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Classical Music

AFA Receives NEA Grant
A $15,000 grant will help fund the youth education organization’s Summer Music Conservatory.

The Summer Music Conservatory provides a musical training ground for students across Houston.

American Festival for the Arts, a music education organization in Houston, received a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts the first in its 21-year history to support its Summer Music Conservatory.

The SMC, which provides a thorough musical training ground for students from all over Houston, has come a long way since Houston composer J.