burleyfrosty burleybells Merit has a very special partnership at Augustus Burley Elementary School in Lakeview because our various programs there reach students starting in pre-Kindergarten and build on this foundation to keep them involved in music-making, potentially throughout their entire career at Burley. Much praise goes to Principal Barbara Kent and the Friends of Burley [...]
Entries from December 18th, 2008
Merit band students from Carson take their tunes to the mall!
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Concerts
For the last few years, it has been an annual tradition for Carson’s band to give a December performance in the food court of the Ford City Shopping Mall. Alas, this year, meetings at the office kept me from going, but Bridges staff member Alicia Poot headed out to hear the concert and even caught [...]
Merit choral students at Reavis Elementary start the day singing!
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Site Visits
reavis This is Merit’s second year of choral programming at Reavis Elementary located right at the intersection point of the Hyde Park, Kenwood and Bridgeport communities (Michael Johnson, Principal). Merit instructor Edward Beard rehearses with the students two mornings a week for 40 minutes before the start of the academic day. When I arrived this [...]
