Community Outreach 2022
Aiken High Band Director Greg Priest and Midland Valley Band Director Kaitlyn Myers Priest explain how Joye in Aiken's artist residencies and other outreach events have made a difference for their students.
Teachers Rosalyn Greene and Sally Jenkins describe the impact Joye in Aiken’s Outreach program has on their students.
A conversation with Joye in Aiken's Artistic Director for Jazz, Riley Mulherkar
Joye in Aiken is the 2016 winner of the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award, South Carolina’s highest honor in the arts, for its Educational Outreach Program.
“We needed somebody to come and tell us that we can do this and that they believe in us.”
- a student at Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School in Warrenville, following a weeklong Joye in Aiken residency in which the Juilliard-trained Allant Trio taught them for two hours a day
Every year since 2009, Joye in Aiken has sent the world’s finest young artists (primarily from The Juilliard School) into area neighborhoods – many of them isolated, rural and economically challenged -- to bring the magic and power of the arts to local students. During Festival week and at other times throughout the year, these artists visit schools and other venues to share their world-class talents. Everywhere they go, they teach. But they also do much more than that. To many of the students who hear them, they are a source of inspiration, pride and hope. They are living proof that hard work, talent and discipline can take you to the top of the world. They are mentors and role models. They are rock stars.
Each year we offer an extensive slate of in-school performances, Kidz Bop and Young People’s concerts, artist residencies, and one-on-one master classes. To date, the Joye in Aiken Educational Outreach Program has touched the lives of over 46,000 area students.
Performances and Outreach Events Statistics
your donations in action: 497 Schools, over 46,000 students
| YEAR | ARTISTS | PUBLIC PERFORMANCES | OUTREACH EVENTS | SCHOOLS | STUDENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 500 |
| 2010 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 3,373 |
| 2011 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 2,457 |
| 2012 | 38 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 3,081 |
| 2013 | 49 | 15 | 54 | 45 | 4,051 |
| 2014 | 71 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 3,502 |
| 2015 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 3,166 |
| 2016 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 3,041 |
| 2017 | 43 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 2,951 |
| 2018 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 2,852 |
| 2019 | 70 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 2,543 |
| 2020 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 59 | 4,200 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 9,470 |
| 2022 | 106 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 1,269 |
| Total | 621 | 135 | 239 | 497 | 46,456 |