{"id":1396,"date":"2013-04-16T01:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2013-05-05T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T21:13:35","slug":"magic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/magic-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F90675210\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kate Withrow first picked up the violin at age five, but those early lessons didn\u2019t always go so well for the precocious youngster. In fact, she says she remembers \u201cthrowing temper tantrums, everything, it was terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I hated it for the first seven years. I hated practicing, I never wanted to practice and then eventually it became, you know, I developed a sense of ownership over it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>It was a connection she felt to the music\u2019s history and tradition, melded with her own personal expression. She continued to study the violin through college, she found acclaim for her performances and eventually she went pro. She\u2019s now a section violinist for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the LPO. Withrow is also the head of the LPO\u2019s education committee, and it\u2019s in this role where she helps give today\u2019s young students the opportunities that so profoundly influenced her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you get to that moment and see that moment in another student it\u2019s just magical,\u201d she says. \u201cI think that\u2019s what we\u2019re all in this business for. Whether it\u2019s jazz music or classical music, it\u2019s that moment of creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These moments are made possible for school children across a 12-parish region around New Orleans thanks to a far-reaching education initiative from the LPO. The orchestra hosts more than 30 educational concerts through the year, and it provides teacher\u2019s guides and lesson plans to help educators tie in the musical experiences with grade level curriculum goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where I see our orchestra and our musicians as a resource, to help them, you know. What can we do to really help you guys do what you really want or need in your school?\u201d says Amanda Wuerstlin, the LPO\u2019s education director.<\/p>\n<p>She points to the orchestra\u2019s Early Explorers program, where students from pre-kindergarten to first grade get to check out individual instruments up close, followed by a concert designed just for them around themes like colors or animals or the alphabet, themes they recognize from their classroom brought to life through music. Then there\u2019s the LPO\u2019s Young People\u2019s Concerts, where the students themselves are invited to play with the orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a big spike in our attendance, actually, because it\u2019s a much more engaging process, when the kids are like \u2018I\u2019m playing with the LPO today! I\u2019m so excited!\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Will some of these students be inspired to follow Kate Withrow\u2019s example and pursue a classical music career? Maybe. But Withrow herself feels the potential impact of music education like this is much broader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody talks about Steve Jobs and how he took the daring to make something that nobody thought was possible. That takes a creative skill that is lacking in our educational system right now,\u201d she says. \u201cIdeally the arts, pursing an instrument or learning about music, at its best does that for a child. It teaches the child they can do something they thought was impossible. They can play a song and make it red or blue or yellow or make it sound like an elephant or make up something themselves, to improvise, compose something themselves and see that they can actually be a creator in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Ian McNulty for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by WWNO in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation. To learn more about the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s education outreach programs \u00a0<a title=\"LPO Education Outreach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lpomusic.com\/Education\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Withrow first picked up the violin at age five, but those early lessons didn\u2019t always go so well for the precocious youngster. In fact, she says she remembers \u201cthrowing temper tantrums, everything, it was terrible.\u201d \u201cAnd I hated it for the first seven years. 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