In-School Concert Program
When the Monumental Brass Quintet of Washington, DC, arrived at St. Michaels and Cambridge-South Dorchester High Schools’ auditoriums on April 20, to play for a combined 600 elementary school students, excitement filled the room. Children were having a hard time not swaying in their seats as the familiar Ragtime and classical pieces were played. Chesapeake Chamber Music’s YouthReach Program sponsored the programs this year in an effort to reach a larger number of schoolchildren than was possible at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Family Concert, held during the CCM Festival each June.
The purpose of the YouthReach concerts over the years has been to feature world-class musicians demonstrating and discussing their instruments and their music in a child-friendly concert. According to Don Buxton, CCM Executive Director, “The longer-term goal of the program is to awaken young people's interest in, and ultimately their love for, the classical music art form.”
