{"id":66298,"date":"2016-03-13T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66298"},"modified":"2016-03-11T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T03:01:02","slug":"community-music-classes-to-benefit-the-keys-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66298","title":{"rendered":"Community Music Classes to Benefit the KEYS Program"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"keys<\/a>(Sherrill)\u00a0<\/i>The KEYS Program is happy to announce it is offering a variety of music classes for the community to benefit its music outreach programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited to be able to provide some really unique music programs for the community,\u201d said Executive Director Colleen Bennett. \u201cOur specialty at KEYS is music therapy and we are really looking forward to being able to share what we do every day with the community, while helping to raise funds for our outreach programming. It is really neat and a win-win for everyone.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The KEYS Program is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in Sherrill that delivers music, hope and smiles to kids battling cancer, and those in need of healing, through music outreach, education and advocacy. KEYS provides bedside music, family respite days and sibling support programs at no cost to families who have a child battling cancer or serious illness.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The Spring session of classes are being offered at the Sherrill-Kenwood Library and at St. Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church in Verona. \u201cBoth the library and the church have welcomed us with open arms\u201d, said Bennett. \u201cIt is great to be able to partner with them to utilize the beautiful space they each have. We can\u2019t thank them enough.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The spring session begins March 21 and includes the following classes:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Empowerment Through Music<\/i> (for parents and children ages birth through age 4)<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Autism Movement Therapy<\/i> (for children ages 5+ and adults)<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music for Caregiver\u2019s Wellness <\/i>(for adults)<\/u><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music Therapy and Art for Caregivers <\/i>(for adults)<\/u><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sweet Music for the Heart and Soul<\/i> (ages 16 through adults)<\/u><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grandsong~ <\/i>A Songwriting Class <\/i>(for grandparents & seniors)<\/u><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>The KEYS Program is also bringing back their Summer Music Camp program to provide really fun and creative music classes for students this summer. \u201cWe are very excited to have local music teacher Amanda Yeoman on board heading up the summer project,\u201d said Bennett.\u00a0 \u201cWe will have the Summer Camp information and registration available on our website at www.theKEYSprogram.org<\/a> on April 1.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

To register for classes visit the KEYS Program\u2019s website at www.theKEYSprogram.org<\/a> or contact KEYS at 315-363-6446<\/a> or keysprogram@msn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Sherrill)\u00a0The KEYS Program is happy to announce it is offering a variety of music classes for the community to benefit its music outreach programs. \u201cWe are very excited to be able to provide some really unique music programs for the community,\u201d said Executive Director Colleen Bennett. \u201cOur specialty at KEYS is music therapy and we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hfk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/keys-logo-clean-Dec-2015.png?fit=200%2C145&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}