Community Arts Access Project

As a result of this project: At least 20 high school students will study with Josh Duffee and members of his orchestra at a free band clinic to be held on July 8th. At least 2 local high school students will be featured as a singer with the Josh Duffee Orchestra during the performances on July 8 and 9, 2017. 450 area residents and visitors will experience the high quality musical artistry of the Josh Duffee orchestra, as they provide a concert and information commemorating one of America's great musical performers, Frank Sinatra. We will count the number of youth participating in the band clinic, and also compare this to previous years, to assess if participation is growing. We will also ask both the students and the musicians for feedback about their experience at the clinic. Our follow-up methods will include brief chats with students during the pizza party, plus a short survey. We will track both the number of students selected to sing with the orchestra, as we the number that auditioned. We will count the number of attendees at each of the concerts. We will compare the number of concert guests to previous years. We will also collect surveys that collect zip codes, among other information to determine if we are successful at not only serving our immediate community, but also attracting visitors to the area. We will make note of feedback given by guests during and after the concert.