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Learn more about The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School through the CTA Foundation Chats 2021 interview with Dr. Leslie Jones, Executive Director.

Music students who are blind and visually impaired are offered a five-week course. “For me this class is about being dance,” its teacher says. “When we talk about systemic racism and lack of access and lack of inclusion, they’re [FMDG Music School students] in the middle of it.  And so I want through the arts…

Yerko Difonis has always known that he wanted to pursue music professionally, and has dedicated his life to music ever since he was a child. However, obtaining proper music instruction and pursuing music professionally has not always been easy. Despite beginning to learn music as a young child in Chile, Yerko had only been able…

Born in Serbia, Milica spent her first few years in Belgium, and then another seven in Montenegro before coming to the US when her father was offered the position of Consul General after Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia. She would live in the states, on a family visa, for the next five years before…

60 Minutes feature spotlighting Matthew Whitaker with an appearance by his teacher, Dr. Dalia Sakas of the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School.

The WestView News interviews Dr. Leslie Jones, Executive Director, on the past and future of The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School.

Executive Director, Dr. Leslie Jones has been recently interviewed by Donna Koh, the Music Reader Services Librarian for the Library of Congress Music Section. In the interview, Dr. Jones shares her experience as a long-time music educator working with students who are blind and visually impaired. The interview was published in two parts. You can…

Vision Monday magazine has published an article recapping The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School history, mission and recent updates. Read the full article by following the link below: The Music Keeps Playing at this One of a Kind School – Vision Magazine

Corey Kilgannon of New York Times  has written an article about our recent separation from the Lighthouse Guild, and the immediate consequences. You can read the full article by following the link below: Why a School for Blind Musicians Is Being Evicted at Christmastime