Welcome
Sidney Lanier School Music Program 

Dr. Donald R. DeVito, Music Director

2009 Florida CEC Teacher of the Year

Sidney Lanier is a public school in Gainesville, Florida for students with moderate to profound disabilities between the ages of 3 and 22. The Sidney Lanier Music Program is global in scope and is linked with universities and music programs internationally through research, cooperative music making, and professional music education organizations. 

Click on the links in the navigation bar on the right to preview different programs and services of our music program.


devitodr@gm.sbac.edu

NEWS!
THOMAS CENTER BENEFIT CONCERT
"MUSICIANS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN"

Friday, October 23rd at 7p.m. at the Thomas Center (Spanish Court)
A benefit concert to raise funds to send the Sidney Lanier Music Ensemble to their performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall this May. Admission is free and donations are accepted. Thank you to these wonderful musicians who will highlight our benefit concert:

Lyndon White II, Improvisational Drummer
Sidney Lanier Drum Ensemble
Gainesville Brass Quintet
Dr Royal Colbert, Classical & Jazz Pianist
Lansana Camara, African Drummer
New Vision Ensemble
Sigma Alpha Iota, UF Women Ensemble
Phi Mu Alpha, UF Men Ensemble

WEILL RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL
DIScovering ABILITIES
 PERFORMANCE IS MAY 21ST 2010!

For information on Sidney Lanier's 2010 performance, click the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall link under the main menu. Thank you Dr. Casey Hayes and Malcolm Gets for all of your unbelievable assistance in organizing our benefit concert this summer 2009! 

COMMUNITY MUSIC PROJECT: GROUP LAIENGEE

For more information on our project in Guinea, West Africa select this title under the main menu.  

CONGRATULATIONS TO LYNDON WHITE FOR WINNING THE COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S
"YES I CAN! AWARD"


Click on the National Council for Exceptional Children website for details of this award.

Lyndon was featured on our school system webpage:

http://www2.sbac.edu/~wpops/spotlights/09-LyndonWhite.html

One student is picked in 9 categories nationally to win the "Yes I Can! Award" for overcoming challenges associated with their disability. Lyndon White won the Arts category and will represent our school at the International CEC Conference in Seattle, Washington. CEC is the national professional organization for special education teachers. Lyndon is the lead drum set player in the Sidney Lanier School Drumline. He is the middle student in the center row above.

SIDNEY LANIER COMPETES IN NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION


Click the link below to read an article about our performance at Festival Disney, a national music competition for public school music ensembles. 

Lanier Students Making History at Disney World