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Music moves children at Modesto elementary schools

First-grade students – from left, Giana Melendez, 7, Era Kuehl, 6, and Dakota Royer, 7 – react as violinist Aaron Meyer plays rock music on the violin during the Modesto Community Concert Association’s music outreach program at Mary Ann Sanders Elementary in north Modesto on Monday.
First-grade students – from left, Giana Melendez, 7, Era Kuehl, 6, and Dakota Royer, 7 – react as violinist Aaron Meyer plays rock music on the violin during the Modesto Community Concert Association’s music outreach program at Mary Ann Sanders Elementary in north Modesto on Monday. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com

Concert rock violinist Aaron Meyer brought upbeat tunes to two elementary schools in north Modesto, getting kids clapping, tapping and bouncing to a lively session of live music. Fingers flying, bow striping the air, the virtuoso melded melodies with an electronic echo chamber, using an effects processor he spent time explaining to a rapt young audience. The processor’s inventor, Meyer pointed out, combined studies in math, science and computers with a love of music to generate something entirely new. Then Meyer launched into another song, a smile flitting across his lips in sheer enjoyment. The two concerts, one at Freedom Elementary and one at Mary Ann Sanders Elementary on Monday morning, were an outreach activity of the Modesto Community Concert Association. The association has presented musical performances since 1950.

This story was originally published March 23, 2015 at 4:32 PM with the headline "Music moves children at Modesto elementary schools."

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