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San Francisco Symphony's Adventures In Music Program

Adventures in Music (AIM) is the San Francisco Symphony’s (SFS) nationally acclaimed music education program for the elementary schoolchildren in San Francisco’s public schools. AIM is produced by the SFS in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District. Through AIM, every 1 st through 5th grade student in the San Francisco Unified School District receives five years of music education experiences free of charge from the San Francisco Symphony. AIM introduces children to music from around the world and teaches about the role of music in everyday life. AIM was launched in 1988. In 2012-13, AIM celebrated the 25th anniversary of its partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District. Annually, more than 25,000 children attend a sequence of four music ensemble presentations at their school and a hallmark SFS concert in Davies Symphony Hall. The in-school performances and the Symphony concert are integral components of the AIM program, which also includes curriculum, orientation workshops (professional development) for teachers, a workbook journal for each student, and resource materials for classrooms (such as compact discs, books, simple instruments, maps, etc., depending on the curriculum area for each year). Each year more than 1,100 teachers implement the program in their classrooms in more than 90 schools—every San Francisco public elementary school plus a number of independent and parochial schools.

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