Your chorus has created and launched an exciting education program. How will you measure its effectiveness? Kimberly Meisten of VocalEssence and David Myers of the University of Minnesota School of Music presented some winning ideas at the 2012 Chorus America Conference.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s education outreach program leads young people into the heart of the creative process

Consider these insights and cautionary tales gleaned from the experience of four choruses about how to establish and maintain a strong, school-based education outreach program.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Voices Within artist residency program teaches public school students how to tap their creative voices to compose and perform their own original songs.

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem’s Bach to School program helps students see the parallels between the music of the master and their own lives.  

Shining the spotlight on VocalEssence and its remarkable education outreach program serving thousands of students in and around the Twin Cities.

What are the essential elements of an education outreach program? We take a look at Music of the Baroque’s Strong Voices program, supporting promising young students and choral music in Chicago’s public high schools.