Making our W.A.Y.S.
Help the Warren Area Youth Symphonette find their way!
Leader
Rachel Dunn
Location
180 North Park Warren, Ohio, OH 44481
About the project
Warren Area Youth Symphonette (“WAYS”) is a musical enrichment program for stringed instrument students in Warren. This area is lacking in such a program. It welcomes children from all local areas, ranging in grades from 6th to seniors, with the only requirement being they have had at least one previous year of private lesson. Younger students may be admitted following an informal audition assessment with the musical director.
WAYS was born to provide a follow-on program from the free one-year “Strings of Joy” program, that our local orchestra offered. After a year in that program, students face the decision of either finding a private tutor elsewhere or having to stop playing altogether. WAYS seeks to ensure that students can continue learning as a group at no cost, and provides a platform for them to broaden their musical education and experience with their peers.
The goal of the program is to continue to enrich the lives of these children and community by fostering their love for music. It will begin with strings only but could grow into a full orchestra one day.
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Why we‘re doing it