June 2023 Newsletter
| School’s Out For Summer 🎶🥳 THANK YOU to all of our parents, students, teachers and administrators for your continued positive support and enthusiasm for all that ChicagoSMA does! From Pom Squad to Musical Adventures, from showcases to recitals – we have loved every minute of teaching, growing and being creative together this school year. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU We appreciate hearing from our families. Please let us know your thoughts. Your feedback means the world to us! |
 Year in Review: Thanks for making the 2022-2023 school year great! |
| Summer Options We’ve got your back! Whether you’re new to an instrument or just keeping up your skills, try out a private lesson. Camp Signup: It’s Not Too Late!June 12 -16, 2023 Rock Band Camp in Evanston, ILJuly 17- 21, 2023 through Right At School for Musical Adventures: Meet the Instruments (morning programming) at Nettelhorst Elementary. |
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| Building Better Brains and Better Lives with Arts Education |
| We were inspired to share this article which highlights the positive impact of arts education on brain development and overall well-being. The article emphasizes how engaging in arts activities can lead to improved cognitive skills, social-emotional development, and academic achievement among elementary-aged students, making it a valuable addition to the after-school arts program provided by the company. These are all things we feel passionate about, and are some of the many GREAT reasons to keep your children involved in musical education. |
 Artist-Teacher Spotlight: Grace Heuer Grace has been musical for as long as she can remember. She comes from a musical family with a father as a jazz musician and his wife, Grace’s “bonus” mom, a viola player in the Chicago Sinfonietta. Grace graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts High school, where she had musical theater training. She then attended Columbia College Chicago where she studied theater. Grace has been a caregiver and nanny for over 15 years. When not working with children, she enjoys entertaining at venues and birthday parties. |