Symphonic Shorts
Education Outreach Initiatives
Building future audiences is the job of all arts organizations, and two organizations have made recent news with their initiatives.
The Indianapolis Symphony began a pilot program in five schools three years ago, and is now looking to dramatically expand the program to entire school districts at a cost of $10 million. The orchestra developed a curriculum that integrates music into math, science, and other subjects, and teachers train with the artists and are provided lesson plans. Studies have shown that the program has helped students to be more creative and expressive and has helped them to learn academics more easily.
The London Symphony has tried a different approach: create a facility to bring the music to people in a less formal setting. Seven years in the making, the LSO has converted the derelict St. Luke’s Church into a music-education center. The building contains performance space, rehearsal rooms, multimedia room, and the orchestra’s Discovery Education Program. The building will also serve as a community music center, an online resource, and a schools resource for neighboring inner-city boroughs. The less formal, less traditional venue is the LSO’s attempt to “get out into the community.”
Florida Philharmonic-now 100% Union Members!
Congratulations and thanks! With the recent application of new member and new FPO violinist Dina Kostic, every member of the FPO is now a member of Local 655. FPO members understand the importance of solidarity in the face of employer demands, and we salute them for standing together!
News & Announcements
Chicago Symphony CEO Henry Fogel has been appointed President and CEO of the American Symphony Orchestra League…the New World Symphony has hired architect Frank Gehry to plan a 21st-century performance, rehearsal, and teaching space to be built behind the Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach...
Grants
Broward County Community Arts & Education:
- Performing Arts Center ($15,830)
Broward County General Operating Program:
- All Florida Youth Orchestra ($50,800)
- Gold Coast Jazz Society ($47,600)
- Gold Coast Opera ($33,500)
- Symphony of the Americas ($60,200)
Broward County Major Cultural Institution:
- Concert Association of Florida ($65,000)
- Miami City Ballet ($65,000)
Broward County Tourist Related Program:
- Florida Philharmonic ($53,900)
- Miami City Ballet ($63,600)
- Performing Arts Center ($65,000)
- Symphony of the Americas ($45,800)
- Opera Guild of Ft. Lauderdale ($32,500)
Broward County Mini-Grant:
- Sunrise Pops ($4000)
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