Programs
Traveling Instrument Program
The 36 musical instruments in our Traveling Instruments Program rotated throughout all of the elementary schools in the Lee County Public School System, giving approximately 4,000 students the opportunity to be a part of this program. With the help of a few grants that we received, we were able to replace several musical instruments and some cases, as well as update the materials that accompany these instruments.
Summer Music Camps
The 2002 Music Foundation Summer Camps took place from June 10 through July 19 and served 253 different students in 374 camp spaces. Twenty-one different camps were offered in all the various areas of music such as brass, reed, percussion, vocal, guitar, and keyboard. Ninety-five scholarships totaling $5,835 were awarded to students to help defray the cost of tuition. Twenty-three sponsors assisted with the expenses of the summer camps with contributions totaling $2,850.
Double Reed Festival
Twenty-nine middle and high school oboe and bassoon students attended our annual Double Reed Festival came from schools in our three county area to attend this event. For many of the student musicians, this was their only opportunity to work with a professional on their instrument.
Grants / Scholarships Given
Over $5,000 was awarded to six different school music programs to help assist them with purchasing instruments or accessories or to bring in special teachers to work with the students. Fourteen different students received over $2,000 in scholarships from The Music Foundation. These scholarships were for private lessons or assistance with attending special music programs.
The Landings Benefit Dinner
Approximately 100 people attended what has become one of our more popular annual public performances. The evening began with a student recital, and after dinner, it concluded with an adult recital. Approximately $2,000 was raised by this event.
Edison Community College Concert Band Spring Concert
This was the first year that we helped sponsor this concert, which was held at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the ECC campus. We also had the opportunity to introduce our ECC Scholarship recipients to the audience.
Edison Community College Scholarships
We were proud to be able to help support three music students through our endowed scholarship fund as they pursue their college degrees. Those students were Sara Anderson, Alex Gendron, and Rachel Jerabek.
Barbanera earns Foundation's Musical Excellence Award
The Music Foundation's Musical
Excellence Award was presented to Cynthia Barbanera this spring. Miss Barbanera
is a junior at the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts in Fort Myers.
Barbanera is the principal oboist of the Southwest Florida Youth Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and the Edison Community College Concert Band.
Barbanera has recently performed professionally with the Venice Symphony, the Gulf Coast Symphony, and the Sarasota Concert Band. During the past five years, she has been chosen to be in the All State Band and Orchestra, The All County Band, and has received superior ratings for Solo & Ensemble contest at both the district and state level.
In past summers, Barbanera has auditioned and been accepted into the music programs at Eastman School of Music, Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. In 2001, she was the first place winner of the Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and appeared as a guest soloist with the Naples Philharmonic. In 2003, she was the recipient of the Sanibel Music Festival Scholarship.
The Music Foundation is proud to recognize and honor Cynthia Barbanera with its Musical Excellence Award for her impressive accomplishments and honors.
Invitation to free summer concerts and fall benefit dinner
Please join us for a series of free concerts beginning in May and ending in July.
The first performance is at the conclusion of the Music Foundation's 11th Annual Double Reed Festival on Saturday, May 3. Middle and high school double reed students will be involved in master classes at Edison Community College in the morning and early afternoon, traveling to Edison Hall at the Cypress Cove Retirement Community near Lee Memorial Health Park for a performance at approximately 4:30 PM.
The public is also invited to free summer concerts on each Friday afternoon at 3 PM at the conclusion of each of the summer music camps. Those dates are on the back page of Notes. The concerts will be in the cafetorium at Cypress Lake Middle School on Cypress Lake Drive in South Fort Myers.
The Music Foundation is also hosting a benefit recital and dinner at The Landings on November 11 which will feature performances by some of the best student and adult musicians in the area. For information about reservations for the dinner/recital, visit the Music Foundation's web site (www.music-foundation.org) in early fall, or e-mail notes@music-foundation.org
Camp, program sponsors needed
Individuals and businesses may help the students served by The Music Foundation through sponsorshop of a specific summer music camp. Funds go towards providing professional instructors and supplies such as music, instrument parts when applicable, and other supplies for the student musicians. Sponsoring a camp is $100. Individuals and businesses may also sponsor specific programs such as brass, woodwind, band, keyboard, percusson, chorus, and strings, all of which which have many subsections. Sponsoring a program is $500. For information about sponsoring a summer camp or a summer program, please contact The Music Foundation by calling (239) 275-0057 or by emailing notes@music-foundation.org.
Summer Camp Schedule
The Music Foundation's summer music camps are scheduled and instructors ready for six weeks of focused music instruction for middle and high school students. All camps will be held at Cypress Lake Middle School, with free concerts for the public each Friday at 3 PM in the school's cafetorium. Each week's concerts feature students from that week's camps.
Information and registration forms for parents and students interested in participating in one or more of the camps can be downloaded from The Music Foundation's web site: www.music-foundation.org.
Week 1: June 16-20