by Bridges Director, Betsy Ko After an exciting day of MeritFest performances on Thursday, Merit and Symphony Center staff woke up on Friday, May 1st and did it all over again. What a great way to end the week! Our second day of MeritFest 2009 featured performers from 28 Bridges sites who performed in one [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Concerts'
MeritFest 2009 is off to a great start!
April 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Concerts, MeritFest
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 [...]
The Many Days of Bridges Holiday Concerts!
January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Concerts, Stats
If only there had been 12 days of Bridges concerts, I would have had the best title ever for this post! All the same, Merit’s staff had a fun time getting out to as many Bridges concerts as we possibly could. We couldn’t help but smile as we heard spirited performances from our Bridges students [...]
Merit, CSO & Fidelity Invest in the Musical Talent at Hirsch HS!
January 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Concerts
With generous support by the Fidelity FutureStage program, we are now entering our second year of partnership with Hirsch Metro High School in the Grand Crossing community. Through the FutureStage program, Fidelity invests in the potential of high school students who will someday take center stage in our society. Arts education is the vehicle for this [...]
Burley Holiday Hoopla
December 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Concerts
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 [...]
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 [...]
Greene Elementary kicks off Merit’s offsite holiday concert season!
November 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Concerts
‘Tis officially the season of winter holiday concerts at our many Bridges sites. In almost all cases, these performances are our students’ first opportunity to show off what they have learned in music class since the start of the school year. I enjoyed the first of these concerts yesterday at Greene Elementary in the McKinley [...]
