North Shore Conservatory Finds Ways to Keep Music Going
WDCB’s Gary Zidek talks to Midwest Young Artists Conservatory founder & president Allan Dennis.
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In a traditional year, the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory serves close to a thousand students from all over northern Illinois. Of course 2020 was anything but traditional, but the school persevered, pivoting to virtual classes and erecting a giant tent on the grounds of its North Shore campus. And the music continued, with students coming back in-person or virtually.
The giant tent on the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory campus in Highwood.
“It was necessary for the kids to get together. You have no idea what it was like at the first rehearsal in the fall, we met outside in an open field, and at the end of rehearsals, every student (all) 48 of them walked up to me and said ‘thank you for doing this’, they needed to get back out, see other people and make music.” - Midwest Young Artists Conservatory founder & president Allan Dennis talking abut the school’s decision to erect a giant tent on its campus.
MYAC students performing in a socially distant safe environment
