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The Saco River Festival Association has a long and reputable history in collaborating with schools to develop educational programs of high quality. So many of our programs have affected the lives of young people. Helping to increase the educational and cultural opportunities for even one family can make a considerable difference in the community.
Over the years, the Saco River Festival Association has been lauded for its unique programs and received a major award from the New York Times Foundation for our creative educational programs. Since 1976, we have realized some very significant accomplishments:
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Each year, the Festival Association sends every third grader in the Sacopee Valley area to the Portland Symphony.
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The Festival Association provides funds to bring live chamber music into the schools and to support STAR Adventures, an enrichment program for grades 4-7.
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In the organization’s early years, the Festival Association established and supported Portland’s first Chamber Music Series, collaborated with the Portland Museum of Art to develop a residency performing arts program during the opening year of the Charles Shipman Payson Wing, and helped teachers develop curriculums to integrate music into the disciplines of science, literature, the humanities, and fine arts.
Our commitment to education continues today through an annual Youth Music Competition,
now in its fifth year, which attracts the best in high school aged students in Maine and nearby New Hampshire. To receive more information or apply for the Youth Music Award program,
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2006 Competition
Update and Winners
We concluded this
year's competition on June 10th. It was an amazing afternoon of
music performed by some exceptionally talented young musicians.
This year's winners are:
Owen Sinclair, piano, from Windham, ME, first prize.
Matthew Slipp, vocal, from Gorham, ME, second prize.
Angela Doxsey, violin, from Gorham, ME, third prize.
Owen Sinclair will be performing as a special guest at our first
concert, July 8, 2006. There will be a brief awards ceremony that
evening as well.
Congratulations to everyone!
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