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Connection is cultiv ated through cooperation and goal sharing. W e <br />encourage the girls to listen and giv e positiv e and constructiv e <br />feedback. <br />The SV curriculum begins with a K-1 non-performing ensemble which <br />explores singing and musical concepts and v ocabulary through <br />games and v arious folk repertoire. As the students mov e up in <br />grades, they progress to ensembles that teach more complex music <br />skills, sing more difficult repertoire including songs in languages <br />other than English, require more time commitment, and giv e more <br />frequent performances, including a small opera or theatrical <br />performance. The older girls also hav e regular programming that <br />focuses on leadership, social issues, writing and speaking <br />workshops and community serv ice. Leandra also offers summer <br />camps which offer different themes each year. This coming summer <br />there will be a Music and Theater workshop for rising 5th to 9th <br />graders. A Choral Camp for rising 4th to 6th graders, and a <br />Leadership Camp for rising 6th to 9th graders. <br />W hile our singers are racially div erse, we are working to attract a <br />socio-economically div erse group of participants by building div ersity <br />in our leadership through our student interns and our Board of <br />Directors, which will help us reach communities that may not yet be <br />aware of our organization. W e also hav e a scholarship program and <br />our tuition is built on a sliding scale. W e nev er turn singers away <br />because of inability to pay and we’re striv ing to include more children <br />from underserv ed populations. <br />Our staff consists of Artistic Director, Leandra Strope, with 30+ years <br />of choral conducting experience and Managing Director, Jenny <br />W alters, who also works as Volunteer Specialist with the CHCCS <br />system. In addition, we hav e Social Media Director, Matt Cottrell, an <br />SV alum who identifies as a queer, non-binary person and has <br />recently graduated from Appalachian State. This past year we had <br />college Interns, Jada Poteat and Jordan Taylor. Both are women of <br />color and UNC students, who striv e to engage children from <br />underserv ed communities in enrichment programs. Our accompanist <br />is Kristin Trangsrud. <br />The Board of Directors consists of 7 women, sev eral of whom hav e <br />girls in SV. Two Members are women of color, including a Spanish <br />speaker who is connected to the local Latinx community. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 5BBADE15-7D0F-4B0F-A3D6-FC42C5DF4B54