Sorry that this is a few days late, I just started writing my Day 4 update and realized I never actually uploaded this post! Slight delay aside, Thursday was another good day interning with the Symphony! Day 3’s work mainly consisted of working on the spreadsheet I began work on the previous day, digging up contact information for music teachers at schools in some of the rural counties that the Symphony’s education program has yet to reach. Even though the work was a bit tedious, seeing the tiny or nonexistent arts programs at some of the schools I was researching really highlighted how privileged a lot of Wake County schools and especially Cary Academy are to have the resources we do!
Much smaller but still interesting, another task I had on Day 3 was to sort through a pile of education concert booklets for previous years’ shows, similar to the one I helped prepare on Days 1 and 2.
Exemplifying the extensive history of the Symphony, one of the oldest booklets in the pile, from the 90’s, proudly advertised that its year of creation was the 50th anniversary of the education concerts! North Carolina has such a rich musical history, and it is really cool to see the Symphony continue such long-running traditions to this day.