Art work donated by Susan Clark, Ontario www.susanclarkartist.ca

OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS:

Besides the trade organizations mentioned elsewhere, the nation's music educators are very aware of the music education access barriers suffered by income disadvantaged populations. Here, below, I want to give credit to people and the agencies listed who gave--and continue to give--in products or with particular expertise to see our students be successful in addressing this inequity.

Sylvia Carlson
- A horn player, a social justice warrior, a mom, and the former Ex Dir of the Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project
- For giving me my first exposures to all of this
- For introducing me to others who play, and who teach, and who care!

The College Board
- For working with We.org to develop a Scholarship offering, which will make our StringWizard participants, who complete AP qualifying courseware,eligible to compete for two Allstate Foundation $50,000 scholarships awarded each year. This is a new program.

The Driehaus Foundation http://driehausfoundation.org/
- For their offer to critique our grant writing segments
- Richard Driehaus and my brother Jack were Ignatius classmates (’60)

Lashof Violins https://www.lashofviolins.com/
- For repair advice
- For David's donation of his 300-page book Violin Making and bow repair book, which is in constant use.

MusicInc.Chicago https://www.musicincchicago.org/
- For constant advice and active participation in all we do
- Music Inc. is the main recipient of our shop output
- For help with developing our lease program
- For being a key partner with us from the very beginning.

Music for All https://advocacy.musicforall.org/2019-winners/
- For recognizing our work with a first prize
- For possible future summer workshops
- For all they do to provide a network for users like StringWizards

National Association of Music Merchants Foundation
- https://www.nammfoundation.org
- For sponsorship of Music-for-All and the Advocacy-in-Action program
- For our gold medal https://advocacy.musicforall.org/2019-winners/
- For showing my interns that perseverance has merit.

Nina Kraus PhD NorthWestern https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/
- For neuro science and how music playing impacts school readiness
- For her interests in StringWizards.

North Park University https://www.northpark.edu/
- For the tuition waiver in a certificate program in Music and Social Change and Human Values
- For Orchestra Director Dr. Tom Zelle and his support of StringWizards and his interest in promoting el Sistema work in the city and surrounds

Mark and Maggie O’Connor http://www.oconnormethod.com/
- For their interest in StringWizards
- For thinking outside the box on violin instruction
- For the Mark O’Connor Method itself
- I am a certified method teacher

Music Inc Chicago Orchestra performing in Tully Hall.

Red Desert Violin https://www.reddesertviolin.com/
- For the offer of discounted music training software.
- For Lora’s long friendship and our common interest in social equity and the joy of teaching

St. Agatha Parish and Fr. Larry Dowling
- For opening his convent to StringWizards' storage needs
- For hosting Music Inc Chicago each week.
- For being pastor to a genuine faith community in a working world

St. Ignatius College Prep https://www.ignatius.org/
- For hosting StringWizards
- For providing shop space
- For Mary Ellen Schneider, Chair of the Music Department
- For 150 years of breathing social justice into their students

Triangle Strings https://trianglestrings.com/
- For Internet advice on violin repair techniques
- For on-going personal assistance when asked
- For a lovely website full of advice for StringWizard interns

Trala https://trala.com/
- Trala is a new mobile ap from a Chicago based company. It is a customizable, interactive learning ap which could inspire very young players with serious intent who lack the access to individualized attention.
- For their offer of assistance to StringWizards

Lane Tech College Prep, Music Department
- We are forever grateful to Mr. Javier Payano for his thoughtfulness in offering some surplus instrument repair tools and parts from a previous cello repair effort at the school.

Vandercook College of Music https://www.vandercook.edu/
- For their "One City" tuition-free youth orchestra
- For allowing me to edit a Masters Offering in band instrument maintenance and repair.

We.Org and the Allstate Insurance Foundation https://www.we.org/en-US/
- For recognizing our work with a recent national recognition award
- For tomorrow’s promise of melodies yet to play.

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