Home About the Founder Concert Schedule Praise In the News Gallery Contact Us
About the Founder
 |
| Photo credit: Steve Fisher |
Dr. Fisher credits the source of her life-long love of classical music to both her mother -- who played recordings of classical music for her from her infancy and who also took her when she was a young child to concerts at City College, the old Met, and City Center whenever possible -- and the music appreciation education which she received at her elementary school, P.S. 72 in Maspeth, Queens. Concerning the idea for the “Bach to School” program, she says: “The idea came when I realized how few children there are in the audience today at classical music concerts. I wondered if it might not be possible to take at least a taste of this music directly to them in their schools. Professor Edward Smaldone, Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, was most enthusiastic, and it is thanks to his help and guidance that my idea has become a reality. He is an equal partner in this enterprise. And the overwhelmingly positive responses we have received from our young audiences, both in the “question and answer” period that is part of every one of our concerts, and also through the hundreds of letters of appreciation I have received from them, makes me hope that we will be able to expand the number of schools we visit each year.”