Community Partnerships

We partner with schools, after-school programs, housing authorities, community centers and social service agencies designing exciting programs that provide high quality music education and performance opportunities for all. Along with offering sequential music instruction on a variety of instruments, the Music School provides teachers for music appreciation, world music and technology classes. We also work with schools to create their own unique classroom residencies that connect music and the arts to all academic subjects.  We currently manage four extensive community partnerships as well as many smaller programs. 

Arts Talk

This partnership is between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the state’s three major cultural institutions (RISD, Trinity Rep and the Philharmonic). Each year we select a theme, and with RISCA funding we assist several vocational technical high schools to implement arts integrated curriculum. Depending on the theme and what schools choose to do for their projects, the Philharmonic can be involved in multiple in-school performances, workshops or longer residencies.

Wheeler Conservatory

The Philharmonic Music School provides private lessons in bass, drums, flute, guitar, harmonica, piano saxophone and voice for Wheeler students on the Wheeler campus, Monday through Friday from 3pm to 5:30pm. For more information, please contact the Music School at 401.248.7001 or visit our Wheeler Conservatory Page.

Blackstone Academy

The Philharmonic provides two teachers for in-school music classes in Latin percussion and theory and keyboard at this Charter School. The classes take place once a week and students are graded and assessed. The classes count toward students’ grade point average and graduation requirements.

 

La Salle Academy

Music School faculty or Orchestra members lead sectionals (rehearsals for every instrument or groups of instruments) for La Salle Academy’s concert band and jazz band program during the school day.

Pawtucket Urban Arts Project (P.U.M.P.)

P.U.M.P is a partnership between the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Pawtucket Housing Authority and the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket. This unique program provides free music lessons in Latin percussion and songwriting to low income at-risk youth who reside in Pawtucket’s public and section 8 housing.

We continually review and evaluate new ideas for partnerships. For more information about partnering with the Music School to provide quality music education and performance opportunities to your organization, contact Rebecca Tingleff at 401-248-7054 or rtingleff@riphil.org