Community Outreach
2025-2026
Missouri String Project Elementary School Demo Visits Fall 2025
Rock Bridge Paxton Keeley
Ridgeway Grant
New Haven Christian Fellowship School
Blue Ridge Russell Blvd
Ollis Fairview
Derby Ridge West Blvd
Midway Heights CALE
Mill Creek Locust
Beulah Ralph Parkade
Benton Alpha Hart
Cedar Ridge Two Mile Prairie
Atelier Battle
Instrument Petting Zoo/Outreach School Performances
Schools visited Fall 2025
Parkade Elementary Oakland Middle School
Lange Middle School Grant Elementary
Rock Bridge Elementary CALE
Homeschool group at MU West Elementary
Jefferson City High School Douglass High School
Center for Early Learning North
Schools visited Spring 2026
MACC
Hickman
Gentry Middle
New Collaborations
Music in Medicine Concert Series
5 concerts in the main MU hospital lobby
1 in the Children’s hospital
Sound Explorers
A beginning band experience for 6th-12th grade students with a diagnosed disability hosted by Mizzou
1 concert in Fall 2025
1 concert in Spring 2026
Adventure Club | Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
2 events so far, working with about 80 students
Daniel Boone Regional Library | Spring 2026
February 2026 instrument petting zoo
Estimated reach: 50 people
Continued Collaborations
MU Music Theory Dept | Fall 2025
5 events, including 1 event with petting zoo.
Estimated reach: 200 people
State Music Fest | Spring 2026
May 2026 - Instrument petting zoo booth
Estimated reach: 200 people
Education Conference | Spring 2026
Estimated reach: 30 people
Odyssey Music Series | Spring 2026
Instrumental Petting Zoo
Estimated reach: 100 people
Estimated Numbers for 2025-2026
33 Schools
6 Organizations
50 Events (and counting!)
2,000+ Impressions
2024-2025
Schools visited Fall 2024
Derby Ridge Elementary
Fairview Elementary
Gentry Middle
Jefferson Middle
Karis Church (homeschool event)
Lady of Lourdes Interparish
Locust Street Elementary
Parkade Elementary
Paxton Keeley Elementary
West Boulevard Elementary
Oakland Middle School*
Schools visited Spring 2025
Fairview Elementary
Gentry Middle*
Parkade Elementary
Capital City High School
Lange Middle School
*multiple visits in one semester
New Collaborations
Adventure Club (afterschool program for students in Elementary school) — 3 events ~ 150 students.
Daniel Boone Regional Library — 1 event ~ 200 students
MU Music Theory Dept – performances of a forgotten work in area schools — 3 events ~ 100 people
MU Coffee and Connections – petting zoos for MU faculty and staff — 1 event ~ 50 people
State Music Festival – Instrument Petting Zoo for performer families — 1 event ~ 200 people
MAC Academy | Summer 2025 – for rising 10th grade students for the MAC Scholars Summer Honors Academy at MU — 1 event ~ 30 people
Partnerships Continued from Past Years
Compass Inc. | Fall ‘24 and Spring ’25 – Instrument Petting Zoos — 2 events ~ 300 people
Education Conference | Spring 2025 – Instrument Petting Zoo for educators in Columbia — 1 event ~ 30 people
Odyssey Music Series | Spring 2025 - Instrument Petting zoo for the Odyssey Children’s Concert — 1 event ~ 100 people
2023-2024
Events of Fall 23' included:
Petting Zoo at The Children’s School at Stephens College ~30 students
Petting Zoo at Children's House Montessori ~60 students
Events of Spring 23' included:
Violin and Tuba sectionals/performances at Oakland Middle School ~50 students
Clarinet Sections at Gentry Middle ~20 students
Performances at Paxton Keeley Elementary in March for “Make Music Month” ~100 students.
Total instrument petting zoos: 15!
2022-2023
34 events total
At least 29 different schools/groups
Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Columbia organizations and community events
Over 1,000 students reached
Fall 2022: 20 events including:
Petting zoo at Locust Street Elementary Fall Festival, ~150 students
Cello/Tuba at Parkade Elementary, ~50 students
Percussion at Hickman, Alton, Bloomington, Camdenton High Schools, and Holman and Saeger Middle Schools, ~500 students
Choir at Rock Bridge High School, ~50 students
Viola at Children’s School at Stephens College, ~30 students
Spring 2023: 14 events including:
Cello and Tuba at Jefferson Middle, ~40 students
Percussion at Poplar Bluff High and Elliot Battle Elementary, ~80 students
Jazz assembly and trombone at Gentry Middle, ~150 students
Violin at Children’s House Montessori, ~50 students
Cello and Flute at La Petite Ecole, ~40 students
Jazz ensemble at Gentry Middle School ~100 students
Petting Zoo in collaboration with Compass Inc., ~100 participants
2021-2022
16 events total
Fall 2021: 4 events, ~100 students
Guitarist at Jefferson Middle and Douglass High School
Choir class at West Middle School
Spring 2022: 12 events , ~300 students
Smithton Middle School vocal performance
Trumpet at the Children’s School at Stephens College
Clarinet at La Petite Ecole
Piano at City Garden School
Percussion at Paxton Keeley Elementary School’s Culture Night
Saxophone Quartet and Jazz Assembly at Gentry Middle School
Cello at Jefferson Middle and Douglass High School
Percussion at Locust Street Expressive Arts Academy
Percussion at Grant Elementary School
Glee Club at West Middle School
2020-2021
9 virtual outreach events at 8 schools:
Smithton Middle School
Beulah Ralph Elementary School
Rock Bridge Elementary School
La Petite Ecole
Boys and Girls Club of Columbia
Locust Street Expressive Arts School
Eliot Battle Elementary School
Lewis and Clark Middle School