SBSO News
Symphony group educates youth
By JENNIFER DEAN
The Press-Enterprise
The San Bernardino Symphony will soon be taking its sounds to the classroom as part of the annual Music in the Schools program. The symphony program has been teaching third-graders about orchestra music for 19 years. Last year it expanded to include fourth-graders as well.
 "The fourth-grade program is an expansion of our current Music in the Schools program, which consists of the docents going into third-grade classrooms and Maestro Ponti visiting classrooms, particularly music classes," said Carlotta Mellon, the symphony's executive director.
Fourth-graders in 13 schools will be visited by a quartet of symphony members in August as an introduction of compositions and composers to the students.
Members of the string quartet include Concertmaster Todor Pelev, Principal Cellist Ana Marie Maldonado, violinist Tom Sender and violinist Charles Hebenstreit.
 The ensemble will teach students orchestra terminology using representative examples and by playing various pieces, Maldonado said. "By the end of class, students should know about shaping notes into different patterns of composition."
Symphony Board President Mary Schnepp expressed gratitude to San Bernardino County Supervisors Josie Gonzales and Neil Derry and Councilman Chas Kelly for their support of music education in the city's schools.
"Through this partnership with the county, the city and the school district," Schnepp said, "the San Bernardino Symphony is able to better serve our youth and enrich their lives through music."
Reach Jennifer Dean at 951-368-9336, jdean@PE.com or http://blogs.inlandsocal.com/moms.
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