Education
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival provides wonderful experiences in music education to its community!
We provide music education and enrichment programs for children and youth in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. Our programs purposely nourish and cultivate the requirements of children in the formative stages of musical development. We equally provide key music education to middle and high school students who’ve chosen music as a course of study.
“Thank you for coming to our school. It made me feel very special. I have never been to a concert, so I am really happy.”
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Elementary school student
We light the fire of learning by educating hearts and minds. Our strategically structured programs have a long-range, transformative impact on students’ worldviews, potential for academic and artistic success, school attendance and graduation rates, and career choices.
Research Evaluation Findings Strings in our Schools By Southwestern University
In late May 2023, Southwestern University and the Santa Fe Chamber of Music Festival (SFCMF)
began an initial evaluation of their Strings in Our Schools (SiOS) elementary violin program.
Chamber Music for Kids
Music in Our Schools is a series of three yearly chamber music concerts for students Pre-K through Grade 6 at 14 selected schools in Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, and Pecos.
Vocal and Instrumental Instruction
The Festival offers three programs for students in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico: Dream Big Private Lesson, Guitar in Our Schools, and Strings in Our Schools.
Summer Young People’s Concerts
Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant for a fun and friendly exploration of music for piano trio, featuring Festival artists Ran Dank, piano, Daniel Phillips, violin, and Eric Kim, cello!
Young Composers String Quartet Project
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s Young Composers String Quartet Project, a program that Artistic Director Marc Neikrug holds very near to his heart, began in 2013.
Education News
All the news that’s fit to print about our amazing students and teachers.
Leanne DeVane is Director of Education and Outreach for Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, where she oversees multiple vital music education programs for youth throughout Northern New Mexico, grades PreK to 12.
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