Outreach

Reaching under-served audiences and people with disabilities is a high priority for Musicians of the Old Post Road and the Old Post Road concert series. The ensemble offers presentations and performances to students that allow them to experience a variety of musical periods, styles, instruments, and composers. Outreach presentations have reached more than 3,200 students in Boston and area schools. Musicians of the Old Post Road has been selected by the Massachusetts Cultural Council for its Artist Roster for outreach events and the PASS program. Supplemental funding for these purposes is available from the Council (by application) to schools interested in hosting an event.

From the Fall of 2000 through Spring of 2002, the ensemble established an outreach initiative with the Charles Taylor Elementary School in Dorchester. Entitled Composer of the Month, the program provided in-class readings about composers' lives as well as performances by the ensemble. During 2006-07, the group brought similar programs to students at the Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester. In the 2007-08 school year, Old Post Road brought an outreach presentation to the Everett School in Dorchester. In the spring of 2005, while in residence at Dartmouth College, the ensemble's educational presentations included a demonstration performance for elementary school students in Lebanon, NH, a coaching session for the Upper Valley String Ensemble, and in-class appearances for Dartmouth students. In an effort to encourage more children to attend series concerts, in 2004 the organization initiated Kids Come Free for most performances on its concert series. This program enables children ages 7-17 to be admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

If you are an educator and would like to book the ensemble for a program at your school, please contact us.

View our You Tube video of an outreach program at the Everett School in Dorchester, recorded in December, 2007.