An urban university music education department and an outreach organization partnered to provide after-school music classes for at-risk children. Fourteen music education majors were recruited to teach 125 first through fifth graders (6-12 years of age), whose ethnicity was 55 percent Hispanic and 45 percent African-American. Classes included general music, recorder, and choir. Musical preference measures indicated significant differences among grades, except for two pieces that reflected the ethnicity of the students. Pre-service teachers were most successful at teaching moving, performing, and listening to a variety of music, and least successful at teaching composing and improvising; and they were able to achieve all of the stated goals for a successful urban youth program, especially being a positive force and musical mentor, and making the experience enjoyable, challenging, and extraordinary for the children. (Contains 2 tables.)