Produced in cooperation with the Opera of the Future group
Press release from June 29, 2023. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra today announced plans for the Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center located in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The Johnson Education Center is scheduled to open in Fall 2024 and will serve students from first grade through high school.
The Dallas Symphony will design an approximately 3,500 square feet space in the Meyerson Symphony Center for the Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center to provide music education to students across North Texas. This innovative new center, produced in cooperation with the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab, will welcome thousands of children from first through twelfth grade for field trips each year. Students will engage in STEAM-based learning activities that focus on dynamic music education, utilizing cutting-edge technology. These learning programs include orchestra conducting using virtual reality, visual and dynamic AI components of sound waves, the science behind acoustics and more. The programming is geared toward specific age levels with on-site facilitators, the tickets to visit will be complimentary for students and families and will have complementary curriculum that will increase the students’ level of music appreciation.
“The Johnson Education Center represents a bold vision for the next era of music education in Dallas and delivers on our ongoing commitment to make meaningful impact on children across Dallas in music education,” said Cece Smith, Chair of the DSO Board of Governors.
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