ARTIST-IN-THE-SCHOOLS RESIDENCY PROGRAM (NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC):
In celebration of national Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®), THE NORDIC FIDDLERS BLOC will spend the week (February 29 through March 4) in our local and surrounding elementary schools. Part of Riverside Concerts' Artist-In-the-Schools Residency program which brings world-renowned artists directly to our young people while at school. With General Music and General Arts classes being dissolved and Band, Orchestra and Choir programs being pushed out of the curriculum, Riverside Concerts is committed, by way of our mission, to continue to bring artists to the local schools that will not only spark an interest in musical performance, but also to plant a seed that will help solidify our young people's future as ongoing arts patrons. This program builds community and camaraderie among the students while teaching them the history of different cultures and those cultures' forms of musical art. Brought to you by Arts Midwest, the Mayo Clinic, the Friends of Riverside Concerts, and Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust.

School Schedule:

Monday, February 29 - 10:00 AM - Sunset Terrace Elementary School (Rochester)
Monday, February 29 - 1:45 PM - Wabasha-Kellogg Elementary School
Tuesday, March 01 - 9:46 AM - Rushford-Peterson Elementary School
Tuesday, March 01 - 2:00 PM - Folwell Elementary School (Rochester)
Wednesday, March 02 - 9:30 AM - Fillmore Central Elementary School
Wednesday, March 02 - 2:00 PM - Bamber Valley Elementary School (Rochester)
Thursday, March 03 - 9:30 AM - Central Intermediate School//Stewartville Performing Arts Center
Thursday, March 03 - 1:20 PM - Gage Elementary School (Rochester)
Friday, March 04 - 9:30 AM - Ben Franklin Elementary School (Rochester)
Friday, March 04 - 1:30 PM - Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School