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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Florida International Universitys School
of Music and
Miami Music Project Bring Music to After-School Programs
-FIU Researchers Study How Music Can Help Public School
Children-
MIAMI June 21, 2013 Florida International Universitys (FIU)
College of Architecture + the ArtsSchool of Music and Miami Music
Project are proud to establish a research collaboration to study
howmusic education enhances the lives of many underserved public
school children.
Both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in FIUs School
of Music, generously give back tothe community by providing
after-school music instruction and guidance to students in K-12
programs throughout the cities of Doral and Little Haiti in
Miami-Dade County.
Our goal is to have a better understanding of how to incorporate
music into traditional pedagogicalmethods, says Catherine Benedict,
FIU Professor of Music. Music incorporation can facilitate
morediverse teaching practices that address different learning
styles, intelligences and enable the higher-level thinking that is
fostered by artistic engagement.
The program aims to achieve social change through musical
excellence using an ensemble model of instruction called El
Sistema, as a framework for free music education. This program has
beenhighly successful in Venezuela and other countries. Miami Music
Project developed El SistemaMiami (ESMIA), which is now the second
largest El Sistema-inspired program in the United States.
ESMIA involves 300 Miami-Dade County Public School students,
ages 5-18, in communities withdistinct populations, predominantly
Hispanic and Haitian. The students participate in music lessonswith
Miami Music Project and FIUs School of Music students for one to
three hours weekly.
Each week we observe how the students come to see themselves and
their musical abilitiesdifferently as they grapple with
progressively more sophisticated musical challenges, says
StanleyCohen, chairman of Miami Music Project. Even at a very young
age we see them become moreconfident as they turn to their peers
and address the issues at hand, or as they stand to sing or playan
instrument alone.
FIU and Miami Music Project hope to use this research toward
further implementation of musicprograms internationally as well as
for public policy regarding much needed support of musiceducation
programs within the public school system.
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About The College of Architecture + The Arts:With more than
1,400 majors in seven academic departmentsMusic, Architecture, Art
and ArtHistory, Communication Arts, Interior Architecture,
Landscape Architecture, and Theatrethe Collegeof Architecture + The
Arts is proud to offer undergraduate and graduate students an
intimate andnurturing atmosphere that offers opportunities for
individual attention while promoting the creative
spirit in the pursuit of knowledge and the cultivation of
imagination, intellectual curiosity, and artisticexpression For
more information, visit CARTAs website at: http://carta.fiu.edu/ or
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About The Miami Music Project:Miami Music Project uses music as
an instrument for social transformation, empowering children
toacquire values and achieve their full potential, positively
affecting their society through the study andperformance of music.
In 2008, Maestro James Judd founded Miami Music Project (MMP) with
thesupport of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundations Knight
Arts Challenge Grant. With thesupport of the community, MMP has
intensively exposed over 25,000 public school students toclassical
music.
Now modeled in the El Sistema philosophy through its El Sistema
Miami (ESMIA) program, MMPsvision is to see children, especially in
underserved communities, gain an opportunity to enrich their lives
through music. El Sistema is a time-tested example of how a music
program can both creategreat musicians and dramatically change the
life trajectory of hundreds of thousands of children.ESMIA is El
Sistema tailored for the needs of children in Miami and is their
best resource to gain anexcellent music education, ultimately
resulting in phenomenal citizens and human beings. For
moreinformation, visit MiamiMusicProject.org .
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