The 2008-2009 Residency Program :
(subject to change)

 

Thursday, October 16^th, Jazz del Nuevo Mundo: The Beth Lederman Quartet
1:00 pm bus-in at EAC Fine Arts Center, 932 seats
1 Residency

Monday & Tuesday, November 17^th & 18^th, Eric Bibb
10 am bus-ins at Lee Little Theater, 610 seats total
 

Tuesday & Wednesday, January 13^th and 14^th, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble
10 am bus-ins at Safford Center for the Arts, 1520 seats total
1 Master Class Tuesday at 4 pm
 

Tuesday, February 3^rd, St. Petersburg String Quartet
10 am bus-in at Lee Little Theater, 305 seats
1 pm Residency on the 3rd and two School Residencies on the 4th

 

Monday, March 2^nd, Albert Einstein, the Practical Bohemian
2 back-to-back bus-ins at Lee Little Theater, times TBA, 610 seats total
College Workshop on the 3rd

Tuesday & Wednesday, March 24th & 25^th, Quintet of the Americas
10 am bus-ins at Lee Little Theater, 610 seats total
Master Class in afternoon

 

 Our Mission Statement reflects our belief in the
importance of the arts in the education of young people:

  The exposure of children varies to the exciting world of professional performing artists, either
locally or from around the world. We have taken upon ourselves as an organization the challenge
to start the "fires of artistic learning" in all of the children in our community. This is accomplished
through the sponsorship of outstanding artists who visit our community and either work directly
in the classrooms with students or work with larger groups that are 'bussed-in' to the
Eastern Arizona College auditorium. During these activities, students have the opportunity
to interact with and learn from specialists in music, drama, dance, prose and the visual arts.
In a recent ten-year period, over 90,000 students kindergarten through community college age
participated in our residency programs.

  Research documents that there is a positive relationship between success in academic
subjects and participation in the arts. Our ultimate goal is to inspire individual students
to further explore the world of the arts, and thus expand their horizons for personal
achievement, self-expression and perhaps professional development.