APPLE TREE ARTS RECEIVES AWARD!

Updated April 2010: Apple Tree Arts, a non-profit community music has received the Musikgarten Exemplary Program certificate from Musikgarten, the preeminent early childhood music education company. (4th year in a row!)

The certificate is given annually each spring to celebrate Musikgarten teaches who are benefiting children and families in their communities through a breadth of Musikgarten curricula. “We are thrilled to achieve this major milestone for the work of our early childhood music department,” noted Education Director Jan Barlow. “The program gives us the tools to teach children and their parents the benefits of early childhood music and movement,” she explained.

Founded in 1989, Apple Tree Arts provides students with a solid music foundation through its early childhood education curricula, private music instruction and ensemble programs. Yearly the school teaches early childhood music to about 1000 children through its course offerings and outreach program to 40 preschools and day care centers in central Massachusetts. Courses also are taught at ten Head Start sites.

The school offers instrumental music lessons and ensemble programs to more than 135 children and adults and has over 17 private music faculty members. This year the school expanded its ensemble offerings to include student as well as adult ensembles. The school offers different ensembles for a variety of instruments and wide range of musical abilities. “Ensembles allow children to learn musical and team building skills through a social cooperative effort,” said Donna Blanchard, executive director of Apple Tree Arts. “

Apple Tree Arts is a non-profit 501 (c) organization whose goal is to foster a lifelong appreciation of the arts by providing high-quality music and dramatic arts programs for individuals of all ages.