Young Audiences Of Northern California

Assembly performances: assembly performances invited students to experience a professional dance, theater or music program right in their school. These programs were planned as single, school-wide performances, or as two back-to-back performances divided by grade-level.

Residency program: our residency program transforms the classroom into a studio by bringing a teaching artist into the students' routine for a period of 6 to 16 sessions, offering students the chance to experience an art form close-up, hands-on and for an extended period. Residencies are geared towards forging deep connections and fostering creativity. Very often, the teaching artist links the content of residency to something the classroom teachers are working on in the curriculum, or, something the school is working on at-large (such as linking a visual arts program to math or science topics; or using a drumming residency to foster team-building or school citizenship). Every residency begins with a planning meeting between classroom teachers and the teaching artist to ensure a successful, collaborative experience. Our residency programs are back to pre-pandemic numbers, yielding enormous benefits on the health and well-being of both students and classroom teachers. In the 2023-24 fiscal year, yanc partnered with 87 individual schools, surpassing our 2022-23 total of 69. We look to sustain these partnerships by providing excellence in program quality and assuring our arts access for all subsidy funds are fully replenished and available for the most under-resourced schools.