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Offerings Sound Journal Rhythm Factory Improvise! Ensemble Performances Instrumental Lessons Open Rehearsals Composer Residencies Calendar of Workshops Partner Schools Teaching Artists & Staff Cool Links From the Director home	Music Factory Education Programs Teaching about music by learning to compose   Music Factory is a hands-on, minds-on music program for diverse high school populations. Music Factory gives high school classes access to leading composers of our day and to live orchestral rehearsal and performance. The program offers short- and medium-term workshops and projects designed to mesh with high school schedules and curricula in music. Music Factory features: composers leading classroom discussions of their ideas and music professional musicians performing in small ensembles in the schools student attendance at working rehearsals of music by resident composers student composition projects modeled on the creative process of resident composers Music Factory works with partner schools that demonstrate the ability to: appoint a central contact on staff who can communicate in a timely fashion and ensure readiness for each event commit to building successful partnerships and see each project to its completion provide a safe and supportive environment for professional musicians and composers to teach and work with students on a high level complete and return surveys and other instruments used to document and assess student learning Music Factory offers several classroom-based workshops, each featuring a leading composer-performer-teacher, with a focused interactive curricula. Residency workshops range from 2 weeks to full semesters. Also offered are educational open rehearsals. Programs include: Rhythm Factory: a series of workshops in which students learn fundamentals of rhythm, improvisation, and the collaborative process, by creating their own musical composition. Improvise! Master composer-performers work with students on composing through improvisational skills and techniques. Film Music Factory: a workshop series teaching students about music through the production of a 2-minute soundtrack from a real Hollywood movie; taught by Paul Chihara, a leading film and concert composer Ensemble Performances ACO instrumentalists and guest ensembles offer exciting in-school performances. Open Rehearsals: students attend dress rehearsals of American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and other venues, observing and interacting with conductor, musicians and composers. Composer Residencies: In-school residencies ranging from one day to several weeks, introduce students to concepts of musical composition. Students learn from some of today's brightest musical creators. Please examine our program offerings and curricula and consider which may fit your school's classes, schedules, and budget.   For more information contact: Lyn Liston Director of Marketing, Education, and Outreach 212-977-8495, x207 lyn@americancomposers.org