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Music Mobile™

A third-grade student enjoys trying the instruments during a presentation of the Music Mobile™.
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Every fall, the Showcase House Music Mobile™ begins its educational presentations to third graders in the San Gabriel Valley. Since 1971, our Music Mobile™ has put thousands of miles on its odometer to bring the magic of music to nearly 130,000 students. Designed and launched by the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts in partnership with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, it has earned local and national awards for originality and educational excellence. Proceeds from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts have funded this highly effective Program ever since it first rolled out into the community. Even extending the impact of Music Mobile™ by licensing the program to other music-affiliated organizations.
However…
The Music Mobile™ program is getting a facelift. With our evolving populations, new concepts in education, etc., it was time to look at the future and embrace it. The new Music Knowledge Lab is grounded in the STEAM curriculum. It is a visual, auditory, and participatory exploration of the four building blocks universally common to music: beat/rhythm, pitch/melody, harmony, and tone color. The multi-media show will emphasize commonalities and differences across music traditions.
Our new Music Mobile™ will be up and running soon. It will bring a new and fun-filled experience to third graders living in the San Gabriel Valley. Each section of the show has live narration, projected animation, and documentary clips. And very importantly, it includes a participatory activity for the students. Look for a new Music Mobile™ soon, bringing joy and excitement to all at a school location near you!
Music Mobile™'s Multi-Generational Impact
In 1971, I was a 3rd grader at Franklin Elementary in Pasadena when Music Mobile™ first rolled onto the scene. They held up the French Horn, then stretched out a 16-foot-long piece of rope and told us that was how much brass tubing wrapped in the horn. Who knew? From that instant, I was hooked. Although I had been playing violin, I knew that someday I would be a French Horn player.
And it happened. I switched to the Horn in 7th grade – and after that music school at Indiana University. Today, I teach band and orchestra in Pasadena schools and play horn professionally. But it all began with that shiny brass horn when Music Mobile™ came to my school and showed all of us little kids the instruments. And a very special one that captured my imagination.
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