SHMF Recieves Two Grants
To Support Music Instruction
In Rabun County Schools
The Southern Highland Music Foundation (SHMF) has received two important grants to provide supplemental music instruction for students enrolled in Rabun County public schools through 2024.
The first award for $1,000.00 is from The Lake Rabun Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation. The funds will be used to provide in-class music instruction for Rabun County Middle School and High School Students. The second award, from the Georgia Council for the Arts, is an $8,000.00 Arts Education Program grant to support SHMF’s High Performance ’24! music education and professional recording program.
Tom Nixon, Chief Executive Officer of SHMF, said, “The recent grants from The Lake Rabun Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation and the Georgia Council for the Arts, make it possible for the Southern Highland Music Foundation to accomplish its mission. These much-needed funds are providing new and exciting musical experiences for Rabun County Middle and High School students.”
High Performance ’24!, is a new component to Rabun County’s Middle School and High School general music classes. Designed as an introduction to professional and practical music performance and recording techniques,’ the new program includes in-class music instruction for instrumental and voice training and opportunities for students to learn audio recording and engineering techniques in a recording studio on the high school campus. The program will also include after-class and off-site performance opportunities.
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