A culminating concert featuring the top three Busk performers and live musical guests to be announced after June 7!
Tickets: TBA
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Supporting Education Through the Arts
All proceeds from The Great Busk benefit:
All proceeds benefit both the Eva Celda Padilla Stitt School for Newcomers, a Capaz+IT program offering bilingual education, career pathways, and a safe, empowering space for immigrant youth and Music Orchard Richmond, providing quality, inclusive and accessible music education to students in public schools.
About Eva Celda Padilla Stitt School for Newcomers:
The Eva Celda Padilla Stitt School for Newcomers seeks to provide expedient and meaningful paths to a high school diploma for newcomer students who are finding it challenging to achieve success in a traditional school environment.
Mastery-Based academic program built to provide students with the knowledge and critical thinking necessary to build solid careers in a 21st century work environment.
Growth-minded English as a Second Language program that promotes learning beyond the classroom
Job skills and digital skills courses that value the real learning that takes place on the job and promote goal setting and career advancement as guiding principles of a life beyond school.
Community-Engaged learning that pushes students to expand their sense of belonging beyond their language, encouraging immersion and participation.
About Music Orchard Richmond:
Music Orchard Richmond (MOR) seeks to enrich student learning through inclusive access to high-quality music education in the Greater Richmond, VA region. In May of 2023, MOR underwent a strategic re-alignment after a series of conversations between MOR’s new Executive Director and more than 30 community leaders, school music teachers, and principals about challenges regarding music education. MOR has since devised its two core programs: In-School Residencies to provide schools with professional Teaching Artists to coach under-resourced music programs and teachers, and After-School Programming to give curious students access to music classes, free lessons, and instruments.