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Harness the arts with ACE. Join a program that inspires, educates and engages like no other form of learning. The Arts in Community Education Program of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (ACE) has been a pioneer of the arts integration movement in education since 1990. Serving southeastern Wisconsin, it is one of the largest, most well respected, and longest running initiatives of its kind in the country. ACE underscores the commitment of the MSO to our community. Through ongoing partnerships with educators like you, we connect students, teachers, school communities, and professional artists with an integrated approach to the arts and curriculum. ACE is a unique form of learning, teaching students important concepts by moving them (sometimes quite literally) with the arts. Looking forward to the coming school year, we invite you to renew your participation in ACE, or to experience all of its benefits for the first time.
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ACE connects throughout the school year with students, teachers, and artists through these program elements: Classroom ensemble visits from professional artists MSO ACE concerts Teacher professional development sessions ACE teacher guides, online resources, and mentors Classroom arts integration and review
Music is only the beginning with ACE. It encompasses all of the arts—music, dance and movement, theater, visual arts, and spoken word. Your school receives access to the best of Milwaukee’s and Wisconsin’s professional arts groups (and beyond) with one program. Further, ACE is successful in urban, suburban, and rural settings as well as public, private, and charter schools.
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ACE goals. Enlisting the arts to advance learning and development. ACE will foster an environment for ACE will support development of the enhanced student learning through whole child by nurturing a sensitivity arts integration. to art and beauty. ACE will inspire student excellence and creative expression through high quality arts experiences.
ACE will support teachers’ use of arts integration practices to strengthen their abilities to become more effective, creative, and well-rounded educators. ACE will broaden perspectives by connecting students, teachers, school communities, and professional artists through novel arts opportunities.
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ACE collaboration. Orchestrating a partnership that’s one-of-a-kind. Since its debut, ACE has reached tens of thousands of students and teachers, and dozens of schools in southeastern Wisconsin. That has only been possible because of the deep and lasting relationships ACE has fostered. Among these, the MSO has joined forces with other respected arts groups to ensure that ACE delivers a program of the highest artistic quality and variety. As the largest cultural institution in the state, the MSO has the experience and the connections to keep this collaboration vibrant. All together, ACE is a unique partnership between artists, students, teachers, administrators, and school communities, as well as corporate and foundation supporters, to enrich education in southeastern Wisconsin.
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ACE elements.
A well-rounded program of enrichment throughout the school year. Four distinct ways of integrating the arts and education. Musician/ Artist Visits
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Teacher Resources
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Ensembles of MSO musicians and our cultural partners come to your school.
ACE supports teachers in successfully implementing arts integration.
• Three visits per grade annually
• Arts integration in-service trainings
(four for K5), 30-45 minutes each
• Access to resource handbooks,
• Students meet artists in-person
and close-up
online materials, mentors, and sample lesson plans
• Includes all art forms: dance,
• Networking opportunities with
drama, music, visual arts, and all genres
other ACE teachers
• Energizes ACE themes and
annual arts integrated lessons
classroom learning
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• Sharing of student learning through
“ My favorite thing about doing our show is seeing the excited faces of each and every child as they stand up and learn our seven basic movements of dance.” - Lisa Moberly Dancer, DanceCircus, 2nd Grade ACE Ensemble
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Family/Community Involvement
Students venture to the new Bradley Symphony Center in downtown Milwaukee and see the MSO live in concert.
ACE isn’t just for students!
• Grade-specific concerts tailored
• An entertaining evening that
to each grade’s theme:
K = Family 1 = Storytellers 2 = Detectives 3 = Architects 4 = Explorers 5 = Inventors
• Concerts begin with theme songs
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• Free family night featuring an
ACE ensemble, held at each participating school will appeal to the whole school community • Newsletter distributed to keep
parents/guardians informed • Parents/guardians/community
members invited to attend the culminating events
followed by musical selections that reinforce each theme
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Making the connections. Everyone benefits. Students • Engage in novel arts experiences throughout the year • Find opportunities to take risks, be curious, explore, and be creative through the arts • Explore individual uniqueness and celebrate the differences of others • Discover they can achieve and shine through the arts • Participate as creators, performers, reflectors, and spectators
Teachers • Receive training and resources to enhance arts-integrated teaching • Learn about students as they experience new arts opportunities • Interweave arts into established curriculum—no need to start from scratch • Display student learning and growth at the end of the ACE year • Collect evidence to support PPGs and other educator effectiveness requirements
Schools • ACE complements multiple school models (EL/IB/STEM, etc.) • Compatible with PBIS and mindfulness initiatives • Field trip quality experiences that come to partnering schools • Connect teachers across subject areas throughout the building to create
a collaborative environment • Illustrate ways the arts and other disciplines can work together
Communities • Enjoy arts performances and resources they might not otherwise have • Participate in intergenerational experiences through the arts • Build relationships between students, teachers, school communities, and artists • Experience a richer civic life through a connection with the arts
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ACE it. Questions about Arts in Community Education answered. Q A Q A
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Do I have to have a music or arts specialist at my school to participate? No. While ACE will work closely with a school specialist, it is not a requirement. What grade levels participate? The classic ACE program begins in K5 and adds a grade level each successive year until fully integrated at 5th grade. A middle school component, which works like a mini artist-in-residency, is also available. Is there an ACE curriculum? ACE aims to support teachers in integrating the arts into their own curriculum. Multiple resources are available to assist teachers with this process. Is ACE compatible with school models currently in use? Yes, ACE complements IB, EL, STEM, Montessori and other school models.
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Some schools include ACE in their budgets, some add it to student fees, and others do specific fundraising for the program. At some schools, PTOs pay all or a part of the program.
ACE fees are based on the number of students participating in the program. Full student cost is $17.00 per year. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch are charged $8.50. ACE fees are all-inclusive. The only non-covered cost is bus transportation to the MSO ACE concerts. Q How do schools pay for ACE?
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The highest marks, from the grading experts. Join us in the delightful task of stimulating minds, touching emotions, and energizing bodies through the arts. ACE does not add another element to your curriculum, but powerfully connects the parts into a cohesive whole. Reserve a spot and become an ACE partner this next school year. Discover why students, teachers, and administrators have given ACE the highest marks over the last 30 years.
ACE Cultural Partners. All in for the arts & education. Alash
Ko-Thi Dance Company
Skylight Music Theatre
Lee Palmer
Stas Venglevski
Cuicani
Milwaukee Ballet
The Orchid Ensemble
DanceCircus
Milwaukee Jazz Experience
Theatre Gigante
American Indian Center Chance
John Tanner Juli Wood Quartet Kitty Dyble Thompson
Mrs. Fun
Wild Space Dance Company
Pangaea Present Music Rare Privilege
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To apply, or for more information about bringing ACE to your school, please contact: MSO Education Department Call 414.226.7812 or email edu@mso.org
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“ The integration of curriculum, music, art, and physical education has given our school and community a masterful opportunity to learn, grow, and belong!” - Michelle Aprahamian Associate Principal, Brookfield Elementary
CONNECTING in countless ways.
“ We believe that education is the tool for change. It is through music that we can develop values such as respect and tolerance, and open a path for the knowledge and appreciation of cultural and ethnic diversity.”
Students and performers
- Cuicani Instrumental Trio, 4th Grade ACE Ensemble
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Teachers and students Ideas and experiences Thinking and feeling
“ I love watching the faces light up when a student has an idea to add to their story.” - Kitty Dyble Thompson Visual Artist, 1st Grade ACE Ensemble
Schools and communities
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In addition to the numerous corporate and foundation partners who support ACE, all MSO education programs are supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, through an endowment from the Hearst Foundations, and by the United Performing Arts Fund.