The Cleveland Music School Settlement is one of the nation's oldest and largest community music schools and offers quality arts instruction to students regardless of age, skill, background, or means. The performing arts department provides a wide variety of private and group music and dance instruction. The nationally recognized Teens-in-Training brings the gift of the arts to Cleveland neighborhoods, with low- or no-cost instruction. The settlement also provides classes for children and adults with special needs, using music as therapy, as well as a progressive preschool and day school, which offer expanded opportunities in science and the arts.