Grantee Database

OAKWOOD BRASS – OUTREACH PROJECT

Grant Year

2023-24

Grant Program

Impact Projects

Award Amount

$21,250.00

Project Description

With the support of the California Arts Council, OAKWOOD BRASS – OUTREACH PROJECT will provide weekly coaching and mentoring by professional brass musicians to elementary, middle, and high school students in 8 Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) schools. These sessions occur during students’ regularly scheduled band class at the schools where they are enrolled to ensure that an underserved community has equitable access to instruction by professional brass musicians.

Organization Summary

OBOP provides musical opportunities for the community-at-large including schools and senior centers.

Our comprehensive in-school programs are designed to promote and support instrumental studies through concerts, hands-on learning with instruments, and mentoring for young musicians.
-Our Instrument Introduction program focuses on 4th and 5th grade students as they choose instruments for study in the coming year. It features a 50 minute concert with classical, jazz, contemporary, and media music.
-Our In-School Concerts for 6th graders is an inspirational-style concert that focuses on showstopper instrument virtuoso features such as La Virgen de la Macarena (trumpet solo) and St. James Infirmary (trombone solo). We use these pieces to showcase the strengths and sounds of brass, giving students listening examples to highlight the differences between the various instruments.
-The Side By Side mentoring sessions are designed to support students in all areas of their musical development, providing students who would in all likelihood never be able to afford private lessons with the opportunity to learn from professional musicians.

Organization

Oakwood Brass - Outreach Project

Address

1575 KNOLLWOOD TER

PASADENA

91103-1909

County

Los Angeles

Region

South – Los Angeles & Orange

Phone

(818) 497-5632

Congressional District

California's 28th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 41

State Senate District

District 25

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