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Morning & Full-Day Preschool programs with a full, child-centered curriculum of creative specials like music, science, drama, social and emotional learning, and more!
Music Therapy 
Established in 1966, our pioneering Center for Music Therapy (CMT) uses guided music experiences to help individuals meet life's challenges.
Bop Stop 
BOP STOP at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie.
Nine Lives Project @ BOP STOP
October 18 from 8:00pm - 10:30pm
Tonight marks the 5 year anniversary of BOP STOP @ The Music Settlement. For this occasion, we want to showcase how music has the power to culturally, morally, and emotionally influence our society in a positive way. Therefore, we are thrilled to present Chris Coles' Nine Lives Project.
Saxophonist and Kent State University music teacher Chris Coles has spent the past two years creating a performance piece that he hopes will raise awareness about racial injustice.Nine Lives Project tells the story of the 2015 shooting in Charleston, S.C., where a white supremacist killed nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church. Coles says it was a turning point in his life.
Big Thanks to The Knight Foundation, GAR Foundation, and the PEGS Foundation for helping to make this possible.
Listen to a WKSU interview with Chris Coles. View a video preview of the Nine Lives project at the KSU School of Music’s YouTube channel. For more information, visit the Nine Lives Facebook page.
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