A Conversation with the Music in Schools Initiative

Are you interested in learning how music education happens in New Haven? Or would you like to volunteer teaching music in New Haven schools? Come learn about the Music in Schools Initiative, a program that places School of Music students in public school classrooms, supporting teachers and teaching private lessons and ensembles after school. Program Director Ruben Rodriguez and Coordinator Justina Sullivan will share their expertise in working with community members, and share how other students can get involved.

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A native of Colombia, South America, Ruben Rodriguez studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon, Conservatoire National de Region de Paris, and the Yale School of Music. For more than 25 years, he has been performing (chamber music, soloist, recording session musician, concert bands, and symphony orchestras), teaching, coaching, conducting ensembles, and promoting music as a tool of social change in South America, Europe, and the U.S. He has created and coordinated several artistic projects in underprivileged communities bringing music into the lives of thousands of children. Currently, he is the Director of the Music in Schools Initiative of the Yale School of Music.