Why Host a Rhythm Ambassadors' Artist-in-Residence Program?

Schools and organizations that participate in artist-in-residency programs open the door to numerous benefits. Although our performance programs are very effective at introducing a large audience to a particular music/dance form, Rhythm Ambassadors' Artist-in-Residence Program provides a longer, more personalized, in-depth, and substantial experience of music for an entire host community.

Music has the power to engage, relax and energize us... and has been proven to play a significant role in the healthy development of children. In scientific studies conducted by early childhood specialists, school children who participated in organized music-making over several months showed marked advantages over their classmates that did not. Skills developed through music (and the arts in general) are recognized as being essential in today's society. Playing music benefits children by:

Rhythm Ambassadors' Artist-in-Residence Program also provides educators an exciting opportunity to work with a professional musician to design a residency that integrates music with specific curricular areas. Artist-residencies provide a spark for non-traditional learners by encouraging creativity, originality and multiple learning styes.

Residencies also provide public education institutions with an outlet to meet state educational requirements for arts and humanities (such as Washington State's Arts Essential Academic Learning Requirements).

Please contact us for more information about designing and developing a customized artist-in-residency program for your organization.