AFA
is nationally known
as a model of community-based music education and is the only program
of its kind in the state of Texas?
The 2007 Conservatory enrolled 292
students representing 99 area schools from 25 Independent
School Districts and ten counties in Southeast Texas?
The AFA campuses have been a "home" to almost two
thousand students
and their families in the last twelve years and that at least two of
every five students return for a second summer?
100% of AFA's twelfth-grade students have enrolled
in two and four year college programs. Of those
pursuing a music major, AFA alumni have gone on to many prestigious
program including the Eastman School of Music, Juilliard, The Curtis
Institute of Music, Rice University, The University of Michigan, Indiana
University, The University of Chicago, the University of Houston and
many more?
AFA draws a faculty of internationally
recognized performers, composers, conductors and educators
representing symphony orchestras and college and university programs
from around the nation?
The 2007 AFA Concert Series offered seventeen
free concerts that entertained thousands of Houstona
dn Southeast Texas area music lovers?
AFA concerts take place throughout
the City of Houston inlcuding Zilkha Hall at the
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, The Moores Opera House, DiverseWorks,
The Rothko Chapel, and South Main Baptist Church?
AFA
premieres
or presents
more American works than
any other Houston presenter?