Teacher Resources: Partnerships for Arts-in-Education

Partners in Education

An active partner with the Dallas Public Schools, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has "adopted" four elementary campuses: Louise W. Kahn Elementary, Sidney Lanier Vanguard, Eduardo Mata Elementary and T. L. Marsalis Elementary. Patner schools receive free admission to Youth Concerts and annual Symphony YES visits in addition to other collaborative projects. Marsalis and Lanier are Young Strings campuses, and all of the schools are involved in the DSO's annual minority festival concerts. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra represents the arts on the Dallas Public School's Partners in Education Advisory Committee which meets monthly to review partnership opportunities in the district.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is a committed particpant in this community colaboration for arts-in-education and has played a leadership role in the first two years of the project. The objectives of ArtsPartners are to increase the impact of arts-in-education programs on student learning and achievement; provide students with equal access to arts and cultural programs; and leverage city, district and private funding needed for schools to access these programs.

For more information about ArtsPartners, visit their web site at www.dallasartspartners.org.

Music Memory

In partnership with classical radio station WRR, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra supports the Music Memory Contest, a program which introduces elementary students to the sounds of classical music. Each year the friends of WRR raise funds for a 16-week Saturday morning radio program based on the Music Memory Contest. DSO personnel participate in creating content as well as providing voices for the taping of the program.

Radio Programming

Encore is the Monday evening broadcast of most DSO classical concerts hosted by Victor Marshall. The program is featured on WRR. 101.1 FM. Victor Marshall also hosts the interantionally syndicated broadcasts of Dallas Symphony Orchestra performances.