The Choral Arts Society of Washington has had a long standing commitment to metropolitan area high school students through its Partnership in the Schools programs. This partnership helps cultivate a relationship between young adults and the professional musicians through activities such as workshops, dress rehearsal attendance and specially priced student tickets.
Click below for more detailed information concerning the various Partnership in Schools programs:
Participating High Schools
Meet-the-Artist Programs
Student Study Guides
Dress Rehearsal Attendance
Complimentary Tickets and Student Ticket Discounts
Participating High Schools
Cesar Chavez Public Charter, Parkside
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Francis L. Cardozo Senior High
Friendship Collegiate Academy
George C Marshall High School
Howard D. Woodson Senior High School
Largo High School
Mount Vernon High School
Northwestern High School
Oakton High School
Richard Montgomery High School
Robinson Secondary School Tri-M
School Without Walls
South Lakes High School
Washington and Lee High School
Wilson Senior High School
WVSA School of Arts in Learning
 Meet-the-Artist
The Meet-the-Artist program provides inner-city DC students the opportunity to meet and work with acclaimed soloists who perform with CASW. CASW strives to provide students with oppurtunities to meet soloists who are positive role models and who exemplify the potential for minority achievement. For many students, this is their only exposure to the world of professional music, in particular, choral music. Part Meet-the-Artist events have included seminars with:
   
Dencye Graves, mezzo soprano
addressed vocal technique and performance
Glenn Burleigh, composer
addressed students on preparation for a career in music.
Carl Tanner, Metropolitan Opera, tenor
conducted a master class in which he performed, critiqued student performances, and spoke about his career as a professional singer.
Linda MaGuire, mezzo-soprano
 Student Study Guides
Since the spring of 1994, CASW has written and produced study guides which correspond to each of the season’s regular performances. These guides are distributed to 600 Partner High School students and teachers before each concert. Study guides may include biographical information pertaining to the composer, as well as repertory and historical facts about the time period of the music. Click on the links below to download pdf copies of the study guides from past season’s performances. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the study guides. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed, download a free copy here.
    Gershwin's Poulenc's Beethoven's Mozart's
Porgy and Bess Stabat Mater Missa Solemnis Requiem
Dress Rehearsal Attendance
Students from participating partner high schools are invited to attend dress rehearsals for CASW concerts. In addition, students may be invited to partake in workshops with chorus members or Associate Conductor Joseph Holt prior to attending dress rehearsals in an effort to teach partner school students more about CASW or provide additional information about the works being performed at the concert.
Complimentary Tickets and Student Ticket Discounts
Partner High Schools are offered complimentary tickets to selected concerts throughout the season. Additionally, CASW sells discounted tickets to all high school and college level students regardless of the student’s participation in the PHS program. 
Click here to Support the Partnership in the Schools program.
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