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ELM CONCERT December 18, 2016. Conducted by Martha Stoddard and Juan Felipe Molano returns as ELM's guest Artistic Director. December 18th at 12pm at 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley. Local Marin musicians join our ELM students to create a Canal Community Orchestra. Come meet the ELM musicians, faculty and staff. You won't want to miss this!

PRESS: San Francisco Chronicle - March 7, 2014

Susan Maudiere March 7, 2014

'House of Cards' mind-set threatens Millennials' idealism

By CARLA MARINUCCI

Gardner agrees. The 17-year-old started on her public service road in the seventh grade, tutoring elementary school students. Today she works with a program called Enriching Lives Through Music, teaching violin and music theory to children in the largely Latino Canal district of San Rafael.

Last year, Gardner was appointed head of the education equity committee for the county Youth Commission. She and other teenagers on the panel advocated for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who were being bullied.

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ELM - Enriching Lives through Music

ELM inspires youth to envision and achieve excellence in all facets of their lives through music education and performance.

ELM provides group and individual music education for youth in San Rafael's Canal neighborhood. All students start on the soprano recorder, chorus, and Orff mallet instruments through which they learn ear training, music theory, and music-reading skills. After students demonstrate basic music competence and commitment, they are offered opportunities to transition to other instruments. Students have multiple ensemble and performance opportunities. Family participation and community partnerships are key to ELM's success.

ELM envisions a center of musical excellence in which classical music and other music traditions are shared and celebrated.

Enriching Lives through Music | P.O. Box 1133, Larkspur, CA 94977-1133, U.S.A.