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