317 Main Community Music Center Awarded 2020 Grant to Support Music Education Programs in Portland Public Schools Yarmouth, ME. – February, 2020 – 317 Main Community Music Center has been selected as a 2020 CMA Foundation grant recipient for its continued efforts and commitment to music education. The CMA Foundation is a national nonprofit…
Since we launched the 317 Violin program at East End Community School in 2015, our students have been asking for summer learning opportunities. In partnership with Maine Youth Rock Orchestra and East End, we successfully launched a Summer Violin Crew with seven rising 4th and 5th graders who met weekly in July and August with…
“How do you spell Hip-Hop?” asked Jose, age 8, with headphones resting on his shoulders. “H-I-P…” Partnership Program teacher Alicia Phelps says as she works her way around the classroom at Portland’s East End Community School, checking iPads and listening in on students’ headphones. Alicia leads the Garage Band workshop on Wednesday mornings as part…
24 Third graders from East End Community School in Portland stood in line anxiously awaiting their homework – a half-size fiddle decorated with a 317 sticker. “We’re really excited to put instruments into the hands of young people and let YOU decide if it’s something you want to do,” said Jake Hoffman, 317 Main’s Partnership…