Neighborhood Music School
Ravenna Michalsen is an accomplished cellist and educator with extensive experience in various teaching and performance roles. Currently serving as a Cello Instructor at Hopkins School and an Orchestra Teacher at The Foote School, Ravenna is also a Section Cellist with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra and teaches at Point Counterpoint Summer Music Camp. As the Founder and Director of Dignity Music, a non-profit organization, Ravenna integrates classical music with social and environmental advocacy. Additional roles include serving as a sub in multiple symphonies, a Wedding Cellist with Divina Strings, and a faculty member at Neighborhood Music School, where Ravenna is launching an online music education program. With a solid educational background that includes degrees from Yale University and the University of Colorado Boulder, Ravenna brings a rich blend of arts and academics to the music community.
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Neighborhood Music School
Neighborhood Music School (NMS) is the largest non-profit community arts organization in Connecticut and one of the ten largest in the country. Founded in 1911 as part of the settlement house movement serving new immigrants to New Haven, we now serve more than 2,400 students from 80+ cities and towns annually. Students of all ages receive individual and group instruction in music, dance, drama, and film, and participate in over 100 weekly ensembles. In addition, we house an arts-integrated preschool and an independent, theatre-based middle school. We provide close to $500,000 in financial aid and tuition support to more than 500 students each year.