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| The 92nd Street Y provides students hands-on lessons in musical composition. |
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| Do you ever make up a tune? What is the difference between improvised music and music that is composed? |
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| These were some of the questions elementary students learned to ask last year when working with the 92nd Street Y teaching artists to prepare for a trip to the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall to hear the New York Percussion Quartet. The Quartet is an energetic ensemble that plays music from all over the world, but in this concert, they performed music written by students, and then shared a piece written by a quartet member—a piece that is played entirely on the human body. Following the concert, children worked with teaching artists and teachers to write and perform their own body percussion music. |
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| The 92nd Street Y's Musical Introductions Series, funded entirely by grants and donor support, serves thousands of New York City school children in grades K-3. 92nd Street Y professional teaching artists work with students and teachers to embed arts into the overall class curriculum. Students develop musical appreciation and expression through their interaction with working artists, and their experience of world-class concerts. For 95% of children served by the program, MIS provides their first experience of music study and live concert performance. |
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The 92nd Street Y School of the Arts receives major support from Daphne Recanati Kaplan and Thomas S. Kaplan; the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the New York City Council.
Generous support is also provided by The Goodwin Memorial Foundation, Inc.; Lini Lipton; Robert Morgado and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation.
Additional support is provided by the ACMP Foundation; Diane and Clyde Brownstone; Roberta K. Mahler and Robert Mahler; Suzanne G. and William J. Sales; Helene B. Eiber and Betty and Paul Schaffer, among numerous others. |
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The Schools Partnership Program and the Musical Introduction Series benefit students across New York City. These programs are generously supported by The Hearst Foundations; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the New York City Council.
Major support is provided by Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation; the John and Fred Klingenstein Fund; Anna Chazen and Zachary Chazen Miller; The Ernst Stiefel Foundation; by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; the David L. Klein Jr. Foundation; The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation; Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc.; Con Edison; Alan and Katherine Stroock Fund and The Center for Arts Education, among numerous others. |
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