Nathan Schram works with his students at P.S. 75, an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York.
Half the time, fellows perform in concerts around the city. During the other half, they teach in public schools. Nathan Schram was sent to PS 75, an elementary school in Brooklyn.
Last October, he told VOA how he felt about receiving an invitation to join the Academy.
NATHAN SCHRAM: "It sounded like it was going to help me communicate better with audiences. I was going to find a newer audience. I was going to help people that might otherwise not be able to experience this music and maybe I could learn something from them, too."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: In May, he looked back at the school year that was coming to a close.
NATHAN SCHRAM: "Well, the novelty of me coming here has worn off a little bit. But it's great. It’s nice coming in here and building a relationship, seeing the kids that may be struggling one week all of a sudden are really doing incredibly well the next week."
He and Zelman Bokser, the school's violin teacher, were helping students prepare for the famous Carnegie Hall.
NATHAN SCHRAM: "So they’re going to be playing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony! An arrangement, a little bit of a simplified version of it, where they’re going to be doing 'Ode to Joy' with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s."
Mr. Bokser says the students had to learn seven new pieces of music in just five weeks to perform at Carnegie Hall.
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