Elementary School Residency Music Program

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Elementary School Residency Music Program

Working with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Housing Authority’s Cultural Arts Conservatory has provided a six-week music residency to the Terry Heights Elementary School since 2000. In 2003, this program will also be provided to the Lincoln Elementary School. The residency project provides direct classroom education to the children in kindergarten, first, and second grades. The residency also provides open rehearsals and performances by symphony musicians for the entire student body during the residency period.

This project provides the children with age-appropriate music instruction that addresses the Alabama Course of Study for the Arts in music for their grade levels. The Authority has developed this program to ensure that the children attending elementary schools with a high proportion of Authority-resident children have access to the benefits of consistent and continuing music instruction. It should be noted that many of the children who participate in this program in their school also participate in the Conservatory’s continuing violin lessons, or participated in the Conservatory’s preschool music program. Our intent is to ensure that children have multiple opportunities to engage themselves in this area of study, as well as to provide experiences, education, and exposure throughout their early development.

If you would like more information about the Elementary Residency Music Program, please call (256) 535-2272.