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MacPhail Center for Music

MacPhail Center for Music has programs for students with limited…
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MacPhail Center for Music has programs for students with limited access to music education and older adults. The evaluations look at program implementation and outcomes.

Project Reports

December 2020

MacPhail provides the Online School Partnership and Sing Play Learn programs to increase access to high quality music instruction in greater Minnesota. This infographic summarizes evaluation results from the 2019-20 school year.

November 2020

This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2019-20 school year.

November 2020

MacPhail created the MacPhail Northside Youth Orchestra as a way for youth who had aged out of the Afterschool Intensive Strings program to continue playing their instrument in a collaborative setting. The 2019-20 program evaluation looked at student outcomes, student and parent satisfaction, and how well MacPhail supported families during the shift to online rehearsals.

October 2020

Annual report summarizing students’ perspectives of the Online School Partnership and Sing Play Learn programs, musical skill growth, and Teaching Artist perspectives. This report covers the 2019-2020 school year.

July 2020

Annual evaluation of the Music for Life programming for adults age 55 and older. The 2019-20 report presents participant satisfaction and outcomes results and Teaching Artist survey results.

October 2019

Annual report summarizing students’ perspectives of the Online School Partnership Program, musical skill growth, and Teaching Artist perspectives. This report covers the 2018-2019 school year.

December 2018

MacPhail created the MacPhail Northside Youth Orchestra as a way for youth who had aged out of the Afterschool Intensive Strings program to continue playing their instrument in a collaborative setting. The 2017-18 program evaluation looked at student outcomes, as well as student and parent satisfaction.

September 2018

This report looks at results from the 2017-2018 school year for the Online School Partnership Program.

December 2018

This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Afterschool Intensive Strings Program. It covers the 2017-18 school year and looks at student progress reports, academic data, and student and parent satisfaction with the program.

September 2017

This report presents findings about the MacPhail Afterschool Intensive Strings Program in 2016-17. It shows that students who participated in the program are regularly attending school, maintaining or improving their math and reading proficiency scores, and reporting that they enjoy school

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