Academy Center of the Arts

Lynchburg's Local Arts Center

The Children of City Strings

The Academy was thrilled to again host Lynchburg City Strings on February 12 in our Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre. Lynchburg City Strings is an important educational CityStrings-05program, and we were delighted again for the opportunity to help empower local youth in Lynchburg through the arts as part of our Community Outreach Initiative.

Lynchburg City Strings is a program that educates youth through the arts, and studies have shown that youth involvement in the arts can have a lasting, positive impact on a child in the classroom. In the study, “Relations among musical skills, phonological processing, and early reading ability in preschool children” from the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, it was shown that music skills correlated with reading development.CityStrings-03

Children of all ages and experience levels performed. Beginners played the few songs they knew before leaving the stage while the more advanced students continued until their set was complete. During the event, Lynchburg City Schools’ children were guided by their string instructors as they performed a number of sets including variations of “Twinkle, Twinkle.” The performances were split into three shows, a one hour concert for each of the three schools that participated.

By Ei Thant Sin
Photographs by Isabella Farias

 

For more information on the Academy’s Community Outreach Initiative feel free to contact Evan Smith at 434-528-3256×114 or at [email protected]

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Thank you to Baird Financial, Walmart Foundation, and the Genworth Foundation for helping to make community outreach possible. Learn more about the Academy’s Community Outreach Programs: academycenter.org/community-outreach

 

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CURRENT ACADEMY HEALTH & SAFETY GUIDELINES 9/24/21

At the Academy Center of the Arts, the health and safety of our patrons, staff, performers, and volunteers is our priority. Like you, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 and its current impact on our community, and are following CDC guidelines and recommendations from local authorities and the Virginia Department of Health.


In response to current CDC recommendations, the requests of our performing artists, and to protect our community, everyone entering the Academy Center of the Arts’ facilities for Academy ticketed performances, classes, and gallery activities will be required to wear a face mask as of September 17, 2021.


– Guests must remain masked at all times, however, masks can be removed momentarily only when eating or drinking.

– Masks must fit snugly and cover the wearer’s nose and mouth.

– Masks will be readily available in our lobbies, galleries, and classrooms for patrons in need.


Upcoming events that require COVID-19 Vaccination OR Proof of Negative COVID-19 Diagnostic test result are listed at academycenter.org/health-safety-guidelines/.


Any patrons with tickets to an Academy performance that do not wish to comply with our current policies may receive a full refund through our Box Office, M-F, 12PM – 5PM, by phone at (434) 846-8499 or by email at [email protected].