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Woodhaven High showcases United Sound program that pairs peer mentors with students with special needs
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District heard a presentation on United Sound, a peer-mentoring music program that adapts instruments and parts so students with special needs can perform with school bands; Detroit Harmony donated 13 instruments for participating students.
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District music teacher Brad Fernyars told the Board of Education on May 13 that United Sound pairs students with special needs with trained high‑school peer mentors so the new musicians can learn adapted parts and perform with the concert band.
United Sound is “a national organization that seeks to ‘remove barriers and foster social change through music,’” Fernyars said. At Woodhaven High School, new musicians choose an instrument and are placed in peer‑mentor groups of two to three current band students. Mentors are trained to teach…
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