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A brief synopsis of what we do and how we do it.  More info on our website at www.RedTieArts.org


                                                                            Eight years ago, Jerry Cooper, John
                                                                            Griswold, Carol e Ann Mason-Laux and
                                                                            others launched Red Tie Arts.  Our
                                                                            mission was to help at risk children
                                                                            become better students and adults
                                                                            through exposure and the study of
                                                                            music and the arts.   We developed the
                                                                            basis of our program with the help of
                                                                            folks from Modesto’s Sylvan School
                                                                            District.

                                                                            How it works.  We get recommenda-
                                                                            tions from the schools as to which
                                                                            students would benefit from additional
                                                                            help through outside of school, private
                                                                            lessons.  They recommend, we follow
                                                                            through, set up lessons with the areas
                                                                            best instructors, and provide a series of
                                                                            lessons.  The results have been
       Our first student and Michelle, his music teacher from Sylvan School
                                                                            amazing.   More on our website at
       District. Japneet studied drums and percussion from this area’s best
                                                                            www.redtiearts.org/education
       drum instructor, David Hawkes


































       Some of the students we have funded through Opera Modesto perform for our pre show music.  Here they per-
       form  "We Are the World" is a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It
       was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the
       album We Are the World.
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