Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange
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The Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange is a cultural exchange program
sponsored in part by the United States
State Department
's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
and administered by Carnegie Hall
The program brings New York City
students together with students in foreign countries, where the students (between grades 9 and 12) collaborate in various projects to make music. The program uses telecast to bring students together in interactive performances and discussions.
Previous seasons have featured exchanges with Mexico, India, and Turkey. The 2010-2011 season features "The Music of Mexico." The program includes two concerts using the interactive telecast method, professional development workshops for teachers, a "Student Ambassador Program" where one student from each classroom participates in a workshop, curriculum resources for participating classrooms, and an online social community.
United States Cultural Exchange Programs
United States cultural exchange programs, particularly those programs with ties to theBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, seek to develop cultural understanding between United States citizens and citizens of other countries...
sponsored in part by the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
State Department
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world...
and administered by Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
The program brings New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
students together with students in foreign countries, where the students (between grades 9 and 12) collaborate in various projects to make music. The program uses telecast to bring students together in interactive performances and discussions.
Previous seasons have featured exchanges with Mexico, India, and Turkey. The 2010-2011 season features "The Music of Mexico." The program includes two concerts using the interactive telecast method, professional development workshops for teachers, a "Student Ambassador Program" where one student from each classroom participates in a workshop, curriculum resources for participating classrooms, and an online social community.