Kenny Slaught Notes Ongoing Support Of Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
The annual symposium allows teachers, musicians, and local not-for-profits to meet with students and members of the community to discuss the state of arts education in Santa Barbara. This important program provides the foundation for creating better, more focused programs in the future. Additional education outreach initiatives include collecting instruments for students in need, grants to community programs that wish to make use of resources at the Santa Barbara Bowl, notes Kenny Slaught, and scholarships for college students studying the performing arts. In addition, the foundation funds a children’s program at Cottage Hospital and many in-school and after-school programs, most notably in neighborhoods most affected by the concert season at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The Notes for Notes program, on the other hand, provides students with free instruments and music lessons, and a large volunteer committee facilitates these education outreach initiatives.