The 2025 slate of CAP Showcases—held in venues large and small—were some of our biggest and best ever! “If you messed up, then keep on going, no matter what. And if anything happens, you gotta continue.”
“For my students, it’s about emotional regulation and being able to manage themselves at school, at home and when they’re with their friends,” says LaRhonda Britton-James, LMHC, CAP’s Clinical Creative Art Counselor. “When they gain the ability talk it out, they come up with their own solutions.”
Often referred to as the “CAP song,” Frances Key’s piece “A Cathedral in my Heart” has been sung by students every year at Showcase since 2005. We spoke with her about the song’s 20-year legacy.
The event, held on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club, was a powerful infusion of support for CAP’s REIMAGINE Campaign: Empowering Children Through the Arts, aiming to broaden and deepen the organization’s impact across Northeast Florida.
How do you help a student learn to play an instrument that you don’t know how to play? CAP Teaching Artist Fellow in Strings Joshua Stone knows the answer.
The Cathedral Arts Project String Orchestra (CAPSO), led by Teaching Artist Fellow Joshua Stone, took home top awards at Music in the Parks, held on March 14-15, 2025 at Universal Studios Orlando.
Lillian Blanco wasn’t on a path to finish high school. But today she’s a thriving college student — all because of CAP after-school viola lessons. On April 4, Lillian will perform with the CAP String Orchestra and speak about the impact arts education has had on her life at the 20th annual Spring for the Arts.
Christopher E. Begley, principal of Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies, is the recipient of CAP’s inaugural Principal of the Arts Award recognizing principals who demonstrate exceptional commitment to delivering high-quality arts education for their students.