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COMMUNITY Partnerships

Our Community Partnerships

The RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School partners annually with over 100 schools and other community and cultural arts organizations. These partnerships enhance music education programs across our region for over 15,000 individuals and are often supplemented by sequential instruction on a wide variety of instruments at our Music School. Our Community Partnerships programs strive to be relevant and responsive to community needs. 

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LINK UP

Since 2011, the RIPO&MS has partnered with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute to connect the classroom with the concert hall by providing a music literacy curriculum and interactive concert series through Carnegie Hall’s highly successful Link Up program. Designed for students in grades 3-5, Link Up works in a three-year cycle with different themes each year: The Orchestra Rocks (Rhythm), The Orchestra Sings (Melody) and The Orchestra Moves (Movement). Learn more about 2021-22 The Orchestra Moves here! 

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Victoria's Dream Project

Victoria’s Dream Project (VDP) is a performance-based after school string instruction program for students in grades 3-5 at the Agnes Little Elementary School in Pawtucket, R.I. VDP is designed to target the arts opportunity gap and provide students with an immersive experience that fosters and supports their creative, academic and personal growth, while putting infrastructure in place to encourage their future accomplishments. The goals of VDP go beyond elementary school music instruction. In addition to working throughout the school year with students directly in their community, RIPOMS provides a direct pathway to high-level instruction at our Music School through private lessons and enrollment in our Youth Orchestras. Through VDP, we are expanding opportunities for these students and their families.

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Arts Talk

Arts Talk is a Rhode Island State Council for the Arts (RISCA) collaboration between the RI Philharmonic, the RISD Museum , and Trinity Repertory Company to assist Rhode Island high schools in implementing arts-integrated curricula. Arts Talk provides students with meaningful interactions with these three cultural arts institutions and provides educators with multiple professional development opportunities through the school year. 

The Autism Project

RIPO&MS partners with The Autism Project (TAP) by providing group music therapy classes for participating students. With an engaging and responsive curriculum designed by Music School licensed music therapist faculty, students with Autism Spectrum Disorders receive quality music education opportunities. Launched in 2011, our teachers also participate annually in Camp Wannagoagain, TAP's flagship summer program. Click the link below to watch a short video about the program, courtesy of the CVS Caremark Charity Trust.

Blackstone Academy Charter

Our partnership with Blackstone Academy Charter provides weekly, in-school classes in music theory and keyboard proficiency. 

Brown Play School

The RI Philharmonic engages the young children of Brown Play School in music classes throughout the year. 

East Bay Community Action Program

The RIPOMS and East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) partnership is a Health Equity Zone (HEZ) initiative. This partnership recognizes that engagement with the arts at any age contributes to the comprehensive well-being of any person. Children in this program receive early literacy and music intervention and parents receive training through EBCAP's Parents As Teachers program. 

East Greenwich Parks & Recreation Department

RIPOMS provides Early Childhood music learning opportunities to children in this community organization throughout the year. 

Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing Arts (JMW)

The RI Philharmonic closely partners with JMW, a performing arts high school in Pawtucket, R.I., and provides a voice residency to music majors. RIPOMS heavily subsidizes these students' costs, ensuring that they have access to some of the best vocal training in our region. We also provide instruments and other programming for Jenks Middle School (both schools are housed in one facility).

LLC

The Learning Collaborative (LLC) engages with RIPOMS and the Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts to offer an extension class on the repertoire programmed by both organizations during their regular seasons. Classes are held at the Carter Center for Music Education and students receive special access to RI Philharmonic concerts covered in their curricula.

Music For Our Schools

Ensembles comprised of RI Philharmonic Orchestra musicians as well as Music School Faculty travel to area schools to present workshops and interactive performances that introduce students to a variety of musical styles. Additionally, musicians can work with teachers to design residencies and workshops customized to complement specific classroom curriculum. Past successes have included visits to elementary schools to support a school-wide reading week, Jazz Ensembles that provide authentic learning experiences for students in Social Studies programs through demonstrating the music of the Harlem Renaissance, and more! Contact Hannah Ross at hross@riphil.org for more information on how your school can get involved. 

Sophia Academy

The RIPOMS partnership with Sophia Academy was born from the belief that all children deserve access to high-quality music education. The RI Philharmonic currently provides a general music curriculum to the middle school students at Sophia Academy. This curriculum, designed and implemented by an experienced music educator, is specifically crafted for the students of Sophia Academy and mirrors the school's mission and core values.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS 

We continually review and evaluate new ideas for partnerships. For more information about partnering with the Music School to provide music education and performance opportunities to your organization, contact Hannah Ross at 401.248.7008 or hross@riphil.org.

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