Kids In Tune

Afterschool Music Program for Grades 3-12

Families: Enroll your students in Kids in Tune

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Impact

Every season, Kalamazoo Kids In Tune engages over 100 students in free music instruction 4 days a week for 40 weeks.

over 150 kids
classes 4 days a week
spanning 40 weeks

About Kids in Tune

Kids in Tune is one of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s two afterschool and summer music programs — a sister initiative to Orchestra Rouh.

Working closely with Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS), the Symphony offers Kids in Tune, an innovative after-school music, orchestra, and youth development program at KPS Woods Lake Elementary and Milwood Magnet School. Students from early elementary through high school study instruments and chamber music and participate in daily lessons and orchestra rehearsals.

Selected middle and high school students return to the after-school music elementary program as Kids In Tune Young Leaders weekly to mentor younger children, and recent graduates can apply to become paid interns. Afterschool meals and busing make the program widely accessible.

Opportunities for Kids In Tune Students

  • Begin learning an instrument from a young age
  • Spend the afterschool hours on fun, engaging, and productive learning
  • Access to continuous, daily music instruction for five years
  • Perform often in school and across the Kalamazoo community
  • Leave elementary school prepared to participate as leaders in school and community ensembles
  • Develop a skill to share with pride in the family and community
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This program is presented in partnership with Meyer Music and Kalamazoo Public Schools.

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These materials were made possible by the 32nd OST Grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).

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