The Fineshriber Family Foundation is granting $26,062 toward Symphonic Jazz Orchestra elementary music programs in Culver City Unified School District this school year. The donation will provide the necessary funds for four instrumental workshops for third-graders at each of the five elementary schools, focusing on the string, woodwind, percussion and brass families of instruments. The program combines the students’ musical knowledge with the experience of trying selected instruments.
The grant will also fund more than half of the second-grade music program, which includes 28 weeks of music lesson plans at the elementary schools, along with a culminating assembly of student-created music. Additional funds for the second-grade music program were obtained from the California Arts Council and the L.A. Arts Commission.
