Civic Arts Commission Meeting Agenda Packet 030325 FINAL

Approximately 2,000 elementary school students with assemblies at four elementary schools. Describe the specific population your agency anticipates serving with these funds and how they will benefit from the implementation of this project. (e.g. low income, youth, disabled, etc.) Pleasanton elementary school students will benefit from participating in a program created specifically for them, which will in turn convey an important message that these students are taken seriously as a valued audience attending a high quality orchestra concert performance. This exposure to classical music provides an opportunity for students to expand their musical literacy. This concert experience may also lead to sparking student interest in playing a musical instrument, an activity that offers many advantages beyond simply learning an instrument. Music provides cultural inclusions and enrichment for young students promoting academic success and social skill development. Please describe in detail what the community grant funds will be specifically used for. The community grant funds will be used to pay for 1. Musicians, narrator and Music Director 2. Music composer/arranger. 3. Development of the educational materials. Describe how this project is cost effective and whether the budget is reasonable for the anticipated result. If this project does not receive funding, what will be the effect on this project? The cost to the City of Pleasanton is about $3.50 per child for the school assemblies, based on 2,000 students served. Compared with the extreme time, effort and expense of transporting students across the Bay to San Francisco, PCO’s program cost is modest. Nevertheless, the quality of PCO's program is of the highest professional caliber. The musicians have performed programs hundreds of times and bring over 30 years of top- notch professional experience to these programs, which offer excitement and inspiration to the students. Students and teachers appreciate the in-school customized experience, the 40-45 minute assembly length and the interactive format. The program is also time effective because it is presented in the schools. Students do not have to miss classroom time, as they would if they were traveling on a field trip. The assembly program also provides the tremendous cognitive, cultural, and artistic opportunities described in questions 2. and 9. If this project does not receive funding, we would not be able to provide this opportunity to the students. In fact, this program is so much demand that we urge the commission to increase funding over past levels so that we can go to more schools. If your agency received funding from the City of Pleasanton in the past five years, please include project name, funding level and the year funding was received (enter N/A if not Page 80 of 116