Musicians and community outreach

Here's a program that recognizes that thriving local music scenes depend on not just talent but having musicians become active members of the community. If you want fans to feel involved and to support music and musicians, you need to give them relationships.

Carnegie Hall - Julliard - Report - New York Times

"Called the Academy, the program, run by Carnegie Hall and Juilliard, is a performance and education initiative for postgraduate musicians. In the first phase of this program, which begins on Jan. 7, 16 musicians will become resident artists at Carnegie Hall, where they will perform concerts and undergo additional professional training. They will also take master classes and study at Juilliard.

"In addition the Academy will collaborate closely with the New York City Education Department to develop the teaching skills of these high-powered players, who, during this pilot phase, will each spend one and a half days working in one of the 16 public schools across the city that have been selected so far. When fully in effect, the Academy will involve two-year fellowships for some 50 aspiring professional musicians....

"Through this program talented musicians on the brink of a career will be chosen as resident artists at Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School, America’s most prestigious concert hall and most prestigious conservatory, not because they have won fancy competitions or secured professional management, but because they are willing to work in public schools in New York....

"Joseph W. Polisi, the president of the Juilliard School] said in a recent interview that he envisioned an orchestra with such a vibrant presence in the community — with members so involved in teaching and taking music to schools and community centers — that 'citizens will feel it is unthinkable that this ensemble would go out of business.'"

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