'Everybody Is Capable Of Creating Music:' Teaching Fellows Expand Arts Education In Valley Schools
“I can say from growing up here, just the difference in 10 years that I've seen with the amount of arts programming and music exposure that kids are getting,” said local teaching fellow, Julia Foran. “I think it's making a huge difference.” Emily Acri and Kelly Maristoca Every year Aspen Music Festival and School partners with the AmeriCorps program “ArtistYear” to bring a handful of recent higher-education graduates from across the country to the Roaring Fork Valley. The Aspen area is one of only four locations — with Philadelphia, Queens and the Carolina Sandhills — that a...