Music education can be challenging: most schools do not have the budget to bring in live musicians or to take their students to a performance; most students have never or rarely seen a live musical performance; and many music programs across the state have experienced cuts in classroom time and budget.
That's where Classical MPR's Class Notes Artists help. Class Notes Artists are professional musicians who visit elementary schools to perform and to talk about music, composers and instruments.
And the Class Notes Artists' visits aren't just one-off diversions. Classical MPR and the artists collaborate to create curriculum that reflects the performance content and supports the Minnesota standards for arts education; this is provided for music teachers in advance of the Artist visit. And the experience of the live performance can be extended to the classroom and to the children's homes, because all of the schoolchildren receive a free compilation CD of the year's Artists.
Class Notes Artists is completely free for schools. The goal of the program is to create authentic and transformative experiences for young students, inspiring creativity and contributing to what they're already learning from their music teachers.
Classical MPR's Class Notes Artists will be performing in schools throughout Minnesota during the 2014-2015 academic year. Join us at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., and at 3, 4, 5 and 6 p.m., as we introduce each Class Notes Artist.
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