MUSIC TO MY EARS - MTME
Music classes present a space where students can find magical transitions; from shy to confident, lonely to part of a group, the softest spoken become heard. We see children who were afraid to participate becoming the leader of the song, march, band!
Music class helps kids become creative, confident, life-long learners!
– Sally B.
FHSR is so very excited to welcome back kids’ music legend Laurie Berkner for our FREE Cheers for Ears concert!
GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY AS THIS SHOW SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR!
FHSR will provide tickets to the show, as we gather families and kids with hearing loss for an outdoor fun interactive concert and crafts with singing and dancing to music with new and old friends.
We can’t wait to see you and have your join our community at this super fun Laurie Berkner concert! Plan on rekindling community, making new friends and singing and dancing together.
MUSIC TO MY EARS (MTME) SCHOLARSHIP
FHSR honored the Foundation’s 60th Anniversary with the creation of the Music To My Ears Scholarship Program (MTME). This program provides a year of tuition-free music classes for deaf and hard of hearing children in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. FHSR is proud to partner with The Merit School of Music andThe Old Town School of Folk Music to provide music enrichment classes for children up to four years of age and instrument lessons for children up to 10 years of age.
The MTME program represents FHSR’s unwavering commitment to be the leader in programs that enable children living with hearing loss to be on par with their hearing peers. A $900 donation will sponsor a year of classes for one deaf/hard of hearing child. This amount will allow a child who might not otherwise be able to afford weekly music classes experience the joy of music with their hearing peers.
HOW IT BEGAN
My Ears (MTME) was our annual free family concert, Cheers for Ears. Created in 2012, Cheers for Ears celebrates the powerful intersection of hearing and music, bringing children with hearing loss together for an afternoon of entertainment and community. Music not only provides an opportunity for the kids to connect with each other, it opens the door to so many possibilities.