Central Florida Green Guide

A guest post from Deidra Lynch:

I hope that all of you can attend the upcoming “A Gift for Music” Winter Orchestra Concert being held on

Dec 5th at 3:00pm
First Unitarian Church of Orlando in the Sanctuary

1901 E. Robinson St

Orlando, FL 32803

AGFM served 13 Title One schools in Central Florida last year by offering free violin rentals and weekly instruction for all third graders as well as advanced classes for interested students in 4th and 5th grade.

Participating schools for the 2009-2010 school year include:

• Azalea Park Elementary
• Eccleston Elementary
• Fern Creek Elementary
• Orlo Vista Elementary
• Three Points Elementary
• Ventura Elementary

Talented middle school students that are willing to make the weekly Saturday commitment to rehearsal are invited to participate in the Core Orchestra and switch to viola, cello or bass.  They may audition for the Chamber Orchestra when they reach a high school performance level.  Many of these students do not have orchestras in their middle or high school music programs so AGFM continues to put classical strings training in the hands of deserving but disadvantaged Central Florida students.

The AGFM Core and Chamber orchestras will be playing for us and their families in the sanctuary at 3:00pm and we will then have a small reception after wards in Gore Hall.  AGFM will be supplying coffee, cups, punch and cookies.

Lear more about “A Gift for Music” by watching the video online.

Volunteers interested in helping to organize or decorate for this free concert are welcome to email msdjazzy@gmail.com!