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ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY OrchKids is a year-round, during and after school, music program designed to create social change and nurture promising futures for youth in Baltimore City neighborhoods. Under Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Laureate/OrchKids Founding Director Marin Alsop, OrchKids is a cornerstone of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s community engagement efforts across the City. Founded in 2008 with 30 students at one elementary school – with seed funding from Marin Alsop and Founding Donors Rheda Becker and Robert E. Meyerhoff, OrchKids now works with nine schools in Baltimore City, serving close to 2,000 children from Pre-K through 12th grade. In collaboration with several community partners, including Baltimore City Public Schools, Or