Launching New Partnerships
In the midst of NYC's sudden switch to all remote learning and continued uncertainty, our beat goes on!
S'Cool Sounds' music residency programs in New York City public schools are now enriching the lives of over 4,000 students! We recently launched a flexible, hybrid residency program that allows schools to benefit from a mixture of video-based and live (remote) teaching. The response from principals, teachers, art coordinators, and parents has been overwhelmingly positive.
We are in the midst of launching partnerships with 22 public schools and are on track to provide much needed music residencies to almost 5,000 public school students this fall alone.
SCS has also provided over 400 free recorders to public school students this fall, including students at the Ella Baker School where Teaching Artist Ruaridh Pattison started live (remote) recorder lessons last week. Ella Baker parents and parent coordinators stepped up to deliver an instrument to each student's door.
Meanwhile, our new ukulele program is in full swing at the Washington Heights Choir School. Students are loving it! Teaching Artist Juan Manuel Trujillo and Spiderman are pictured above strumming away on Halloween.
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Video of the Week
Grab your recorder, feel the beat, and join Teaching Artist Ruaridh Pattison in Week #1 of "Recorders without Borders!" This is the first of ten videos where Ruaridh will explore music from across the world. Ruaridh's inventive backing tracks have the kids grooving with the music while also learning solid technique.
Community Member Highlight: Live from Smalls!
Teaching Artists Juan Manuel Trujillo and Hery Paz recently performed in a live-streamed concert from one of our favorite West Village Jazz clubs, Smalls. These talented Teaching Artists are hard at work developing a Latin American music curriculum for S'Cool Sounds. Enjoy!