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The
Academy is strongly dedicated to providing quality music education
to students of all ages. In addition to
studying with professional
musicians, students will be able to attend monthly workshops, performance
classes, play-days (for the young string students), recitals given
by the faculty, the spring recital, and other academy events. Students
will benefit not only by performing themselves but by listening
to their peers and others perform. We strongly encourage students
to attend
academy performances as well as other music events in the community.
At their teacher’s request, students will be asked to perform
during performance classes.
Leo
Kucinski, a young Polish violinist, came to Morningside College
in the early 1920s. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he built a
musical community from the bottom up. He recognized that one had to
teach young students, support existing musicians, attract new professional
musicians to the community, and create opportunities for these individuals
to work and play together in order to build a successful and flourishing
music community. Through the cooperation of Morningside College, where
he taught, the Sioux City Community Schools, and private teachers,
he was successful in creating the Sioux City Symphony, now a crown
jewel of the Siouxland musical community.
The need for excellence in music education is as great now as
it was during Maestro Kucinski’s life. This is why the Leo Kucinski
Academy of Music has been established. The academy exists to complement
and support the education and performance efforts of Sioux City’s
public and private schools, the home school community, and the
Siouxland Youth Symphony, as well as the surrounding school systems
and other
cultural organizations.
