by Betsy Ko, Bridges Director Despite our worries about how the rain would affect the buses bringing students from 19 of our Bridges sites to Symphony Center this morning, everyone got there safely and with enough time to rehearse together to pull off a fabulous 90′ concert! Today’s program featured the performances of two large [...]
Entries from April 30, 2009
How do you get to Symphony Center?
April 26, 2009 · 2 Comments · MeritFest
by Betsy Ko, Bridges Director At 10 AM on the first day of CPS’s spring break, approximately 40 students were neither sleeping in, nor playing video games. They were arriving at Merit’s home in the West Loop for a 2 hour rehearsal for MeritFest, our upcoming performance event at Symphony Center on April 30 and [...]
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Books, Brushes & Bands for Education Visits Merit’s Tuition-free Conservatory
April 6, 2009 · No Comments · Continuum
by Betsy Ko, Bridges Director At 9 AM sharp on March 28th, a bus from Hammond, IN pulled up to the front of Merit. Its passengers were 19 band students and 8 parents from Books, Brushes & Bands for Education, a Northwest IN organization devoted to providing a variety of arts opportunities for children in [...]
