The efficiency, a product of the East Boston Music Collective, will showcase the depth and high quality of music schooling in East Boston’s public colleges
WHAT: The East Boston Music Collective (EMBC), administered by EdVestors, a non-profit college enchancment group, and various different private and non-private companions, can be acting at an upcoming East Boston Excessive College (EBHS) Women’ Softball sport on Thursday, Might fifteenth. Scholar musicians representing Dante Alighieri Montessori College, EBHS, Patrick J. Kennedy College, Otis Elementary College, and Mario Umana Academy will come collectively to have fun their achievements and assist the EBHS Jets.
Since 2009, EdVestors and companions have labored to broaden entry to arts and music schooling by BPS Arts Growth. A 2019 audit revealed East Boston had the bottom entry to instrumental music programming within the metropolis, prompting a focused effort to shut that hole.
Due to a $1.65 million grant from an nameless donor in 2022, music schooling in East Boston has grown considerably. College students now profit from new devices, school-community partnerships, and performances by visitor artists. EBMC has additionally helped join colleges with native arts organizations, providing important assist to music academics. This collaboration has enabled educators to create culturally responsive curricula tailor-made to East Boston’s numerous and multilingual scholar inhabitants—residence to the best proportion of newcomer college students in Boston.
WHO:
- Scholar musicians from East Boston Excessive College, Patrick J. Kennedy College, Otis Elementary College, and Dante Alighieri Montessori College
- EdVestors
- Boston Public Faculties
WHEN: Thursday, Might fifteenth, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.
WHERE: Metropolis Yards / American Legion Playground
25 Glendon St
East Boston, MA 02128
About EdVestors
EdVestors is a college enchancment group that mixes strategic grantmaking, content material experience, and collaborative implementation to drive system-level affect in Boston colleges. Since 2002, EdVestors has raised and invested greater than $42 million at school enchancment efforts. We drive towards our mission by activating individuals and assets; studying and iterating in context; and influencing system change. We imagine that repeatedly attending to all three of our drivers ensures our actions will create affect.
