adopt the Arts Foundation

Harmonizing Futures, One Note at a Time: Empowering Elementary Education Through Music

🌟 Peace and Love… All the Way to Space! 🌍🚀

To celebrate Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday, Matt Sorum and Adopt the Arts created an unforgettable tribute that showcase his legacy through the voices of future generations — and a few legendary friends.

Meet the Changels — our Adopt the Arts Honor Choir made up of 3rd–5th graders from four Coachella Valley elementary schools. Many come from immigrant families and diverse backgrounds, and all discovered their love of music through school programs adopted and enhanced by Adopt the Arts.

The Video also features cameo appearances from celebrity friends Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland, Sammy Hagar, Fred Armisen, Jon Batiste, Jane Lynch, Jane Seymour, John Stamos, and the one and only Ringo Starr!

This year, these talented students were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record Ringo’s “Give More Love” at Good Noise Studio in Palm Springs with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer and Adopt the Arts Co-Executive Director Matt Sorum. Co-produced by Bruce Witkin. Video editing by Harry Reese and videography by Rawl Paredes.

The recording — which features surprise “Peace and Love” cameos — will be launched into space and transmitted to the International Space Station at 12:00 PM on July 7, 2025. An interstellar birthday gift for the Beatle who taught the world to love.

Celebrity birthday greetings here:

A second video brings together a stellar lineup of artists and fans sharing heartfelt birthday wishes and messages of peace and love, including:

Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland, Tico Torres, Liberty DeVitto, Steve Jordan, James Gadson, Sammy Hagar, Fred Armisen, Jon Batiste, Jane Lynch, Jane Seymour, John Stamos, Josh Freese, Kenny Aronoff and longtime Beatles collaborator Peter Asher.

From school kids discovering their first harmonies to music legends shaped by Ringo’s beat — this is a tribute that spans generations and galaxies

The Changels final performance of the school year at LA Fleet Week 2025

Music Icon Paul Rodgers Teams Up with Adopt the Arts Honor Choir, The Changels, for Recording Session Experience

About

Adopt the Arts is a non-profit charitable foundation dedicated to saving the Arts in public schools.

Adopt The Arts was co-founded by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and Grammy Award-Winning Musician, Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Deadland Ritual, Kings of Chaos) and Founding Board Member, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Jane Lynch, in response to major budget cuts to the arts education budget in LAUSD Elementary schools.

Nearly 90% of California schools fail to meet state-mandated arts education requirements. Music programs are constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets even though they’re proven to improve academics. Students are not getting what they need and deserve.

Our Mission

It is the mission of Adopt the Arts to provide music and art classes to all students, regardless of where they live or go to school. We are building a movement, one school at a time, by bringing together artists, musicians, donors, public officials, businesses, entrepreneurs and creatives from around the country.

Why the Arts?

Research shows the arts impact every measure on the accountability dashboard

5x more likely to stay in school
3x more likely to get a bachelors degree
4x more likely to be recognized for academic achievement

The Arts are unique in their ability to lower anxiety, engage students and achieve academic goals in all other subjects

There are more than 2.7 million jobs in creative services in California and well-rounded students with access to Arts education will help feed that pipeline.

Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate and 93.9% attendance rate compared to schools without music education, which average 72.9% graduation and 84.9% attendance.