music education

Violinist Adrian Anantawan and pianist Leigh McAllister were born with disabilities, but found ways to excel in music.

The program launched in 2017 and was initially set to expire in June 2020. After extending into this school year because of COVID-19 restrictions, the pilot program will receive another extension and continue next year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to a Gasparilla Music Festival program that gives refurbished instruments to dozens of local schools.

For a week this past summer, the football field at Booker T. Washington High School was home to a marching band larger than any the school itself had seen…