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Welcome to the Tarpon Springs High School
Leadership and Music Conservatory. We are proud that our program
recently earned countywide
magnet status within the Pinellas District Schools and our name
will soon change to the
Leadership Conservatory for the Arts. Our accomplished choral
program will join the instrumental music program in the new North
County magnet program.
I encourage you to take
a look at this unique educational opportunity and what the Leadership
and Music Conservatory Program has to offer YOU. We have designed
the Leadership and Music Education curriculum to include something
for everyone whether you play an instrument or not. There are course
offerings for the student who:
- Desires to develop leadership skills and participate
in courses that specifically focus on the development of the individual.
- Desires to perform as an elite member of one
of our "nationally accomplished" musical ensembles.
- Desires to learn to play a musical instrument.
- Desires to learn to compose music and work
with the latest software and technology.
- Desires to dance and would like to improve
their skills as part of a World Class performance ensemble.
Becoming a member of our TSHS Leadership and Music
Conservatory can benefit you as an individual in so many ways. For
those of you who are just entering high school, our organization
can become an instant family of friends and help make a somewhat
scary transition so much easier. For everyone involved, the skills
you learn in our leadership and music education program to achieve
quality performance levels are the same skills that will make you
a successful individual no matter what you choose to do in life.
The members of TSHS Leadership and Music Conservatory are totally
committed to self-discipline, individual responsibility, and excellence.
I am excited about all the wonderful opportunities the Tarpon Springs
High School Leadership and Music Conservatory has to offer our students.
Over the past few years, our ensembles have had the privilege to
perform on a national level in ten different states before and in
front of more than a million people.
Furthermore, we are very proud that Leadership and Music Conservatory
graduates have made up the majority of the top ten percent of every
graduating senior class for the past 13 years and the overwhelming
majority of them graduate with some type of a music or academic
scholarship. We have graduated students who have gone on to attend
and graduate from Yale University, Tufts University, Wharton School
of Business, Annapolis Naval Academy, DePaul University, Embry Riddle
University, and every major University in the State of Florida.
Music education is a vital part of our formal education and personal
development. Please visit our Music Advocacy
page to learn more about what you can do to support music education
in our schools.
If you have any questions or need further assistance
in becoming a member or would like to become a corporate sponsor
and support the fine young people who make up The Leadership and
Music Conservatory, please call me at 727-943-4049 or email kford@tarponspringsband.com.
We look forward to sharing with you our program, our vision, and
our future results.
Sincerely,
Kevin Ford
Director
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