Engage in Beloit | Turtle Creek Chamber Orchestra and Children’s Music Camp

In 2012, a group of residents who shared a passion for music came together to discuss ways of creating a summer-only chamber orchestra as a way to provide family entertainment and supplement music education throughout Southern Wisconsin. Dr. J. Ian Nie, a music professor at Beloit College, and his student, Carol Roy, called a meeting in April, 2012 along with other interested musicians and teachers of music. Turtle Creek Chamber Orchestra (TCCO) was launches and

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Engage in Beloit | Project 16:49

16 hours and 49 minutes: the time between school ending one day and beginning the next. In 2010, local filmmaker R.E. Burgos created Sixteen Forty-Nine, a moving documentary that shed a light on the issue of youth homelessness in Rock County. The film was shown at the Beloit International Film Festival and later won the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth media award. Perhaps most importantly, the film became a catalyst

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Engage in Beloit with Leadership Development Academy of Rock County

Leadership Development Academy of Rock County The Leadership Development Academy of Rock County is comprised of individuals, businesses and organizations interested in positively impacting our community by providing a personal and professional empowerment experience for aspiring leaders. The Leadership Development Academy program consists of one full-day session per month for nine months focusing on community awareness, economic development, communication skills, panels on board governance, Human Resources, project management, fundraising to name a few. There are

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