Music lessons and instruments can be a pricey obstacle for many schools and students, but these students are learning to play the violin for free thanks to the nonprofit A Gift for Music.

"Private lessons, higher-level music experiences that a lot of kids ... She said almost all of City Voices' students are eligible for free and reduced lunches. "They live, for the most part ...

and be given free music lessons." It's part of of the Tucson Police Department's bigger VIVA program to interrupt violence, and stop it before it happens, often through community connections.