Jefferson Center 2019 Spring Mailing

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“Lifemanship through Musicianship”

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At Jefferson Center, our Youth Enrichment and Arts Education Programs have created a model of experiential learning, intentionally designed to teach not only music, but life skills through music. We are a partner in preparing local youth for future education and careers. Our programs play an important role in our students’ lives, enabling them to become the wellrounded individuals who will be the leaders of tomorrow.

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A service of the Harry and Lavon Webb Youth Enrichment and Arts Education Center

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Math

Our Music Lab programs include after school music technology classes, songwriting classes, open rehearsals with peers, selfdirected hands on learning, and guided instruction with the best musicians in our area. These offerings enhance the education children receive in school, fostering creativity, experimentation, and a love of learning that is lifelong.

Science

Students who take 4 years of art and music classes average nearly points better on the

SATs than their peers.

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Our Song Project, Performance Bands and outreach programs encourage collaboration and leadership. From improving students’ abilities to express themselves to promoting the value of hard work in achieving objectives... our arts education programs help prepare students for productive lives.

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Students who participate in the arts are x

more likely to be elected to class office.

Leadership

“Everybody has learned how to communicate together, and even when we have new people come in, we learn you, and we all learn each other. It’s like we all automatically click, through music.”

-Khyree English Performance Band student

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Technology

% of business leaders

say creativity is the number one skill they seek when hiring.

Connecting and aligning with our performance season, our Artist Mentorship program provides students and world-class musicians access to each other. Concert artists who perform on our stages spend off-stage hours with students who learn from their disciplines and experiences.

Some are engaged in multi-day sessions and long-term projects where “artists-in-residence” work on a project with students to produce music, creating life-changing experiences for area children and inspiring future career aspirations in many.

“When I go to make a new song, I can think about the process that has gone on here and feel more confident about my writing.”

-Sterling Hall Artist Residency Student

Students with high arts participation and low socio-economic status have a drop-out rate x lower than their peers.

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