Kennedy Center

National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute



Every summer, approximately 70 students (ages 15-20) from all over the nation meet in Washington, D.C., to attend the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute (SMI). The Institute offers four weeks of private lessons, rehearsals, coaching by National Symphony Orchestra members, classes, and lectures to prepare aspiring musicians for their futures in music. NEW this season – All applicants will submit their applications online via ArtsApp.com (including solo and excerpts recordings) through www.kennedy-center.org/smi. Please contact Carole Wysocki, NSO Director of Education, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for further information if you are unable to complete the online application process for any reason.

Deadline for Application: January 27, 2012.

Hawai‘i Arts Alliance is a statewide private non-profit that champions all arts and is a member of the national Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN). Our mission embraces education, community and advocacy. Highlights of its thirty year history are below.

1980 Incorporated November 28, 1980
Founder and President: Alfred Preis, an Architect, Artist, Philanthropist, Innovator of the legislation requiring 1 % all public construction moneys must be spent on Art in Public Places. Preis was also the founding Executive Director of Hawai‘i’s State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and designer of the Arizona Memorial.

1981 First Statewide Conference held at Pacific Beach Hotel
1985 Rainbow Festival of the Arts by and for young people
1987 First Professional Development Teacher Institute
1988 First paid Executive Director +office @ Honolulu Arts Academy of Arts
1989 Annual Honor named for Alfred Preis
1992 Lifestories: Visions of a Multicultural World - Annual Conference
1993 My Culture and My Art: I Think, I Create, I Learn
1995 From Pencils to Passwords: Arts and Technology Conference
1995 ‘Ohana Arts - Family/Community Programs are initiated
1995-99 Teacher / Artist Institutes
1996 Preis Honor becomes public event @ Bishop Museum. 1997 @ Hawai‘i Theatre
1997 National Endowment for the Arts grant for Hula Ki‘i
1999 Presentation to The Presidents Advisory Committee on the Arts
2000 ARTS license plates launched. Design by internationally noted artist, Clarence Lee. Available to all for registered automobiles in Hawai‘i
2001 The ARTS at Marks Garage founded
2001 ARTS FIRST Institutes Part of a Strategic Plan mandated by ACT 306
2001–07 ARTS FIRST Professional Development for Teachers
2002 ARTS FIRST invited to be 1 of 30 founding affiliates on APPLE Learning Interchange for its K-5 curriculum
2002 King Kamehameha – A Legacy Renewed PBS Documentary
2003 ARTS FIRST Essential Arts ToolKit: Fine Arts Grade Level Guide, K – 5 Teachers
2006 Mission formally expands to education, advocacy, community
2005-09 The Ford Foundation – Shifting Sands community project
2004-06 ARTS FIRST Research Project: U.S. DOE - Windward Schools
2006-10 ARTS FIRST Research Project: US DOE Arts and Literacy for All
2007 ongoing ARTS FIRST Professional Development for Teaching Artists
2009 ongoing ARTS FIRST Artists-in-the-Schools
2011 ongoing ARTS FIRST Art Bento

ARTSEDGE - John F. Kennedy Center/National Arts and Education Network — supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience.

Newsletter_March11.pdf UPDATE - National Partnerships Newsletter from the Education Department of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.