Blake Phillips, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, joined KGUN 9 as a multimedia journalist and reporter in October of 2023.
TUCSON, Ariz. — A national program is making its mark locally after an Empire High School student started a new chapter at her school.
Senior Gianna Gibbons played in a United Sound concert last year, giving her inspiration to try to bring that to her school. “I love seeing the joy on their faces when they're learning how to do something that they've never done before,” said Gibbons. United Sound is a program that lets general education students teach special education students how to play instruments.“I have gone every Friday we're learning a song called 'Jump in the Line'. And the notes we're learning are soup notes, donut notes and cake notes,” said RielAnd she says the program gives an opportunity to students who may not have had it before.
“Being able to offer students who wouldn't be normally part of a regular ensemble rehearsal, allowing them to learn music, to learn rhythm to connect with those other peer musicians, and have that concert experience at the end of each semester is powerful," said Wilkes.“I think it's just been really cool to see how much work really goes into teaching and how rewarding it is to see your students like learn something that they hadn't learned before,” said Gibbons.
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