A 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, Tax ID # 33-0025613
Community
Sponsor of Free Community Concerts
We also travel directly to schools, bringing in Steinway concert grand pianos, if the school doesn’t have a proper instrument. And we always tune the piano! Outreach recital venues include elementary, middle and high schools. Since 2008 when the Waring began these outreach assemblies, Competition winners have performed for over 10,000 local students in all three local school districts. Study guides with program information, artist bio, composers’ bios and a glossary is made available to classroom teachers. Evaluation sheets are also given to the district or principal.
During the 2013-2014 school year, the Waring presented four assemblies reaching approximately 1400 students from the Palm Springs and Desert Sands Unified School Districts. The Waring pays for buses to bring students to large venues such as the Palm Springs High School Auditorium and to the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center at the Rancho Mirage High School.
To Sponsor School or Community Concerts please call the Waring office at 760-773-2575. Thank you!
Sunnylands
In partnership with the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands Center & Gardens, 300 middle school students came to hear 2013 prize winner Keenan Reesor on a Steinway Concert Grand, brought in especially for the performances. Thank you to Janice Lyle, Mary Perry and Michaeleen Gallagher. A public concert and reception catered by LULU California Bistro followed. Thank you Willie Rhine and Barbara and Jerry Keller!
Musical Program included Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg & Rachmaninoff.
To excite, educate, and engage the community at large with the joy of classical piano by presenting, promoting, and nurturing classical music through live piano performance including international competitions, concerts, and local educational outreach programs for all ages.