We're very excited about this. We believe this can have a profound effect in getting the message out that we've got excellent learning happening that is important in the total education of the child and showing how important music education is. We want to get to the word out that people's tax dollars are really making a profound difference in the lives of our children. |
When we set out to identify quality groups throughout the state we started with a long list of groups that had demonstrated a history of excellence. Then we started paring them down, based on the most representative programs within those factors of genre, grade level, geographic location and excellence. When it came down to the list of 21, Parsons orchestra was one of those. |