Music Education 100 Children of Dominican Republic

Dear Gloval Giving Members:

We are at the beginning of a new musical school year, and our emotions are running high, with many expectations for the academic changes that will be implemented in favor of the foundation.

Part of this is enabling the classrooms, organizing them and adapting them to the creative environment. In addition to reintroducing music theory and music theory classes, workshops that can promote leadership development in young people.

The administrative body is looking for ways in which we can find more donors to be able to have more students and be able to enable new instruments in our academic system.

We appreciate your support of FEDUJAZZ, which has been an anchor to continue our educational work in the Cabarete community.

Without further ado,

Good afternoon GlobalGiving members,

It is a pleasure for us to approach you once more to give you news about the news in FUNDACION EDUCATIVA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FEDUJAZZ.

In these months we have been making small educational reforms that will allow us to have a better start to the school year in September.

We have been restructuring the schedules, so that the quality of the classes is more significant, and to be able to maximize the learning of the children.

In addition, we took the opportunity of International Jazz Day to create a family environment, where through a small workshop on music and some typical jazz rhythms, they could feel curious and encouraged to continue the study of music as such, and choose the genre of your choice.

From now on, we are preparing for the closing of the new School Year 2022-2023, which will be taking place on June 23, 2023, and we are very excited, because for the response and effort, we will give recognition of participation, for values, for the families that always give unconditional support to the foundation and its activities.

Without further ado, I am attaching images of the International Jazz Day, and we hope to be able to write to you soon with more news.

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Dear Members of GlobalGiving:

We want to present you with some news of what we have been doing in recent months.

We had an initial musicality group ( our musical initiation class that’s takes about 3-4 months). This group had been in the subject before but due to lack of space in the schedule they remained in the class, until we were able to establish a new day of class for the guitar teacher and the students got into their formal instrument class. 

We were receiving new students until the end of October.

Currently, after the registration deadline, we have Ten (10) groups of piano classes, some with 1-2 students (15 students) .  Four (4) groups of guitar classes (11 students). Three (3) Group of drums classes ( 3 students ). Four (4) Group of violin classes, ( 6 students). One (1) Group of introduction to music ( 6 students) and Chorus with some of the student of the foundation. In Nigua, an extension of Fedujazz, we have eighteen (18) students of violin classes with Teacher Venus. For a total of  sixty one (61) students in Our Foundation.

Milo, one of are newest students, donate a Clarinet for our own Instrument Library. (Attachments) 

Student attendance has been 95% per month, some students are missing one day or another, but so far this semester there has been greater stability in class attendance.

In November we held our annual Jazz Festival,  where we had two days of musical workshops. Students from different schools of Sosua and Cabarete. ( attachments) 

In December we organized our closing presentation of the semester, with the performers of the students and a bazaar to fund the stage for the presentation,   benefit of the Foundation. Also Nigua, with teacher Venus, they organized a Christmas Carol for vurnerable places near then.(attachments) The date was December 15, at 5:30 pm. We return to classes on Monday, January 9, 2023.

We has taked advantage of the last weeks of the semester in december to internally ( with the teachers) create an academic reform that can help the post- pandemic effects. In addition, organize the classrooms by musical instrument in order to create a better pedagogical environment. 

Now we re-open admission for new students and re-schedule the students of the last semestre in their respective instruments.

Without further to add,

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Dear Supporter

It is a pleasure to greet you after a few months of academic inactivity by the fundation due to vacation.

Therefore, we approach to inform you about the beginning of the musical school year 2022-2023, in which we also introduce some new changes, such as the reetirement of Professor Rodolfo Morales who was the academic coordinator and piano teacher at our institution. Nevertheless, we have a new coordinator and piano teacher, Mary Gabriela Silverio Modesto. Moreover, we had the admission of 10 new students, and we are planning the creation of a more strutured musical program in order to implement correctly the knowledge of each independent level of the students. In addition, we are excited about the re-openning of our inspiring DR Jazz Festival, after the unfortunate circumstances that made us postpone our event for two consecutive years.

We want to reiterate our gratitude for being part of an institution that has  believed in the foundation.

Cordially, 

DR Fedujazz

International Jazz Day Celebrations

FEDUJAZZ celebrated International Jazz Day on April 30th with an outdoor concert in the UNESCO World Heritage site Ingenio de Boca de Nigua, near Santo Domingo.

Under the direction of Maestra Venus Guerrero, The Fedujazz Student Ensemble and Master Ensemble enjoyed a recital with the St. Gregory String Orchestra of Nigua. We thank all of our sponsors, staff, volunteers, parents, and students.

A memorable day for the foundation to celebrate a beautiful day in this special UNESCO World Heritage site. Ingenio de Boca de Nigua is a site of historical significance, known as the first colonial sugar mill in the Americas. The site is part of the colonial history of the island of Hispaniola and is believed to be the site of the first slave revolt in the Americas.

International Jazz Day raises awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as a force for peace, unity, dialogue, and enhanced cooperation among people.

A drumming circle workshop was conducted by master percussionist David Almengod, who offers a dynamic way of making music with young people, through the use of upcycled plastic or metal buckets, tanks, and gallons. Through this connection between sound and space, the music paid homage to African slaves who had lost their voice and freedom.

Cultural Event ~ Carnaval in Cabarete

Fedujazz students participated in workshops during the month of March, where they learned more about the cultural traditions of the Dominican Carnival, taught by Erick Michael, Director of Cabarete Carnaval. 

The workshops culminated in a live musical performance by Fedujazz students on stage at Cabarete Beach, during the official Carnival parade and beach event. Fedujazz students performed musical arrangements of Carnival classics in front of a joyful, dancing crowd at this fun, colorful event.

Music Classes In Session at Fedujazz

High-quality and free-of-cost music education continues at Fedujazz center in Cabarete. Our group of students ranges from beginner to advanced levels, with children of various ages. Courses are offered for piano, drums, saxophone, and musicality, and are provided by trained and talented music professors. 

Our center is open Monday - Saturday, and we invite you to visit us! Thank you for supporting quality music education for children of the Dominican Republic.