Music
Music and song have always been woven in the fabric of Fabretto life. The music program is tremendously popular with the kids and its benefits are both immediate and long term - energizing students and teaching important life lessons.
In the program, students may participate in individual and group lessons in choir, recorder, guitar, marimba, keyboard or piano. They will learn the basics of rhythm, tempo, etc., and learn to read music. Our students perform at local church and civic functions.
The Music Program has many benefits:
Motivation
Academic performance, school and music class attendance requirements create powerful incentives for students to take school seriously. Music students have significantly higher grade point averages than their peers.
Cultural Heritage
Traditional Nicaraguan folkloric music, songs and instruments are the primary focus, helping the children to understand and preserve their cultural heritage.
Personal Responsibility
Students must come on time and prepared for class and so learn to manage their time and take personal responsibility for their actions. Students must make a commitment to practice and improve.
Broadens Horizons
Trips to perform or see and hear culturally important artists in other parts of Nicaragua are the first time out of the village for many of the kids and present a rare learning opportunity. Three times now, the Coro Fabrettino, the choir of oldest students have performed concert tours in the United States! In 2005 they performed in Chicago and Colorado, in 2007 they sang in Washington DC, and most recently in 2009 they toured in New York and Connecticut with Creative Connections, another non-profit organization.
