ENDANGERED INSTRUMENTS PROGRAM
The Endangered Instruments Program (EIP) supports school instrumental music teachers by providing highly trained teaching specialists on less-commonly played instruments.
EIP was founded in 1990 as an in-school program encouraging music students to learn less commonly played instruments. EIP has evolved into an important part of SYSO in the Schools programs that reinforce public school music classes and increase the size, diversity and quality of school band and orchestra programs.
EIP provides school music departments with weekly group instrumental lessons for students in the early stages of learning on the following instruments:
Viola
String bass
Oboe
Bassoon
Horn
Percussion
Trombone
Tuba
Program Highlights:
- Lessons are part of regularly scheduled school band and orchestra rehearsals.
- Coaches for all programs are drawn from the most highly qualified professional musicians in the Seattle region. Many perform in the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Opera, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
- Educational services provided by the SYSO-in-the-Schools programs, including EIP, are funded by the Seattle Youth Symphony through generous contributions from individuals, foundations, schools, and government agencies.
The Endangered Instruments Program continues to spread throughout the region with EIP coaches now serving 9 schools in Seattle Public Schools, 12 schools in districts outside of Seattle, and working alongside 29 public school teachers.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Endangered Instrument Programs have been successfully implemented in the following schools and districts:
- Canyon Park Jr. High School
- College Place Middle School
- Denny Int’l Middle School
- Eagle Staff Middle School
- Eckstein Middle School
- Einstein Middle School
- Finn Hill Middle School
- Hamilton Middle School
- Inglemoore High School
- Islander Middle School
- Jane Addams Middle School
- Juanita Elementary School
- Juanita High School
- Kamiakan Middle School
- Kellogg Middle School
- Madison Middle School
- McClure Middle School
- Meany Middle School
- Newport High School
- Odle Middle School
- Pathfinder K-8
- Skyview Middle School
- STEM K-8
- Valley View Middle School
- Washington Middle School
- West Seattle High School
- Whitman Middle School
Founded in 1942, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra is the largest youth orchestra training program in the United States.
