UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW TO ANGEL IDOWU AND AN
INNOVATIVE PROGRAM BRINGING
YOUNG PEOPLE TO MUSIC.
ANGEL?
>> PHIL, THE CHICAGO WEST
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER IS
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF
EXPANDING THE MINDS OF AREA
YOUNG PEOPLE BY INTRODUCING THEM
TO CLASSICAL JAZZ AND BLUES
MUSIC.
I RECENTLY JOINED THEM FOR THE
NIGHT OUT IN THE PARK CONCERTS
AS THEY PAID TRIBUTE TO STAFF
RECORDING ARTISTS THAT YOU MAY
RECOGNIZE.
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>> RECOGNIZE THAT TUNE?
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HOW ABOUT THAT ONE?
WELL, IF YOU DON'T, THESE KIDS
SURE DO.
THE CHICAGO WEST COMMUNITY MUSIC
CENTER HAS BEEN BRINGING
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH A TWIST
INTO THE LIVES OF YOUNG
CHICAGOANS FOR 20 YEARS.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY THE HUSBAND
AND WIFE TEAM OF HOWARD SANDIFER
AND DARLENE SANDIFER.
>> WE STARTED THE LAWNDALE MUSIC
CENTER BECAUSE WE ARE FROM NORTH
LAWNDALE AND IT WAS CALLED THE
MUSIC CONSERVATORY WITHOUT WALLS
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A
BUILDING.
AND STARTED AND BECAME A 501C3
WHERE THERE WAS A NEED SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT
GREW AND WE REACHED ABOUT 800
KIDS EACH YEAR NOW.
>> LACI ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE
800.
SHE HAS BEEN PLAYING THE CELLO
SINCE SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
>> IT'S RARE THAT YOU SEE AN
AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR BLACKS OR
BROWNS PLAYING STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS.
THAT IS RARE TO SEE EVEN IF YOU
SEE THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
YOU RARELY SEE BLACK PEOPLE.
TO SEE PEOPLE PLAY THE
INSTRUMENTS THAT LOOK LIKE ME
IT'S POWERFUL.
>> SHE WILL BE ATTENDING HOWARD
UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL.
SHE IS ONE OF MANY STUDENTS WHO
STUDY MORE THAN JUST MUSIC.
>> WE DON'T EXPECT FOR EVERY
STUDENT THAT COMES THROUGH TO BE
A MAJOR MUSICIAN.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE
THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, THEY HAVE
GOTTEN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS BUT
THEY ARE STUDYING TO BE AN
ENGINEER OR A NURSE, THEY HAVE
ALL KINDS OF GOALS.
>> THE SANDIFER'S SAY IT TOOK
TIME BUT THEY TAUGHT CHILDREN TO
FALL IN LOVE WITH ALL TYPES OF
MUSIC.
>> WE DO OLD SCHOOL MUSIC AND
THEY WERE SAYING WHY ARE YOU
TEACHING US THIS OLD MUSIC?
AND THEY GO HOME AND THEIR
PARENTS WOULD LOVE IT.
SO NOW, THEY UNDERSTAND THE
REASON WHY WE STARTED TEACHING
THEM OLD SCHOOL PER SE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THEY CAME FROM.
HOW MUSIC STARTED.
>> IN ADDITION TO PLAYING MUSIC,
WRITING MUSIC AND PRODUCING
MUSIC THERE ARE SOUND ENGINEERS
AND WE HAVE SECURITY PEOPLE
LEARNING ABOUT SECURITY.
THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS OF THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY AND WE WANT THEM
TO UNDERSTAND THAT SO THERE'S
THING YOU CAN DO.
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND HAVE
SKILLS.
>> HE PARTICIPATED IN THE
ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL GALA.
>> MAESTRO WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH
THE WORK OF THE STUDENTS HE
AGREED TO A TURN AND TEACH A
MASTER CLASS IN OCTOBER.
>> THE LOVE OF MUSIC IS WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH AND I
THINK HE SAID IT BEST WHEN HE
SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOVE IN
YOUR HEART IN ORDER TO CREATE
MUSIC.
AND SO WE WANT TO PULL THAT OUT
OF THEM.
WE WANT TO PULL SOMETHING GOOD
OUT OF THEM.
BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH BAD
STUFF TALKED ABOUT IN THE
COMMUNITIES.
>> AND THE COMMUNITY ASPECT THAT
KEEPS THE STUDENTS COMING BACK
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE AROUND OTHER
PEOPLE WHO FEEL AS STRONGLY
ABOUT MUSIC AS YOU DO.
YOU ARE ABLE TO CONNECT MORE
WITH A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> WE DEFINITELY MADE A FAMILY
HERE.
Mr. AND MRS. SANDIFER BEING
OUR PARENTS AND WE ARE ALL
BROTHERS AND SISTERS DOING THIS
MUSIC THING TRYING TO FIGURE IT
OUT AND UPLIFTING EACH OTHER SO
OTHERS CAN SEE US AND ARE LIKE
WOW I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM.
THEY ARE FROM THE WEST SIDE BUT
YOU SEE THERE'S SOME HOPE AND
BEACON OF LIGHT COMING FROM THE
WEST SIDE.
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING GREAT
THINGS.
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>> NOW, THE CHICAGO WEST
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER HAS TAKEN
THEIR CHILDREN TO PERFORM
INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING BOTH
CHINA AND PARIS.
THEIR FINAL CONCERT IS THIS