EDUCATION
We want to inspire young people to make music in a way that empowers them and enables them to develop to their fullest potential as musicians and as human beings.
Our mission is to spread the healing and empowering qualities music can provide, and our music education program stands at the core of our work. It's our hope that our music can lift spirits and change your lives as it has changed our own.
We've dedicated a great deal of our lives to promoting music education. We are products of public schools, and believe that music education has an important place in the lives of children. We are committed to promoting music education in public schools and regularly hold clinics in classrooms around the world, hoping to inspire the next generation of creative artists.
We offer a variety of in-person educational sessions tailored to different age and experience levels and each school’s educational needs. These can be combined in different configurations to build custom packages:
Lecture-Demonstrations
A standard lecture-demonstration with Lucky Chops generally runs between 45 to 60 minutes and consists of performance, lecture, a question & answer period, and as well time for the students to meet the members of the band at the end and have a personal dialogue. The contents of the session are decided by Lucky Chops, but requests for specific lessons and points of focus are welcome.
Workshops
Includes the key elements of our lecture-demonstrations but with more hands-on work with student ensembles, including sectionals, performance feedback, and material for students to prepare in advance.
Guest Artist Performances
Lucky Chops will work with student ensembles to prepare for a performance in a variety of configurations (full band, guest soloists, working with sections, performing with marching band, sitting in with jazz band or concert band, etc). This can be combined with lecture-demonstrations to build a custom package.
Concerts
Lucky Chops also offers standalone performances, whether in high school gymnasiums or as part of university event programming. For concert booking inquiries, click here to get in touch!
Multi-Day Residencies
2-3 day packages consisting of a series of lecture-demonstrations, masterclasses, workshops, guest artist packages and a concert. We can also visit multiple schools in the same district/area and partner our school visits with local performing arts center programming.
TESTIMONIALS:
“My school had Lucky Chops come in to play for us, talk with students, we played for them, and then we even had a big jam session at the end. It was an incredible experience that my students will never forget. Lucky Chops band members were extremely open and willing to talk and engage with the kids to provide them with the experience.”
“As part of our ArtsReach program, we facilitate over 100 outreach programs each year. Lucky Chops is easily one of the best. Local high school band students were not only blown away by their virtuosity, they were also honored by an invitation to join Lucky Chops for an improv session. Assuming one or two students might give it a try; I was amazed to see more than 20 grab their instruments and head to the stage in every program. Epic jam sessions ensued, and memories were made. Thank you, Lucky Chops!”
“Our students loved getting the opportunity to watch the CHOPS perform and teach them about music, specifically improvisation and composition. The LUCKY CHOPS put on an amazing show for our community that evening and our high school students (over 100 students) had the opportunity to join the CHOPS on their hit song “Coco” for the grand finale at the concert. It was a pleasure getting to work with the members of the LUCKY CHOPS and our students thoroughly enjoyed learning from them and getting to perform side by side with these incredible musicians.
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“It was our pleasure to host Lucky Chops on our campus and in our community for an afternoon performance and related activities. The concert was great and really energized our audience ... Members of Lucky Chops also joined in with student members of our jazz ensemble for a reading rehearsal, where they shared their talents and insights on performance and entertainment. Our students have benefited greatly from this awesome and inspirational experience.
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