Tuesday, May 04, 1999
CSO will take music to children
Corbett's $5M funds program
BY JANELLE GELFAND
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is expected to announce a formal plan today for a $5 million educational grant it received in 1997 from arts patron Patricia Corbett and the Corbett Foundation.
“We know how much good it does to get children to listen to classical music,” said Mrs. Corbett. “You try to touch them in some way, and music transports us into another world.”
The CSO aims to provide classroom and concert experiences for Tristate students with “Sound Discoveries: Music for Life,” which will be a three-pronged program.
The major part of the plan will bring CSO musicians to schools to teach, coach, speak and perform.
The CSO also hopes to reach out to the community — beyond its Music Hall concerts — by encouraging musicians to perform more. The musicians' compensation will be funded by the grant.
A third prong, “Music for Careers,” will assist students in developing their talents.
The initiative is possible because last June, the CSO and musicians of Cincinnati Local No. 1 approved a four-year contract that allowed for musicians to participate in community or educational activities.
The contract stipulated that musicians would receive a service credit and a stipend for activities such as performing, coaching or speaking in schools or other venues.
Sound Discoveries is a partnership between the CSO and the Association for the Advancement of Arts Education (AAAE), which was formed to develop arts programs in schools.
The program will be funded by income from the $5 million grant, which will remain in the symphony's endowment.
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