Education
The Virginia Arts Festival is dedicatied to the cultural education of the region. The Virginia Arts Festival WorldClass Education Program, The Rhythm Project, and John Duffy Composers Institute are all programs sponsored by the Virginia Arts Festival. Through the Virginia Arts Festival WorldClass Education Program, Hampton Roads and Southeastern Virginia students benefit by learning from today's great performers and artists through matinees, in-school performances, in-school workshops, and master classes.
The Rhythm Project is a percussion ensemble for talented young artists and it serves fourth through twelfth grade students from the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach areas.
The John Duffy Composers Institute was founded by the festival in 2005. It is dedicated to the creation of new music by providing young composers the opportunity to create new work and to hear their work performed by professionals. Noted visiting faculty from the 2010 Institute were Libby Larsen, Fred Ho, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Mark Campbell.
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