Orchestra violist visits Head Start students

March is Music in Our Schools Month, but musicians in The Cleveland Orchestra visit area schools throughout the school year.

On March 2, Cleveland Orchestra violist Lisa Boyko visited a Head Start classroom at the Early Learning Center at Arbor Park (affiliated with Catholic Charities of Cleveland) as part of the PNC Grow Up Great “Musical Neighborhoods” project. The violist played her instrument for the preschoolers and let them see – and touch—the instrument, close up.

Through PNC’s Grow Up Great program, The Cleveland Orchestra helps preschool teachers in local Head Start programs integrate music into the curriculum, so that orchestral music becomes an everyday part of young children’s lives.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and PlayhouseSquare are also collaborating in the Grow Up Great program, now in its first year.

Photo of Cleveland Orchestra violist Lisa Boyko by the Education Department of The Cleveland Orchestra