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WHO CAN ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE INSTITUTE

Participation policy has moved from an "open enrollment" to a "school team with administrator" structure as the Music Center's goals focus on establishing and deepening advanced school partnerships for impact in arts education programs.

For information about your school or district partnering with the Music Center through this program, please click here (Word Doc).

2008 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS

From July 28 – August 1, 2008, three schools from the San Gabriel Valley Partner Schools Project started their third year of partnership with the Music Center by sending teams to attend this summer’s Institute for Educators. Mime artist, Sharon Diskin, and classical pianist, Beth Sussman, lead a collaborative Institute focusing on the brilliant musical story Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev.

Sophisticated, yet accessible, Peter & the Wolf is one of the most appreciated classical works of the 20th century. With the inspiration of Peter & the Wolf as an anchor work, classical music will become approachable and unstuffy as you learn active listening, steady beat and mapping out a piece of music.

Participants were also introduced to the ancient art of Mime as they learned to create invisible objects, physical characterizations, creative movement and silent storytelling. Using these newly acquired skills, participants combined mimetic portrayals of the bold, colorful characters in Peter & the Wolf with their own imaginative soundscape and narration to bring this beloved classic to life.

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MUSIC CENTER RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT FROM THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION

The Ahmanson Foundation, one of the largest philanthropies in Los Angeles, has awarded a major grant for arts education to the Music Center. The gift will support the Center's commitment to strengthening arts education in local kindergarten through 12th grade schools. "The endowment grant, one of the largest received for education at the Music Center, will provide ongoing funding for the Center's Institute for Educators" said Mark Slavkin, Vice President for Education at the Music Center. "We are immensely grateful to The Ahmanson Foundation for its long time support of arts education at the Music Center and for this funding for the Institute, which is one of our core educational initiatives. Well trained teachers, administrators and artists are central to bringing sequential arts learning into the core curriculum of our schools."