The Kim Noltemy Young Musicians Program offers free instruments and lessons to students in southern Dallas, continuing its mission despite budget cuts impacting arts education across the state.
The program provides free instruments and lessons to students in Southern Dallas as arts education funding across the state continues to face cuts.Leah Moreno and Dahir Elizarraras rehearse the viola with the other members of the orchestra during a combined practice session of DSO's Young Musicians Program, a Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Dallas.Inside a portable classroom at Trinity Basin Preparatory near Redbird, flutist Caely Rodriguez practices keeping her triplets to time.
She sits in a room full of elementary and middle school flutists and clarinetists who are rehearsing the Christmas piece“Can I hear you at 12 and take the first ending? First flute” says instructor Laura Kidder as her fingers crisply snap to the tempo in the way only music teachers can.Caely is one of about 300 students who are a part of the Kim Noltemy Young Musicians Program, which provides free lessons and instruments to students in southern Dallas. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays year-round, the program teaches students at five southern Dallas locations: Ebby Halliday Elementary, Maria Moreno Elementary, Ascher Silberstein Elementary, Trinity Basin Prep Ledbetter campus, and Owenwood Farm & Neighborhood Space.This year marks the fifth anniversary of the program, which has survived the pandemic and provided free arts education as programs across the state have faced budget cuts. Fort Worth ISDLaura Kidder, teaching artist of the woodwinds leads a sectional practice session as Grecia Gonzales (center) and King Conners (right) follow during DSO's Young Musicians Program rehearsal, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Dallas.Ashley Alarcon, the program’s manager of teaching and learning, said cuts to arts education make her feel a greater responsibility for the work being done through the progra
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