“ „The arts are a vital part of children’s learning and development. Exposure to the arts, and learning to play an instrument in particular, build valuable skills that benefit a person for his or her entire life.

-Lucinda Ali-Landing Founder & Executive Director

The Hyde Park Suzuki Institute’soutreach programs offer an exciting opportunity for schools and community institutions to provide music education! Innovative, high-quality, affordable, and flexible, our programs offer a variety of musical experiences. Our staff works closely with each program site to ensure that each program is tailored to our standard of excellence and meets your institution’s needs for music education.

Program Options:• Instrumentlessonsandgroupclasses

(up to four instruments at each site from the list on the right)

• Classicaland/orgospelchoir• On-siteperformancesandworkshops• Pre-existingprogramsupport:If your

institution already has an orchestra or choir program, we can support your program in the following ways:

° Private or semi-private lessons ° Technique classes ° Small ensemble coaching ° Audition preparation coaching,

for advanced students• Musictheory: We use the ABRSM

(Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) curriculum, an internationally-acclaimed and standardized curriculum. We offer music theory classes for young students all the way up to advanced high school students.

• K-8ConcertsforYOUth:A curriculum that K-8 classroom teachers can use to work with their students before and after attending our free spring concert series, Concerts for YOUth.

• Highschoolteachinginternship: High school students with an interest in music and/or education can apply for our teaching internship program. Each high school student will be matched with a Hyde Park Suzuki Institute faculty mentor, who will work with the high school students as teaching assistants and introduce them to principles of music education.

Instruments we offer include violin, viola, cello, upright bass, piano, and guitar.

In programs seeking to offer more than one instrument, we recommend combinations that work well together so that students can play in ensembles as they gain more skills. For example, pairing violin and cello together means that students can play in a string orchestra within two years, which we can then make a part of the program.

Programs can be offered before, during, or after school hours at the mutual convenience of partner institutions and the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute. Program availability subject to faculty availability.

About UsThe Hyde Park Suzuki Institute was founded in 1998 to bring the joy of music and the expres-sion of its richness to young lives. Since then, the Institute has earned the reputation of excel-lence in the instruction of young children. We offer instruction in violin, viola, cello, piano, guitar and harp for children aged 3 and up. The Hyde Park Suzuki Institute is a 501(c)3 non profit organization.

Our MissionThe Hyde Park Suzuki Institute is committed to providing access to high quality musical instruction and performance opportunities to families of our culturally diverse communities in Chicago.

Our students are encouraged to seek excellence and high musical achievement.

We maintain relationships with community partners who share our mission which affords our students opportunities to interact with the music community, attend professional concerts and meet world-renowned musicians.

The Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, national-ity, gender, physical disabilities, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, or religious beliefs.

Outreach Programs

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For more information about partnering with the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute in your school or organization, contact:

Meredith Aska McBride Director of Outreach Programs meredith@hydeparksuzuki.org 414.254.2728

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