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Thank you for helping us save instrumental With your help we were able to raise more than $85,000 to help preserve 3 out of 4 music teachers for the 2010/11 school year. As a result, the District will be able to provide a full instrumental music program for 6th through 8th grade. In spite of an unprecedented outpouring of support from parents, community members, and business leaders, we were unable to save all 4 positions. As a result, 5th graders will receive the RCEF's general music program next year. Our 2010/11 Music!Maestro campaign, targeted to providing comprehensive music instruction for 2nd through 8th grade, begins in September 2010. Stay tuned!
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Groovin' in the Grove Benefit Festival — May 29, 2010 For more information about making a contribution, hosting a coin jar, or sponsoring an event, please contact us today!
Pizarro: Community bands together to save Redwood City music programs — San Jose Mercury News Redwood City parents plan benefit concert to save school music— San Jose Mercury News Class notes— San Mateo Daily Journal Parents Hold Fundraiser to Save Music— ABC 7 Report Redwood City Fights to Save Music Education — San Francisco Examiner Parents fighting for Redwood City music program— ABC 7 interview with Vivian Euzent Redwood City parents to raise funds for threatened music program — Shaun Bishop, Daily News WHY SAVE OUR SCHOOL MUSIC CAMPAIGN Fast Facts about RCSD Instrumental Music Program Fast Facts About Music Benefits for Students For many of our children, the instrumental music program is literally their only opportunity to learn how to play an instrument. Without this program few of them will be able to continue on to study music in the upper grades, which will see the inevitable decimation of high school bands and other youth music opportunities in our community. Countless studies have documented the benefit of music instruction when it comes to improving academic and social skills. Beyond mere achievement however lies the reality that music is one of our most fundamental forms of human self expression. Every culture in the world has music at its center, and it is an artform that crosses social, economic, and linguistic borders. An education that deprives children of the skills to use and appreciate this most basic form of creative expression is an education that fails. Please help us give our children the education they need to succeed -- join our campaign to save the music in Redwood City. Become a volunteer, spread the word, or make your contribution today! "Imagine a world without music" Flyer "Here's How You Can Help / Puede ayudar de estas maneras" Flyer Fast Facts about Instrumental Music Instruction in RCSD Fast Facts About Music and Students Facts About the History of Instrumental Music in RCSD Other Publications Critical Evidence: How the ARTS Benefit Student Achievement "Why Music and Arts Education" Community School of Music and Arts
OTHER RESOURCES California Alliance for Arts Education Children’s Music Workshop presents Music Education Online Community School of Music and Arts |
"Music puts a smile on my face. I have a lot of friends I’ve met because of band. My grades have gone up. I’m on the honor roll now. Music makes me feel smart."
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician ... I get most joy in life out of music." Albert Einstein
"We learn to work together as a group. We have to learn to balance tones and play in tune and play notes at the right time so we don’t mess everyone up. It takes a lot of skill." Kennedy Middle School Student
"Students in high-quality school music programs score higher on standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music education programs, regardless of the socioeconomic level of the school or school district." Nina Kraus Professor of Neurobiology, Northwestern University
"Without the people that come from Redwood City our band would be much smaller and we may not have enough students to have a band at our high school." Sequoia High School Music Student |
