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EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS
The Center sponsors and supports the following educational programs. All California-based projects are supported by funds raised by California members of the American Beethoven Society and not with funds raised by the national Society.
For children / For high schools / For adults
For children:
"Beethoven in the Schools" Project.
John Boehm, Project Administrator and Teacher.
Funding: This project is currently unfunded and is not accepting requests for programs (6/2005).
The "Beethoven in the Schools" Project is an educational program aimed at fourth- and fifth-grade students in Santa Clara County, California. The program consists of a package of educational programs on Beethoven's life and works presented to the same classroom on a three- or four-visit basis.
This Project has the following goals:
Provide music appreciation to a community of children without such exposure, thereby providing skills which contribute to increased learning capacities in diverse subject areas
Expose a culturally diverse student population to forms of music which are highly valued and appreciated in American culture, thereby deepening their awareness of our historical/cultural history
Introduce children to one of the great figures of history who remains the most popular Classical musician (this would probably be their only formal introduction to Beethoven during their school years)
Provide exposure to Classical music as a balance and addition to the popular music they exposed to everyday and develop aesthetic sensitivity to music
Provide an example of the highest achievement by a physically-challenged individual
Stimulate emotional growth and expand creative capability
Provide instruction on developing appropriate behavior for structured listening situations
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For high school students:
The Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition.
This annual competition is open to all high-school age California students. Founded by San Jose piano teacher Celia Mendez in 1987, the competition was started to encourage and support high school pianists in their study of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Students who enter the competition are asked to submit a tape of one complete J.S. Bach prelude and fugue and one Beethoven sonata (up to and including Opus 90). Six finalists are chosen for the competition, and three winners are selected to perform in a master class with an internationally known artist. Past pianists have included Richard Goode, Claude Frank, Christopher O'Riley, Alfred Kanwischer, Charles Rosen, and other gifted artists.
For adults:
The Beethoven Bibliography Database.
Want to find out where there is information on your favorite sonata? Who was Beethoven's Immortal Beloved? On Beethoven's relation to the Enlightenment? On Archduke Rudolph?
The Beethoven Database will direct you to sources containing information on almost every Beethoven topic and often give you a short paragraph from the source itself. For more information on how to connect and what's in it, please click on the Database name above.
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