Music In Our Schools Month

March is Music In Our Schools Month, when music educators, students, and communities from around the United States promote the benefits of music education programs in schools. Started as an advocacy day in 1973 by the National Association for Music Education, it grew to become a month-long celebration by 1985. The Michigan Philharmonic is proud to support music educators and continue music education in not only our progressive programming, but also through our community outreach and education programs in the schools. Every year the Michigan Philharmonic works with regional school districts to organize the CLASSical Music Partnership. This unique music program is designed to introduce 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade students to classical music and the instruments that make up the orchestra. Developed in collaboration with educators to complement standard curriculum, the goals of the CLASSical are to:

• Supplement and enhance school music programs
• Integrate music into Science and Language Arts 
• Give students the experience of live performances with professional 
• Hear classical music students might recognize by great 
• Educate students about composers and 
• Demonstrate the four instrument families of the 
• Learn about musical composition by working with professional classical music composers in the classroom

The Michigan Philharmonic understands the important role of arts and humanities in a well-rounded education and that’s why we promote March as Music In Our Schools Month. Join us on March 28^th for the 100 Women Strong 3^rd annual fundraiser as we celebrate the power of women in support of women education. #MIOSM #MusicConnectsUs

Happy International Women's Day!

At the Michigan Philharmonic are dedicated to supporting and promoting music by female composers. The Michigan Phil highlights these composers not just because the composers are women, but because the music they compose is innovative, influential and dynamic. All these women were successful because the arts were a part of their early education.

This month, you have the opportunity to support MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS and the educational programs of the Michigan Philharmonic by joining us On March 28th for our 3rd annual 100 Women Strong fundraiser - celebrating the power of women in support of music education. This is how we, at the Michigan Phil, #PressForProgress, - how do you? #IWD2018

Patrick Johnson

Patrick Johnson appears regularly throughout the Midwest as a solo, chamber, and orchestral pianist. In the summer of 2014, he performed with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. Other 2013-14 performances included chamber recitals on the seasons of both the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, as well as solo recitals in metro Detroit and at Michigan State University. An avid orchestral musician, he is Principal Piano for the Michigan Philharmonic and the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. He is featured on over forty recordings. Now in his eleventh year as a sacred musician for the Archdiocese of Detroit, he is organist and music director at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Hazel Park. Patrick received degrees in piano performance from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, as well as a master’s degree in music theory at Michigan State University, where he is currently a doctoral candidate in piano performance and an instructor of music theory. Patrick will be joining the Michigan Phil as featured soloist on Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Etruscan Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1954) during our “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” on Sunday, March 18^th at the First United Methodist Church in Plymouth.

via http://www.michiganphil.org