education
Our Education Team regularly visits many Omaha area schools to present performances, as well as working directly with students in smaller coachings. Schools the OCMS Education Team have collaborated most recently with are Bryan Middle School, North High School, South High School and Millard South High School.
Many thanks to Juliet Yoshida and Kevin Tompkins, violins; Tyler Sieh, viola; Timothy Strang, cello; Bobby Scharman and Nate Olsen, basses. We sincerely appreciate OPS teacher Rudolph Semar (Bryan Middle School), as well as the administrations of the schools for hosting us.
The Omaha Chamber Music Society values and is deeply grateful to the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment for their vital support of our education programs.
chamber music has much to offer our community
OCMS believes that chamber music and music education go hand-in-hand. Our current program with Omaha Public Schools has OCMS musicians working directly with teachers to address the needs of their individual classes. Although the lessons focus on building comfort in technique and musicianship, the ultimate goal is help students communicate, become self-confident, and learn to assess, diagnose, and solve problems. We want students to carry these skills far beyond the orchestra classroom, regardless of what profession they choose as adults. We also give students restored instruments through our Good Vibrations program.
“Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.”
Through the Nebraska Arts Council, your tax dollars provide valuable support for our education programming.
Much of Nebraska’s cultural scene would change forever or vanish without public dollars.