Imagine the look on a child’s face when first entering one of the finest halls in the world and experiencing a performance by world-renowned artists. The encounter is one not soon forgotten; and it may just instill a love for the performing arts that will last a lifetime.
Here at Performing Arts Fort Worth, we offer the children of Fort Worth and surrounding communities, in grades 1st through 12th, the opportunity to embrace the joy of live performance in the celebrated Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall — completely free of charge to students and their districts.
Performing Arts Fort Worth’s commitment is based on the belief that a broad range of classical performing arts are critical to education and that we are planting the seeds to cultivate our audiences and artists of tomorrow. Our goal is “every child, every grade, every year” for students from the Fort Worth community to attend programs at Bass Performance Hall.
Since the program’s inception:
- More than 750,000 students have attended Children's Education Programs at Bass Performance Hall
- 521 programs - all curriculum-related - were presented to area children; 36 Master Classes; 31 Teachers' Institutes; 22 Bayard H. Friedman Awards; and numerous distance learning programs.
- Children have experienced performances by these exceptional artists:
- Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
- Texas Ballet Theater
- Fort Worth Opera
- Stage West
- Pianists from the Van Cliburn Foundation
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Nationally recognized groups, such as Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Aquila Theatre and The Acting Company
Along with the programs at Bass Performance Hall, the Children's Education Program also offers:
For more information on programs for the 2009-2010 season please contact Clint Dawley, Assistant Director of Education, at cdawley@basshall.com.
Education Department Staff:
Sue Buratto, Director of Education - sburatto@basshall.com
Clint Dawley, Assistant Director of Education - cdawley@basshall.com
Patricia H. Schutts, Director of Development
Stephen Seleny, Education Consultant
