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Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community music and arts school located at 973 Islington Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. With a faculty of 45 professional music and visual arts educators, PMAC offers music and arts classes, lessons, and Musical ensembles for children and adults aged 5 and up. The organization's music curriculum focuses on classical music, jazz, and rock music, and the growing visual arts program.〔(City of Portsmouth Cultural Commission )〕 As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it relies on funding support from private foundations, grants and community support. Contributions support scholarships and tuition-reductions, early childhood education programs, music and art workshops for area youth, summer camps, visual arts classes, and music classes. PMAC's faculty includes more than 40 local musicians, composers, and artists. == History == The Portsmouth Music and Arts Center traces its beginnings to 2002, when musicians and arts educators Katie Bleick Grazier, co-founder and director of administration, and her husband Russ Grazier, co-founder and executive director, married their love of music with their desire to provide educational and outreach opportunities for their community. Since 2002, PMAC has educated more than 2,000 music and art students. PMAC students have performed at area venues including the Press Room, The Music Hall, Rye Congressional Church and others. In 2007, twelve students from the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center accompanied the Holiday Pops orchestra〔(The Music Hall Holiday Pops press release )〕 on two arrangements. Additional performances include collaborations with Ballet New England.〔(The Wire, “Ballet New England finds new home in Portsmouth”, January 30, 2009 )〕 For its first decade, PMAC was located at 75 Albany Street in Portsmouth, a 3,700 square foot rental facility that served as the organization's start-up building. In December 2013, in the midst of a three-year capital campaign, PMAC purchased a former mattress warehouse at 973 Islington Street and rebuilt the building as a state-of-the-art music and visual arts school. PMAC moved to the new facility in February 2014 and continues to grow its visual arts and music programs in the new space. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portsmouth Music and Arts Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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