In-school
educational chamber music programs.
"Chamber Music – Something for Everyone," features chamber music
and the simultaneous work of a visual artist, and explores the interaction of
music and art. "Once Upon a Tune" blends storytelling into classical
music, with dragons and magic students can both see and hear!
Additional
educational programming includes "Music –A Small World,"
featuring flute/guitar duet performances of music by international composers;
"Sambas with Attitude," a program highlighting Latin-American music
and the classical guitar in chamber music; and "What Do You Hear?"
-- exploring the six basic elements of music. For older students, SATORI
offers full
concerts featuring selections from the chamber music repertoire. Click here for more details on specific programs. SATORI’s in-school presentations have been approved for inclusion on the
Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit roster, offering tax credits
to qualifying corporate sponsors.
The Gift of Music project.
The Gift of Music is a series of community initiatives to collect,
restore, and distribute band and orchestra instruments to local music
instructional programs, and thence to students who may be unable to afford the
cost of buying or renting an instrument. In the Gift of Music program,
donated instruments are collected at various businesses, concert venues, and
community organizations.
Local instrument repair shops recondition these instruments, which are then
distributed to area schools and organizations where the need is recognized.
SATORI’s Gift of Music program has collected,
repaired, and donated over 270 musical instruments, an estimated instrument
value of over $58500, to 26 different area schools and community music programs.
Student chamber music competition. SATORI's annual student competition this season will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at 10 a.m. (snow date Sunday January 13, 2 pm) at the Community Music School of the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA. Entrants will be limited to student ensembles of secondary school age, based in the Greater Lehigh Valley, PA area. Public, private, home-schooled, parochial, and charter school students are all eligible. Auditions will take place before a panel of qualified judges, and the winning group will receive a $500 award and perform at SATORI's concert on March 30, 2008. Please contact SATORI for specific requirements and application forms, or click here.