Endangered Instruments

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.

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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