FWHS Summer Music Camp (2017)

For the past nine years, Fort Worth Housing Solutions and Fort Worth ISD have worked in concert to sponsor a free summer music camp for youth in the city. Every year, around 100 kids show up bright and early on the first day of camp eager to take on the challenge of learning to make music.

Led by community members, FWHS staff and accomplished musician and teacher, Audra Scott, this camp provides intensive, hands-on instruction to students from second to fifth grade. For three and a half days, children learn the fundamentals of percussion, music and math, piano, song and dance. On the final day of camp, classes come together for an opportunity to showcase everything they learned on the grand stage.

Each year, parents, teachers and administrators alike come out in big numbers to support the kids in their big concert. This year’s program featured an amalgam of piano solos, dance numbers and a few selections from the kids choir. The big finale performance of This is Me—a song that teaches children about being themselves and living unapologetically—was the perfect end to a productive week. Every child received a certificate for their participation in the program and high praises from FWISD School Board President, Tobi Jackson. This camp is a huge benefit to all who participate, and Fort Worth Housing Solutions is proud to host it.