Roland Aids Music Ed Through Lang Lang Foundation |
IN 2008 INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY PIANIST LANG LANG launched the
Lang Lang International Music Foundation in response to the impact of budget
cuts on school music education. Lang Lang's celebrity within his native China
is popularly credited with inspiring millions of Chinese children to take up
the piano, and his Foundation is having an impact on children and communities
worldwide. Roland Corporation is a longtime supporter of the Foundation's
mission and activities.
Starting in the fall
of 2013, the organization set out to create free group piano lesson programs
in public schools throughout the United States. Thanks to successful
fundraising and a partnership with Roland Corporation U.S., which donated two
piano labs, the first Keys of Inspiration programs were launched in Boston,
Massachusetts at the award-winning Boston Arts Academy and Orchard Gardens
K-8 School. The schools were chosen, in large part, because of their rich
history in developing students' music appreciation. In 2015 the program will
expand into additional U.S. schools. |