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Project STEP
The Ann Hobson Pilot Project
301 Mass. Ave., Boston, MA 02115
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Project STEP (String Training and Education Program) identifies musically talented Black and Latino students and provides them with a comprehensive music training program, the primary goal of which is to prepare them to compete and succeed in the challenging, rewarding world of classical music. The program was spearheaded 25 years ago by the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a means of addressing the under-representation of Blacks and Latinos in orchestras.
Project STEP has designed a comprehensive, professional-quality program that addresses the multiple needs of each individual student.
- Founded in 1982, Project STEP graduated its first student in 1991. It currently supports 40 students in its intensive training program and more than 80 students annually in its FOCUS (Kindergarten) program.
- Students range from 5 to 18 and come from the Greater Boston area, with the majority residing in Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Part and Mattapan.
- Every Project STEP graduate has gone on the study at college or conservatory, including distinguished schools such as Juilliard, Yale, Harvard, New England Conservatory, Boston University School for the Arts, M.I.T., Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and Indiana University.
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Graduates of Project STEP are currently playing in orchestras, working as music teachers and performers, and serving as role models and mentors to current Project STEP students.
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