Congratulations to our 2nd quarter grant recipients: Decatur, AL Youth Symphony: This youth program in a blue-collar community in northern Alabama is seeking to expand its cello program and allow students growing out of their starter cellos to have instruments to play. CFKF has offered $1,808 in matching funds to encourage this program’s growth. Detroit, […]
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2018 1st Quarter Grants
Atlanta, GA: Drew Charter School: This school serves a large and innovative urban renewal initiative in Atlanta, where thousands of mixed-income families live together in a revitalized neighborhood. The student population is ethnically mixed (predominantly African-American). They have a strong and growing string program, and needed both new instruments and replacements for damaged inventory. CFKF […]
Performing in Paris!
Students from the Chicago West Community Music Center, using instruments granted from CFKF, perform in Paris, France on November 17, 2017. Watch and listen….
2017 4th Quarter Grants
Congratulations to the recipients of our 2017 4th quarter grants! Boston, MA: Boston String Academy: This program serves a broad community of minority and immigrant families around Boston; their goal with this grant is to establish a solid string program in Allston, MA at their partner Gardner Pilot Academy. CFKF has offered matching support for […]
Increased interest!
News from the Busbee Creative Arts Academy in Cayce, SC: The Academy is pleased to report that the orchestra currently services 12 students. To facilitate learning, Mr. Rogers is using the Essential Elements for Strings method book series. To supplement, appropriate quartet literature is being acquired. The Orchestra recently completed its very first performance of […]
2017 3rd Quarter Grants
Congratulations to the recipients of our 2017 3rd quarter grants! Boston, MA: Boston Bridge Academy: This charter school serving kids pre-K through 6th grade has a program where every child starts on a string instrument in 1st grade; the program’s growing and they needed an infusion of larger instruments. CFKF offered a matching grant from […]
A Beautiful Bass
The Shenandoah Valley Academy Orchestra performed its first concert of the year this last weekend including the first public appearance of the beautiful bass that SVA received from a grant from the Classics for Kids Foundation. The kids did a great job and the bass sounded fantastic!
Masterclasses and performances
Students from Russell Elementary School in Dorchester, MA perform at Community Music Center of Boston’s annual StringFest on June 3. StringFest invites students from 3 inner city schools with whom the Music Center has partnerships with, to come together for masterclasses and performances at the Music Center. The violin students are playing Classics for Kids […]
Learning to play the violin
2017 2nd Quarter Grants
Congratulations to the recipients of our 2017 2nd Quarter Grants! Baltimore, MD Mt. Washington School: This large public school system is starting a new string program to build on other existing music offerings there for kids grades 5-7. The student population is ethnically diverse, and we have offered $3,500 in matching funds to encourage the […]