This program provides beginning and intermediate instrumental music instruction for adults and senior citizens who wish to start or restart playing a band instrument in a group. Sessions are held during the fall and spring semesters. The band sometimes performs at local venues. Started at UM in the fall of 2009, the program is based on the New Horizons Music International concept originated by Dr. Roy Ernst at the Eastman School of Music and is the only one in South Florida.
Frost School of Music
Dr. Stephen Zdzinski
305-284-7602
szdzinski@miami.edu
The Kulula Project is a culturally enriched tutoring and mentoring program for Black students in Miami-Dade. The programs aims to enhance academic performance through teaching study skills, increasing awareness of African heritage and culture, raising self-worth and confidence, developing relationships and interpersonal skills, promoting civic and community engagement, developing leadership skills, and enhancing college preparedness skills.
School of Education
Dr. Guerda Nicolas
305-284-9124
nguerda@miami.edu
The center’s mission is to prevent educational, emotional, physical, and social problems and promote well-being through interdisciplinary research, university-community partnerships, educational and leadership training, and consultation services. Programs include the Immigrant Children Affirmative Network (ICAN), Artist Striving to End Poverty/EnFamilia Art-in-Action Experience, Coordinated Victims Assistance Center, and Reaching Out to Girls on the Edge ad hoc committee and more. University-community partnerships include bilingual/bi-literacy research project with United Way, Project Hope mentoring program, program evaluation, and grant writing expertise for Inner City Youth of South Florida, and research and development evaluation for Community Partnership for Homeless. For a complete listing of programs and partnerships, visit http://cew.miami.edu/network/partners.
School of Education
Dr. Etiony Aldarondo
305-284-4372
etiony@miami.edu
HMI: Outbound is a community engagement program that brings a cross-genre orchestra with a distinctive blend of stylistically diverse music to Miami-Dade Public Schools and community venues such as Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Adrienne Arsht Center, and UM Gusman Concert Hall. School concerts expose students to new forms of music, teaching them how relevant open musical expression is to the development of a connected world.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Partnership with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Arts for Learning, The Children’s Trust, and other educational partners using music is used as a bridge to guide at-risk students towards college. Freshman students are partnered with seventh graders and continue the partnership throughout the mentors’ undergraduate career.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Offers teacher workshops and community-based music camps for youths and adults throughout the year. Programs include UM MusicTime, String Academy, Frost Audio Camp, Frank Cooper Lecture Series and a variety of preparatory classes.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Student musicians perform at local hospitals, primarily to benefit children. The interactive sessions help patients and families cope with the stress of being hospitalized as well as offer students the opportunity to take part in meaningful community outreach. Performances take place 2-3 times each semester.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Brings distinguished artists and music industry professionals to campus for concerts and free master classes.
Frost School of Music
Marianne Mijares
305-284-2241
Festival Miami, Florida’s Premier Live Music Festival, invites the South Florida community and its visitors to experience a wide variety of musical programming featuring world-renowned guest artists as well as Frost School of Music faculty artists and student ensembles. The annual fall music series classifies its musical programming under four themes: Great Performances, Music of the Americas, Creative American Music, and Jazz and Beyond.
Frost School of Music
Marianne Mijares
305-284-4940
festivalmiami.music@miami.edu
Worldwide access of digital resources including archives of South Florida culture and history and Cuban culture and history.
Library
Anthony Smith
305-284-4055
a.smith3@miami.edu
An online portal for arts and culture on campus. The University of Miami is one of South Florida’s most appealing destinations for cultural offerings and events of every sort.
UM Communications
Elizabeth Amore
305-284-5500
Nestled within the University’s lush tropical campus is a treasure trove of outdoor sculptures. Thanks to the generosity of donors, the University of Miami has been acquiring these outdoor works of art for more than a decade. The University currently has more than thirty sculptures varying in style, size and medium. One of the permanent collections of the Lowe Art Museum, the Public Sculpture Program features pieces by respected local, regional and international artists.
Lowe Art Museum
Brian Dursum
305-284-3535
An outreach program designed for neighbors of the University’s Coral Gables campus. Members receive newsletters with campus updates, invitations to special events, and discounts at retail and cultural outlets on campus. Enjoy concerts and movies on the Foote University Green.Sign up for salsa dancing at the Herbert Wellness Center. Tour our unique sculpture collection. Or stroll on the Ibis Walking Trail. This program includes many opportunities to enjoy all that UM has to offer.
Community Relations
Mindy Herris
305-284-4094
umneighbors@miami.edu
Offers an annual calendar of seminars, programs, classes, and speakers geared towards continued growth and learning. OLLI welcomes mature individuals who are interested in cultivating their curiosity and expanding knowledge through cooperative study in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
Division of Continuing and International Education
Noreen Frye
305-284-6554
osher@miami.edu
This contest, which is open to the public,receives more than 800 entries from amateur photographers across the world. A free traveling exhibit of winning images visits many South Florida schools and summer camp programs and is used to educate communities about underwater ecosystems.
RSMAS
Laura Bracken
305-421-4207
lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu
A monthly lecture series featuring distinguished scientists and explorers. All lectures are open to the public and are held from January through May at the Rosenstiel School on Virginia Key.
RSMAS
Laura Bracken
305-421-4207
lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu
The CAS Gallery is an on-campus exhibition space for the University of Miami’s students, faculty, staff and alumni. All exhibits at the CAS are free of charge.
Located in the Wesley Foundation building at 1210 Stanford Drive (across from the Lowe Art Museum)
Art & Art History
Milly Cardoso, Gallery Director
305-284-2542
Dedicated to supporting humanities, arts, and interpretive social science, the Center for Humanities offers lectures conferences, seminars, and workshops.
College of Arts & Sciences
Kyle Siebrecht
305-284-1580
Each year, students build and launch an interactive web site as a stage for all journalistic coverage of the Special Olympics. The site allows athletes, friends, families, classmates and caring people across the globe to share the experience of the games.
School of Communication
Rich Beckman
305-284-2726
A student run television station seen on the UM Campus channel 166 and in the City of Coral Gables via Comcast channel 96. It features news, sports and entertainment programming including the award winning newscast “NewsVision;” Spanish Language news program “Uni Miami;” late night comedy show “Off The Wire;” and “SportsDesk” which highlights the best of the week’s sports with interviews, panel debates and in-depth analysis.
School of Communication
Natalia Crujeiras
305-284-6069
ncrujeiras@miami.edu
The School of Communication provides content and guidance to this on-line news exchange designed to allow Coral Gables residents to shape their community through an interactive exchange of ideas.
School of Communication
Robert S. Hosmon
305-284-1870
A free 3-week summer workshop that teaches journalism basics to minority and underserved students. Participants develop the content for tabloid newspaper “Miami Montage,” and a companion website including broadcast material and videos. Each year a theme is selected and professionals in their respective fields help the students to learn and create content. Applications available on our website.
School of Communication
Mupi Wakhisi
305-284-3694
montage@miami.edu
This on-campus movie theater screens contemporary, classic, independent and foreign films. It is also a host theater for the Miami Film Festival, Jewish Film Festival and Miami Short Film Festival.
School of Communication
305-284-4861
cosfordcinema@miami.edu
