Yamaha Cares Donates Instruments to Teachers During 'Friends Of Cerritos' Seminar
BUENA PARK, Calif. Yamaha Corporation of America recently donated 100 sets of Real Rhythm Percussion instruments to elementary music teachers within Los Angeles and Orange Counties during a workshop to increase options for existing music curriculum educational programs. The workshop, held in early November, took place at the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts in Cerritos, California, as part of Yamaha's corporate giving program known as Yamaha Cares.
This workshop was sponsored by the Friends of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with a recent initiative from Yamaha Cares, which uses charitable donations, product donations and hands-on help to promote education, arts, health and human services and community development in the areas where Yamaha employees live and work, and to spread the gift of music to people throughout the U.S.
Several workshop stations were designed to show teachers how to create their own soundtrack from a story, learn about the "science of sound," communicate with instruments and explore nature through music using Real Rhythm instruments. Teachers were randomly assigned to stations, introduced to the instruments, and then given a tutorial on how to create fun musical activities for their students. They learned how to create their own exercises, showing the group the versatility of Real Rhythm instruments. One of many music education instruments by Yamaha, the Real Rhythm products are specially designed to be durable while maintaining sound quality when being used by children of all ages.
After the workshop ended, teachers were eager to get back to their class and share the lessons with their students.
"The workshop was a wonderful opportunity," said Lydia Narcisse, a fourth grade teacher from Villacorta Elementary in the Rowland Unified School District. "It presented us with a lot of good lessons to use in our classroom."
Carol Baker, Yamaha Corporation of America's Vice President of Human Resources who oversees Yamaha Cares, helped initiate the workshop and was equally pleased. "The teachers' enthusiasm really underscores the ultimate reason for everything we do at Yamaha. To help foster the growth of our youth's future is exciting," said Baker.
Other recent Yamaha Cares projects include participation in the annual Alissa's Angels Mini Golf Tournament which is designed to raise money for the Neuroscience Institute at Children's Hospital of Orange County, the summer Long Beach Special Olympics at Cal State Long Beach, and a financial donation to the American Red Cross' effort on behalf of the Gulf Coast Communities.
For more information about Yamaha Cares please write to Yamaha Corporation of America, P.O Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600, telephone (714) 522-9011, or visit www.yamaha.com/yamahacares.
 Teachers from Los Angeles and Orange Counties participated in a November workshop sponsored by Yamaha Cares at the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts in Cerritos, California |
Several workshop stations were designed to show teachers how to create their own soundtrack from a story, learn about the "science of sound," communicate with instruments and explore nature through music using Real Rhythm instruments. Teachers were randomly assigned to stations, introduced to the instruments, and then given a tutorial on how to create fun musical activities for their students. They learned how to create their own exercises, showing the group the versatility of Real Rhythm instruments. One of many music education instruments by Yamaha, the Real Rhythm products are specially designed to be durable while maintaining sound quality when being used by children of all ages.
 Yamaha Cares donates
instruments during 'Friends of Cerritos' Seminar. |
"The workshop was a wonderful opportunity," said Lydia Narcisse, a fourth grade teacher from Villacorta Elementary in the Rowland Unified School District. "It presented us with a lot of good lessons to use in our classroom."
Carol Baker, Yamaha Corporation of America's Vice President of Human Resources who oversees Yamaha Cares, helped initiate the workshop and was equally pleased. "The teachers' enthusiasm really underscores the ultimate reason for everything we do at Yamaha. To help foster the growth of our youth's future is exciting," said Baker.
Other recent Yamaha Cares projects include participation in the annual Alissa's Angels Mini Golf Tournament which is designed to raise money for the Neuroscience Institute at Children's Hospital of Orange County, the summer Long Beach Special Olympics at Cal State Long Beach, and a financial donation to the American Red Cross' effort on behalf of the Gulf Coast Communities.
For more information about Yamaha Cares please write to Yamaha Corporation of America, P.O Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600, telephone (714) 522-9011, or visit www.yamaha.com/yamahacares.
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