07/15/2026
📚🎻 Big things are coming to the classroom!
The Center for Future Audiences team recently sat down with two of our favorite Colorado Springs Philharmonic violists, Erin Napier and Matt "Diek" Diekman, to start work on a brand-new pilot program: Storytime!
Launching in March 2027, Storytime is designed specifically for grades K–2, blending the magic of music with the power of storytelling to support social-emotional learning. We spent our first planning meeting reading through dozens of books, laughing, crying, and experimenting with our instruments to see how we could bring these stories to life through sound.
📖 We’ve officially chosen our first two pilot books: Mo Willems’ Because and Julia Cook’s My Mouth is a Volcano!
🏫 We have plenty of work to do before these arrive in classrooms, but we’re so excited to share this journey with you. Check out the latest Journal post for a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re turning pages into performances!
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