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Musical Mondays program at the High Horizons and Multicultural Magnet Schools in Bridgeport.
The Musical Mondays program at the High Horizons and Multicultural Magnet schools in Bridgeport is designed to support the strings, band and vocal programs. The purpose of the program is to offer motivated students an opportunity to develop their practice and performance skills. The added benefit is building school spirt and community around music.
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How this program works
The biggest challenge facing any musician is learning how to practice. Learning how to practice takes time, focused attention to detail, and “set up” to improve sound production. Learning how to practice also means improving one’s reading skills and comfort level with musical notation. The Musical Mondays programs enable students to develop practice skills in a fun, focused environment with others who are motivated to take that extra time to learn their instruments. All band and string students are invited (and encouraged) to participate in this after-school program. The goal is to have students develop a skill set that will enable them to join chamber music groups, play in local youth symphonies and bands, and audition for summer programs. The goal also includes building a music community in the schools and with parents who support a child’s music education at home.
MUSICAL Mondays presents at the Bridgeport Board of Education meeting on December 11th!
The Meet the Orchestra Program
The Meet the Orchestra program provides an opportunity to explore the world of music through thematic exploration of different aspects of Music. Over the past 6 years we have explored;
The Dance of Music
The Many Moods of Music
The Color of Music
The Science of Music
The Math of Music
The Art and Architecture of of Music
2023-2024 programs
Mapping the World of Music
Anthony DeQuattro goes to Ghana
The goal of this year’s series is: to provide an enriching, engaging, interactive live music experience that exposes students to instruments of the orchestra and music from around the world; to provide an opportunity to reflect on their experiences through short writing activities in the form of postcards; to construct maps that describe cultural and environmental locations; to explore maps from Pequot Library’s historical collection to practice map reading skills and inspire students’ own map construction. Anthony took students from Beardsley, Bryant, Hall, Multicultural Magnet, High Horizons and Park City Magnet on a trip to Ghana with slides, music, dance and song.
The GBS string Quartet travels to Europe
This program is designed for 3rd and 4th grade students in Bridgeport Public Schools.
The goal of this year’s series is to provide an enriching, engaging, interactive live music experience that exposes students to instruments of the orchestra and music from around the world; to provide an opportunity to reflect on their experiences through short writing activities in the form of postcards; to construct maps that explore cultural and environmental locations.
The MTO program is provided with generous support from the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund (CAEF) and the Connecticut Humanities Fund, connecting people to the history, literature and culture of Connecticut.
The Story of Music Spring 2023
The Haven String Quartet from left to right: Yaira Matyakubova, violin; Philip Boulanger, cello; Gregory Tompkins, violin; Annalisa Boerner, viola
Music for Youth and Pequot Library present the Haven String Quartet performing a string transcription of Prokoviev’s Peter and the Wolf
On March 17th and March 31st, 3rd and 4th grade students from Edison, Bryant, Beardsley, and Park City Magnet Bridgeport schools, will come to Pequot to hear the Haven Quartet string arrangement of Peter and the Wolf, transcribed by HSQ cellist Philip Boulanger. The presentation will be followed by a “petting zoo”, an opportunity for the students to meet the musicians and learn more about their instruments.
The live presentation will be followed by an in-class session with Pequot’s John Kofron, the Youth and Teen Library Services Manager. He will explore how to write a short story inspired by the music and tale of Peter and the Wolf. Photographs from Pequot’s special exhibit – “Alphabets, Bedtime Stories and Cautionary Tales” will be shared to inspire conversation about story making. Students will be given blank books and asked to transfer their story into these books that will be displayed at public libraries around Bridgeport.
The Haven String Quartet represent the world’s top conservatories and bring outstanding chamber music performances to New Haven neighborhoods and throughout the region with a full season of concerts, recitals, educational workshops, and performances for diverse audiences in public spaces. The Quartet serves as the permanent quartet-in-residence and teaching faculty for Music Haven and spearheads the organization’s tuition-free strings program for youth, which has been recognized as a top 50 after-school arts program in the country by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
