Archive: Around Town

The Fine Arts Booster Group (FABG), an affiliate of IPEI, awarded $4,093 in grants to ten Ithaca City School District (ICSD) programs that will reach 956 students.

Awarded grants reach students from Pre-K through high school. A storytelling workshop by Jay Leeming will benefit Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS) students. ICSD students will perform in the Cayuga Chamber Youth Orchestra Festival Chorus event. Pre-K students will extend their Kids Discover the Trail! Ithaca visit to Cornell University’s Johnson Museum of Art with art and artifact posters. Middle school students will work with local composers, use sound technology applications in the classroom, attend a play and a chamber concert. The Marza Wilks Residency will receive funding for 2020- 2021 workshops and performance. High school choral students will receive assistance to attend a choral conference.


An affiliate of the Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI), the FABG works in partnership with the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) to support and celebrate all the arts for all the kids.

Grants Awarded by FABG

• Performance Storytelling, teacher Shira Reisman, LACS
• Boynton Young Composers Project, teacher Mark Lewis, Boynton
• Marza Wilks Residency, teacher Michael Allen, Boynton – to occur Fall 2020
• Cayuga Chamber Youth Orchestra Festival Chorus, Kristin Zaryski, Ithaca High
• Bringing the Museum Home, teacher Randi Beckmann, Pre-K (KDT!)
• Thoughts of a Colored Man, teacher Buddie Woodridge and Daphne Shululu, two grants, DeWitt
• Symphoria Syracuse, teacher Aaron Buck, DeWitt
• Soundtrap Subscription, Emily Preston, DeWitt
• American Choral Directors Association Conference (ACDA) Student Support, Daphne Shululu, Ithaca High

Grants Awarded by the ICSD

• Jazz Appreciation Concert, teacher Michael Treat, District bands combined
• The Memory Project, teacher Carol Spence, Ithaca High