RCC orchestrates German exchange

city of Riverside and an exchange is being explored as part of RCCD study abroad program,” Mills said.

“In particular, Kellner is interested in piloting a student exchange in the music discipline.”

Micherri Wiggs, faculty coordinator of international education for the District, said she and others are working on developing the music program with Christian Ernst Gymnasium, a high school in Erlangen.

Wiggs said she reached out to the Riverside, Norco and Moreno Valley mayor’s offices to ask about their sister cities.

Wiggs learned that the German high school was eager to develop an exchange program in music with the District.

“The principal of that school came to visit us in early March and we toured the Coil School for the Arts and talked about possibilities for an exchange,” Wiggs said. “Right now there’s a possibility of a collaboration.”

The potential collaboration could lead the two programs to eventually perform together, according to Wiggs.

The idea was an ongoing conversation they had before the COVID-19 pandemic. Wiggs said they will probably start with a small group to test how it goes.

“At this point this first exchange will probably be on the smaller side and allow us to explore options to grow it into something larger at some point in the future,” Wiggs said.