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Programs
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THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC -- CHICAGO COMMUNITY YOUTH
Location: Chicago West Community Music Center
100 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago IL
This Gallery 37 after school job training program for high school students runs in10-week sessions 3 times per year. Students learn fundamental business aspects of the music industry along with the techniques of professional performance. A culminating event occurs at the end of each session. Having successfully completed the training, students are eligible to be hired to perform for city events. The program includes Communications, Music Production, Music Theory, Music Recording, and Video Editing.
BERKLEE INITIATIVE
Location: Chicago West Community Music Center
100 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago IL
A collaboration with Berklee Colleg (Boston, MA), the program is designed to deliver high-quality, real-time, Web-based contemporary music instruction to underserved youth across the U.S.
"Berklee City Music" is the college’s strategic initiative to engage underserved urban 6th-12th-graders in a year-round program designed to prepare them to pursue higher education.
Its purpose is to reduce specific music-related achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students, and between economically disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers. City Music provides quality music instruction, mentoring, and college scholarships to students from Boston as well as to those enrolled at City Music Network sites. Ten [CWCMC?] students will be selected for this program.
The Berklee PULSE method is a cutting-edge curriculum centered around:
- present-day music styles
- the instruments today's youth tend to select
- theoretical, listening, improvisational, and performance skills
Webcasting and videoconferencing technologies provide face-to-face interaction between City Music Network students and CWCMC, as well as with faculty and students at Berklee’s Boston campus. Students who complete the required coursework will qualify to audition for scholarships to Berklee’s campus for five-week summer programs and undergraduate study. CWCMC is honored to be the only music school in the Midwest which has met the rigorous Berklee standards for participation in the innovative City Music Network program.
Early Childhood Education Teacher Training/ FOR Chicago Public Schools – "Strengthening Early Literacy and Numeracy Through the Use of Music.
This workshop is designed to introduce and develop teaching strategies that enhance student’s literacy and math skills through the use of songs and music.
Focus is on hands-on methods that improve students acquisition of literacy, language and math skills.
MIC PARTNERSHIP
The Suzuki Strings Program is a collaborative effort between Chicago West Community Music Center (CWCMC) and the Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) to deliver first-class, tuition-free music education to underserved children in the Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Westside. The 30-week program includes private instruction, group classes and performance
Drumline Instruction
Students learn the art of drumming to form a performing drum line. Students are taught various drum patterns and they learn how each drum functions together to complete a drum line team.
After School Choir
W.I.S.H. Program (Westside Instructional Strings & Harp)
Children ages 5 -7 years old learn to play Viola and Cello using the Suzuki Method and students from 7 to 12 year olds learn to play the guitar and harp using traditional methods. Lessons are available to elementary school age students in the East and West Garfield Park community.
The International House of Blues Foundation Partnership
Action for the Arts Drum Initiative
The initiative supports school and community-based programs that offer students opportunities to learn about drumming. A primary objective of the program is to provide opportunities for students to learn to play instruments who would not otherwise have access due to limited resources.
JANE ADDAMS HULL HOUSE Partnership
Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
917 E 88th Street
Drumline and Choir
Phoebe Hearst Elementary School
4640 South Lamon Avenue
Drumline and Choir
John Hay Elementary School
1018 North Laramie Avenue
Drumline and Choir
COOK COUNTY PARTNERSHIP
Boys and Girls Club
1401 E. 13th Place
Ford Heights, IL
Drumline Training
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