Arts-in-Education Residencies

Overview

Through partnerships with Fischoff Competition alumni, Fischoff’s Arts-in-Education Residency programs bring exceptional free educational activities to more than 6,000 community children annually.  Since 1995, Fischoff’s outreach programs have reached more than 44,000 children and youth throughout Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan, placing a particular emphasis on underserved and at-risk communities.

Fischoff’s educational programs enrich the musical and cultural life of the community through personal interaction with musicians of the highest caliber.  Artists perform for and interact with children, creating an open educational environment for those who may have limited experience in classical music.  The programs are taken directly to audiences in familiar environments – in schools, libraries and community centers. For many, the programs are their first exposure to a live performance of classical music by professional musicians.

All of Fischoff’s educational programs are offered at no cost to participants. 

S.A.M. I Am (Stories & Music), the flagship program of Fischoff’s Arts-in-Education residencies, reinforces the importance of reading through the power of music. S.A.M. I Am programs allow children, ages 5-10, to hear books transformed with flair and imagination by nationally-recognized musicians, all of whom are Fischoff Competition alumni.  The program integrates music with literacy, storytelling and drama.  Musicians often perform in costume, and instruments and melodies may represent characters, themes, and moods from the story.  Programs are offered in school settings, and all classroom teachers receive a free copy of the book in advance of the program to incorporate the story into their curriculum.

Peer Ambassadors for Chamber Music (PACMan) pairs the Fischoff Competition's younger ensembles with area schoolchildren, to offer a friendly introduction to chamber music.

Master classes and music workshops are presented by residency ensembles to middle- and high-school-aged students.

What's in Store for 2009-2010

Euclid Quartet in Mishawaka Schools

During the 2009-2010 academic year, Fischoff will again join forces with the Euclid Quartet of Indiana University South Bend and School City of Mishawaka. Throughout this unprecedented two-year collaboration, these organizations will accomplish something new and lasting within the Mishawaka community:

  • Fischoff and the Euclid Quartet will present 14 programs in all of Mishawaka’s 9 public schools.
  • Student participation in strings will be tracked statistically to monitor program growth and retention over two years. These statistics will help evaluate the validity of the project.
  • S.A.M. I Am (Stories & Music) programs will target young readers in grades K-4 through a musical re-enactment of a children’s book. The book will be given to 106 classrooms.
  • Middle and high school orchestras will receive master-classes and workshops to improve musical skills and artistry as well as boost self-confidence among students.
  • The two-year project will forge lasting relationships between Mishawaka’s students and the Euclid Quartet. As role models, the quartet will encourage students to pursue music, take private lessons, and to think about a better future.
Quintet Attacca in South Bend Schools

The Fischoff is delighted to welcome the Quintet Attacca to South Bend for a Residency during the week of November 9-13, 2009. Previous Fischoff Competition Grand Prize winners, the quintet will present music workshops in area middle schools, and perform Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in several South Bend area elementary schools as well as a free community concert at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on November 11. Each instrument will present the classic characters of the story with the music of Prokofiev arranged for a wind quintet. Peter, the cat, the duck, the bird, Grandpa, and even the Wolf may appear in costume, too!

Red Line Sax Quartet at St. Joseph County Public Library

The Red Line Sax Quartet, Gold Medal winners in the Wind division at the 2009 Fischoff Competition, will present a Peanut Butter and Jelly Jam family concert on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at the Main Library in downtown South Bend.  From 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., the quartet will introduce chamber music to families with young children in an open, public setting. Children are encouraged to dance, touch the instruments, and ask questions to create a musical experience to remember.

Recent Awards

Fischoff’s educational programs have received the following local, state and national recognition and awards:

  • 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Access to Artistic Excellence Grant
  • 2009 National Endowment for the Arts American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Grant
  • 2009 Indiana State Senate Resolution Sixty-Four: Honoring the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association for its innovative programs that introduce children to the beauty of chamber music.
  • 2007 Indiana Governor’s Arts Award
  • 2005 Indiana Achievement Award for Nonprofit Excellence
  • 2004 Leighton Award for Non-Profit Excellence Special Recognition Award

2009 - 2010 Sponsors

Fischoff's Arts-in-Education Residency programs would not be possible without the generous support of the following:

  • AM General
  • David & Nellie Aranowski
  • ArtsEverywhere Fund of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
  • Arts Midwest
  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • Edward & Heidi Bradley
  • Burkhart Advertising, Inc.
  • Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust
  • Cressy Foundation
  • DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame
  • Don and Nancy Crawford Fund for Fischoff in Mishawaka Schools
  • D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts
  • Frederick S. Upton Foundation
  • Tracy & Kerie Graham
  • Alfred J. Guillaume Jr. and Melanie Smith-Guillaume
  • Gurley Leep
  • H.Q. Investments
  • Henkels Lecture Series and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
  • Indiana Arts Commission
  • IOI Payroll Services
  • Junior League of South Bend
  • Jurgonski & Fredlake CPAs
  • Bob Kill & Dean Goodwin
  • Lexus of Mishawaka
  • Mishawaka Lions Club
  • Mishawaka Public Education Foundation
  • Nanovic Institute for European Studies
  • National Endowment for the Arts, Access to Artistic Excellence Grant
  • National Endowment for the Arts, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Grant
  • Kathleen & Mark Neal
  • Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
  • Old National Bank
  • Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
  • Raclin School of the Arts, Indiana University South Bend
  • Teresa & Jack Roberts
  • Vincent & Robin Rougeau
  • St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
  • Jeny and John Sejdinaj
  • Teachers Credit Union
  • University of Notre Dame
  • Wilma & Peter Veldman
  • Barbara & Reg Wagle
  • WSBT Radio Group (in-kind)
  • WVPE Radio (in-kind)
     

This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from Indiana Arts Commission, General Mills Foundation, and Land O'Lakes Foundation.

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