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Resident Audiences
Our scope is increasing. America faces an aging population and many
societal problems. The number of people confined in institutions
is at an all-time high, and the upward trend is expected to continue.
Long-term confinement can be a dehumanizing experience. It denies
dignity and diminishes people's chances to recover or to thrive.
Performances
We provide four to eight programs per year in each facility
during the season of September through July. We have established
forty-six performance sites in the states of New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and California. Every year, more facilities
request our programs. We can only add sites as funds are raised
to support at least a four-concert series at each location.
Performers
We audition talented young artists from the undergraduate and graduate
programs of major conservatories and young professionals with established
careers. We train these artists to perform in institutional environments
and to communicate with special audiences. Our current roster includes
70+ musicians and musical groups who perform for us regularly. Click
here to see some of our musicians'
experiences in their own words
Outreach
Music For All Seasons seeks under-served audiences in areas that
we feel are unique. We have programs that directly target:
- at-risk youth in the inner city;
- men, women and children living in homeless shelters;
- youth held in juvenile detention centers;
- foster children living in halfway houses;
- clients of free medical service;
- residents of public housing facilities;
- patients in hospice care;
- mothers & children in shelters for victims of domestic violence;
We do not expect our audiences to come to us. We go to them, removing
travel and physical barriers to their enjoyment of music.
Our programs cover a wide range of ethnic and multicultural styles,
and our musicians have diverse backgrounds. We expose our audiences
to a variety of music while taking their needs into account. We run
into interesting challenges, such as performing opera in prisons;
however, these experiments are opportunities for education and are
always well received.
We use large-print programs and audio description when required. We
videotape many of our programs to train our musicians. We are developing
a training program designed to help performers work with disabled
audiences.
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