Kalamazoo Kids in Tune
Artist Statement
Kalamazoo Kids in Tune (KKIT) is one of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s two after-school and summer music programs — a sister initiative to Orchestra Rouh. Working closely with Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS), the Symphony offers Kalamazoo Kids in Tune, an innovative after-school music, orchestra, and youth development program at KPS Woods Lake Elementary and Milwood Magnet School. Students from early elementary through high school study instruments and chamber music and participate in daily lessons and orchestra rehearsals. Selected middle and high school students return to the after-school music elementary program as KKIT Young Leaders weekly to mentor younger children, and recent graduates can apply to become paid interns. After-school meals and busing make the program widely accessible.
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