Center for Public Service through Music
and the Arts continues reaching out
Inaugurated during the 2006-07 academic year, the Center for Public Service through Music and the Arts has already touched thousands of lives.
This is no surprise to School of Music Director Randi L’Hommedieu, who says, “50 percent of what we (in the School of Music) do is outreach- or service-related.”
According to L’Hommedieu, the CMU 2010 funding that started the center has helped the school expand its reach by enhancing existing opportunities, providing funding for otherwise-doomed projects, and allowing for the creation of new programs.
In 2006-07, the center was able to finance 49 faculty service and performance activities domestically and abroad. Among the center’s initiatives and accomplishments this year, each School of Music faculty member recently received a $1,000 grant to support outreach and service activities.
“The dollars from this CMU 2010 grant are making this all viable,” L’Hommedieu said. “It helps keep our faculty believing that anything is possible.” •
