The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra developed Adventures in Music (AIM) to implement our goal to offer music education for all ages. This program provides the opportunity for all elementary school students to experience live cultural arts performances, with music as the primary focus. AIM places emphasis on the quality of musicians and music presented to the students. We are deeply grateful to our current sponsors for their generous donations to the AIM program: Rotary Club of Port Angeles, Shirley Anderson, Sound Community Bank, Port Ludlow Performing Arts, Kurt Anderson, D.A. Davidson, and 1st Security Bank of Washington.
Morgan Bartholick
Originally from Port Angeles, Morgan Bartholick is the new Operations & Development Manager for the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, with the Adventures In Music program now under his direction. Additionally, he is an instrumentalist, singer, and actor. You may have seen him on stage across the peninsula in plays and musicals at Port Angeles Community Playhouse, Olympic Theatre Arts, Ghostlight Productions, and Key City Public Theatre, or as the Principal Second Violin of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career, Morgan has been Principal Viola of Opera Louisiane, a section member of the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Acadiana Symphony, the Rapides Symphony, and the Lake Charles Symphony, the concertmaster of the 2012 National Tour of Titanic The Musical, and a pit musician for over 25 musicals and operas. He studied violin with former PASO concertmaster, Penny Linterman, and viola at Louisiana State University with Port Townsend native, Matthew McBride-Daline. Morgan has been involved in arts education since 2008, having worked at theatre and music camps throughout college. During his time in Louisiana, Morgan was the first violin/viola faculty members for Kids' Orchestra, an after-school music program in Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Morgan develops the curriculum for the Adventures in Music program and coordinates scheduling for each performance. He writes the teacher and student guides based on the stated needs of each school and then arranges for musicians and performers appropriate for the context of the program. Morgan conducts all rehearsals, oversees every performance, and compiles and analyses all evaluations. He maintains a close relationship with the schools to ensure that the program meets their needs and remains a significant part of their academic curriculum.
Programs are designed to:
Increase elementary students’ abilities to perceive and comprehend music.
Teach the students to use their perceptions and ideas in the creation of their own music.
Assist local school districts in meeting Washington State’s Essential Academic Learning Requirement Guidelines.
Provide the cultural enrichment of live musical performances to disadvantaged communities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Reinforce students’ skills in listening, speaking, writing and creative thinking as they are introduced to musical concepts.
