Educational
Programming
Community Connections
Community
Connections is about bringing music to underserved populations when and
where they normally meet. Red Cedar Chamber Music's educational programming
is presented in partnership with the City of Marion, the Marion School
District and the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library.
Funds are provided by Chamber Music America and the James and Norma Jean
Rosborough Foundation. Red Cedar Chamber Music is a member of Chamber
Music America. Additional funding comes from the Giacoletto Foundation,
Michael & Janice Gould, John Castle, the National Endowment for the
Arts, the Iowa Arts Council, Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids Bank &
Trust, Farmers State Bank, the Marion School Foundation, the Linn Area
Credit Union, the City of Marion, William P. Whipple, and Nancy Miller.
Red
Cedar Chamber Music is the recipient of a Chamber Music America Residency
Partnership Program Grant with funding provided by the CMA Residency Endowment
Fund.
Music
for Kids
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educational
events for grades K-12
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Music
in Libraries
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for
extended families in Eastern Iowa libraries
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| Music
for Seniors |
when and where they normally congregate
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| Chamber
Music Now! |
for
exceptionally talented young musicians (to work in concert with
professionals)
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| Production
Floor Performances |
for workers in offices & factories
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| Gifts
of Music |
donated
musical events to help other not-for-profits |
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Music for Kids
brings
events into classrooms K-12.
Projects
are tied to existing curriculum in an interdisciplinary fashion.
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| Student
violist, Renee Rapier, joins professional musicians Jan Boland
(flute) and John Dowdall (guitar) in an event for 7th-graders
in Fuff Renfer's art classroom in the Linn Mar Community School
District. Student performers mentor young isteners, and also
learn chamber music skills. |
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Production
Floor Performances
are
held annually at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids.
Workers
gather in the lobby for a noon- time concert, or simply
leave the doors of their offices open to let the sound waft up
three stories.
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Chamber
Music Now!
gives
talented high school and college students the opportunity to make
music as peers with professional musicians.
After
a series of intense rehearsals, performances are given in libraries
and schools
Past
student participants include Brooke Lyons (flute) Will Hansen
(clarinet), Liz Zelnick (viola), Thad Sentman (cello), William
Whipple (piano) Catherine Miller (violin), Emily Broere (piano),
Joe Lynch (double bass), Elizabeth Klaus (viola), Leah Bergman
(cello), Stephanie Michalicek (narrator), Ranee Rapier (viola),
Chris Hanson (viola), JoAnna Cochenet (viola), Andrew Stern (cello),
Becca Neely (violin), Blake Tchon (cello), Alissa Roggow (viola),
Madeline Krych (violin).
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Pictured
here are Chamber Music Now!
young musicians Thad Sentman and
Liz Zelnick playing a concert in the
Cedar Rapids Library with professional
guitarist John Dowdall (not pictured). |
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Music
for Seniors
brings
interactive music events to senior citizens when and where they
normally meet. Senior citizens often cannot go out at night to
a traditional concert setting, so we go to them during the daytime
hours, often at senior residential facilities like Meth-Wick Manor
or Kingston Hill Retirement Community.
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What is the public
response?
FROM
TEENAGERS. . .
. . .This is only my second non-rock concert, but I really enjoyed it!
FROM
KIDS. . .. . .
. . .I learned to pluck, pick and strum. Thanks for coming to my school.
. . .Thank you for your little musical. I have heard of Mozart.
. . .I enjoyed the concert. Me and my friend was laughen at the love song.
FROM
PARENTS: FAMILY CONCERTS. . .
. . . My 3-year old loved it and her attention "drift" was almost zero.
Excellent!
. . . They did a wonderful job of making the instruments come alive for
the children.
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