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Arts Specialists Forum I
Welcome back everyone! Our first arts forum of the year will take place on Tuesday, September 20 from 4pm to 7pm at the Boston Nature Center.
To register for any PD event, please visit mylearningplan.com
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BPS Jazz Festival 2010-2011
TBD
BPS Instrumental Festival 2010-2011
TBD
BPS String Festival 2010-2011
TBD
BPS Choral Festival 2010-2011
TBD
Kodaly Music Institite's Music Education
Kodály Music Institute's Music Education classes begin Sept. 26, 2011. Take Level I complete in fall semester and Level II complete in spring semester. These programs present opportunities for artists-teachers-scholars to electrify their teaching and expand their knowledge base. KMI offer NEC's only solfège course using moveable "do" solmization and fixed absolute letter names to develop relative and perfect pitch. Read more...
"Classrooms Rock"
Learn how iPad can bring the latest digital music solutions into your curriculum. A free event from Apple. Classes on September 22 & 28, 2011 Read more...
Training Chorus Manager Opportunity
Boston City Singers provides quality music education in after-school classes and rehearsals for children of diverse backgrounds, foster teamwork, self-discipline, accomplishment and pride while filling an important cultural need in the Boston metropolitan community. Headquartered in Dorchester, Boston City Singers trains and inspires the artist, student and ambassador in each child and shares these developed talents throughout the year in public and private performances. Read more...
Gordon College Graduate Music Education
The Gordon College Graduate Music Education program offers a new master of music education hybrid summer program. Read more...
NEW at Urbano... Arts classes for ADULTS starting in February 2011
REGISTER NOW. Jumpstart your creativity in Urbano's professional studio and gallery spaces with arts, athletics, media, and music classes led by local artists and performers. Urbano's arts classes for adults provide opportunities to experience diverse artistic media and develop a personal style in the studio. It's also a great way to meet your neighbors from all over Boston, and try something new! Urbano's arts classes for adults are open to students 18 years of age and up. All income from adult classes supports Urbano's free arts programming for teens. Questions? Contact us at 617.983.1007 or info@urbanoproject.org. Urbano's Studio is located in the Jamaica Plain Brewery Complex at 284 Amory St. Jamaica Plain
VH1 Save the Music Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for you and your students! The VH1 Save the Music Foundation and DoSomething.org have teamed up to mobilize young people to advocate for music education through a Battle for the Bands campaign. In 2010 the partnership inspired over 90,000 kids to advocate for music education and raise awareness among thousands more. The 2011 program hopes to build on this success and get over 100,000 teens involved in local advocacy projects, and a national video contest. Read more...
Apple & Eve Music Mash-Up
One of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's sponsors, Apple & Eve Fruitables
is dedicated to supporting music education through Seeding The Arts , the
brand¹s larger mission to support music and arts programs in schools across
America. Please see the attached flier with an opportunity for your
school to win $10,000! Read more...
Junior District Choral Workshop & Voice Open House
MMEA Eastern District is assisting Brookline Music School in publicizing a FREE audition workshop they are offering next month (see attached and below). Music teachers planning to have students audition for our junior music festival might want to let students know about this. Anyone with questions should contact Bonnie Pomfret at 617-277-4593 or bpomfret@comcast.net
FOCUS on the Boston Schools
FOCUS aims to introduce children in kindergarten from underrepresented Boston communities to the study of music at an early age. The program provides high-quality beginning music instruction combined with demonstrations of many types of music and instruments. For all students, FOCUS enriches the music program in their schools. For many students, this head-start training will hopefully encourage them to pursue the study of a musical instrument. Downloads: letter to parents - brochure - application.
Boston Conservatory New Extension Programs
We want to tell you about the new Extension Programs at The Boston Conservatory, which include summer Youth Programs for elementary and middle school children, Professional Development programs for teachers, and Adult Enrichment programs for adults of all ages. We are also offering high school intensives this summer, including a NEW Musical Theater Dance Intensive and a NEW High School Composition Intensive. Please send this information along to anyone who might be interested in these programs -- teacher colleagues, parents, friends, etc. We are actively recruiting young students to participate in these new programs. And do note that we are offering a Zumba Express course at the same time so that parents/caregivers can get involved in fun fitness activities while their children are taking part in these classes. We are very excited about these new programs. Folks can contact our Extension Programs Office (contact info listed on press release and website) with any questions.
Teaching African American Spirituals
We are pleased to announce that the speakers for our panel discussion are: Dr. Emmett G. Price, III (Chair, African American Studies Department and Associate Professor of Music, Northeastern University), Mr. Anthony Trecek-King (Artistic Director, Boston Children's Chorus), Mr. Tyrone Sutton (Humanities Teacher and Spiritual Ensemble Director, Boston Arts Academy Spiritual), and our featured clinician, Dr. Anthony Leach (Associate Professor of Music/Music Education, Penn State University), Myran Parker-Brass, the BSO's Director of Education will moderate the panel. Don't miss this opportunity to try-on curriculum, engage in lively conversation and hear beautiful live music, all at Boston Symphony Hall! Register today at http://teachingspirituals.eventbrite.com. To register by mail, contact Allyssa Jones at ajones@bostonartsacademy.org. PO's are accepted for payment via mail-in registration only.
TEACHING AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS is a 1-day professional development workshop for music, history/humanities and library educators, hosted by the BSO Education Department and co-sponsored by the Boston Arts Academy Center for Arts in Education and MMEA Eastern District. For details, download the attached brochure or email ajones@bostonartsacademy.org
BSO Professional Development Workshops
Download this brochure of 2010-2011 BSO PD workshops. The Boston Symphony Orchestra hopes to have more BPS teacher involvement this year and that teachers can find something they like in the catalog.
BSO Music Criticism Contest
Greetings from the Boston Symphony Orchestra! The great German composer Robert Schumann, the bicentennial of whose birth we celebrate this season, was a fine writer and insightful critic about the music of his peers. His essays elevated the reputations of many, including Schubert (posthumously), his contemporary Chopin ("Hats off, gentlemen: a genius!"), and his younger colleague Brahms (at the very start of his career). To accompany the Boston Symphony Orchestra's three-week concentration on Schumann's orchestral music-including performances of all four symphonies and his Piano Concerto-the BSO institutes a Music Criticism Contest, open to all ages, with the winners in five age categories. The essay should be a personal response to one of the five Schumann pieces being performed at Symphony Hall in November. Please visit www.bso.org/criticismcontest for more details or to submit your entry.
International House of Blues Tours
The International House of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts to schools and communities through programs that promote cultural understanding and encourage creative expression. VISUAL ARTS TOURS AND WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE AT the House of Blues, and include an art tour/presentation of works from the House of Blues art collection and a related hands-on art activity based on the work of an artist featured in the collection. Students learn about art and individual folk artists, consider some of the methods and materials used by self-taught artists, and reflect upon what might inspire artists to create artworks, while creating their own works of art. Folk Art Tours are available free-of-charge to Boston Public Schools and to other groups for a fee. Contact IHOBF-Boston to schedule a tour at 617.960.8380 or ihobfboston@livenation.com. Art tour information & IHOB Foundation Overview.
P.A.S.S. Program Grants
The Performing Arts Student Series (PASS) Program provides funds to reimburse for the cost of admission for Boston students to Boston performing arts venues (museum admissions are not eligible). Who is Eligible to Apply to the PASS Program? PASS Program applicants include Boston public, private and parochial schools and out-of-school programs, including community/ neighborhood centers, PTA/PTOs and civic organizations. Learn more...
Take Your Seat Celebrity Series
For the 2010-11 season, I am happy to announce that the Celebrity Series of Boston has over 2200 tickets in our inventory to offer to students and chaperones for the Take Your Seat Program! Some of the performances included in this year’s Take Your Seat Program are Mark Morris Dance Group, Joshua Bell, Patti LuPone, and KODO Drummers. There is no longer a need to send individual order forms in the mail and nor to wait until the event is posted online to order your tickets. As long as the complete order is received by the performance deadline date, and as long as the performance is not sold out of Take Your Seat inventory, you will receive the tickets. If you choose to order more tickets at a later date and you have already submitted your original order, then simply download a new order form and mail it in to our office. No minimum number of events is required to submit an order form. The user name and password login information from last year is the same as this year, but just as a reminder… User Name: tys Password: celebrityseries
BSO Teen Council
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Teen Council is a year-long mentor and education program for high school students. The diverse youth that make up Teen Council receive arts access and training while developing useful life skill sets. Through various projects, members reach out to their peers, families and communities, and help others develop a lifelong appreciation for the arts. Students complete at least 30 hours of community service throughout the year that can be applied for school requirements. Download application here. To learn more about the BSO Teen Council, please call 617-638-9375 or email education@bso.org
Kidearth "100 Generations" Song
Aitan Grossman, a California 6th grader, wrote an international global warming
song last year for children all over the world to sing to raise awareness about the
climate change. School children in Africa (Botswana and Ethiopia), Europe
(France), South America (Venezuela and Guatemala), and Asia (Taiwan) have
joined in already. The more kids who sing it, the bigger its impact will be. Aitan's made it easy for teachers - the notes, lyrics and instrumental tracks are on kidEarth's website: <www.kidearth.us>.
Urban Voices: A Choral Music Initiative
Urban Voices introduces choral music singing to students of all ages. Team-taught by a classroom or music teacher and an Urban Voices choral artist. Students will experience singing as a facet of their classroom curriculum. Read more...
Do Something and Save the Music
Do Something and VH1 Save the Music invites young people to help advocate for music education in their schools. Student-led music education advocacy efforts could include the posting of promotional and educational materials around schools, starting petitions or running letter-writing campaigns to save music programs, running instrument drives, organizing concerts, or starting a website or blog. Learn more information about VH1 Save the Music at http://www.dosomething.org/saveourmusic/home.
From the Top
From the Top's training and mentorship
programs prepare young musicians to connect with new audiences, serve
as positive peer role models, and give back to their communities in many
ways. From the Top records its NPR radio and PBS television programs before
live audiences across the country. From the Top is pleased to extend a
discount of $5 off for Boston Public Schools families for radio tapings
at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston. Find upcoming shows
at www.fromthetop.org,
and redeem the BPS discount at the box office.
Dear Music Specialists,
As the new academic year begins many of you will be organizing your music programs and preparing to rent instruments from the Arts Department. Due to the growing demand for more instruments and the increased cost to maintain these instruments, Curriculum and Instruction/Arts has raised the rental fee from $30 per year to $40 per year for each instrument rental.
All rental forms have been updated to reflect these changes for the 2010-2011 Academic Year. If you are interested in renting instrument for your students, please refer to the documents attached:
1. Instrument Maintenance and Rental Procedure
2. Parent Letter and Agreement Form
*Please follow the directions outlined in the Instrument Maintenance and Rental Procedure document.
We appreciate your cooperation and patience as we move forward together expanding access to quality music education in our schools. For questions regarding instrument rental please call Mark Legault, Instrument Repair Technician, at (617) 635-8746.
New Study Finds Positive Benefits of Choruses and Choral Singing
New Study Finds Positive Benefits of Choruses and Choral Singing for Children, Adults and Communities. This news release was created by Chorus America. Read more...
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