Orchestra
Collaborating with community partners and families, we enrich and enhance the quality of life in Durham by offering exceptional musical experiences for performers and audience members alike.
The Durham Charter Arts Program is funded in part thanks to a generous donation from The Kenan Family Foundation.
METHODOLOGY
- Concerts and school events
- Community events including performances
- Regional touring
- Professional Recording Studio sessions
Perspective | Teaching and learning: Measure by measure, day by day
Durham Charter School’s Orchestra Records Album After Viral Videos Grab Attention
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Music is proven to enhance brain development, particularly in reading and mathematics
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Practicing an instrument enhances motor skills and instills discipline, confidence, and positive self-identity
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Participating in an Orchestra builds a sense of community and camaraderie while helping develop social and emotional skills
Director of Arts and Orchestra Teacher and ConductorDaniel Levin, a graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, has more than 20 years of experience in arts education: teaching students, coaching and developing teachers, and providing support to school leaders and networks of schools to build, sustain, and improve performing arts programs. He has built and run several showcase orchestra programs for schools, was the founding Director of Specials Achievement for Achievement First, and is the founding Orchestra Director at Durham Charter School.
In addition to his work as an educator, Daniel is “one of the instrument’s most brilliant contemporary practitioners” (The Wire). At six, he began playing the cello and developed his distinctive voice as a cellist, improviser, and composer. He has performed extensively throughout the USA and Europe and recorded over 20 albums as a leader or co-leader.
Check out Mr. Levin's feature in INDY weekly.