Sound-Off Newsletter - Fall 2014

FALL 2014

Quarterly news from Education Through Music

CMA Foundation Awards Major Grant to Education Through Music

The CMA Foundation presents a $125,000 check to Education Through Music to support ETM partner school programs during the 2014–15 school year. From left to right: CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern, country musician Darius Rucker, ETM Director of Programs Peter Pauliks, ETM Executive Director Katherine Damkohler, and members of the country music group Little Big Town, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Jimi Westbrook.

For the second year, Education Through Music and the CMA Foundation have partnered to provide music education to even more students throughout New York City. As part of the renewed partnership, ETM was the beneficiary of a $125,000 grant, which was announced on September 3rd at

the nomination ceremony for the 48th Annual CMA Awards at NYC’s Best Buy Theater. The grant will directly impact the ETM Partner School Program, allowing for more new instruments and materials for students, and up-to-date materials for teachers.

This new grant follows the first in

2012, in which CMA donated $20,000 to launch a new music program at PS 103, the Hector Fontanez School, in the Bronx. With the core commitment of providing students with quality music education, as well as unique opportunities, ETM brought students from the elementary school Continued on page 2

Quality music education for all children

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Founders Eldon C. Mayer, Jr. Edmund R. Schroeder Administrative Staff Katherine Damkohler Executive Director

CMA Foundation Awards Grant to ETM Continued from front page

Rainah Berlowitz Director of Operations

Katherine Canning Director of Development & Program Evaluation

Tim Lemberger Director of Marketing & Communications

Kwaku Farrar Social Media Coordinator

Molly Gibson Development Associate

Leslie Gordon Development Associate

Sylvia Kollappallil Evaluation Assistant

Lina Li Bookkeeper

Kristen Pappas Evaluation Manager

Rebecca Sullivan Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Elizabeth Weiner HR Management Consultant

Program Staff Peter Pauliks Director of Programs

Nicholas LaFleur Assistant Program Director

Meryl Cullom Elizabeth Melatti Catriona O’Dwyer Deidre Racoma David Wilson Field Supervisors

Katie Masson Program Associate

Board of Directors Michael R. Schaefer Chairman

to perform at the 2013 CMA Awards nominee press conference. This year, keeping with the tradition, a new group of ETM students performed Darius Rucker’s hit single “Wagon Wheel” for Rucker, who, along with the country music group Little Big Town, hosted the September 3rd press conference.

The performance captivated Rucker and the crowd alike and displayed the effectiveness of the music education program on the students.

Speaking on behalf of ETM, Executive Director Katherine Damkohler spoke of ETM’s gratitude to the CMA Foundation for their support of music education, as well as their continued dedication to the ETM Partner School Program. “Education Through Music is thrilled to partner with the CMA Foundation to bring music as a core subject to all children…. CMA is the perfect partner to help ensure every child receives a quality music education.”

In a public statement, CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern said, “This is our second grant to Education Through Music and we were delighted

to make the announcement in New York and involve the students who are direct beneficiaries of this important initiative…. This program changes lives and we are proud to support a cause that brings music education to the students who need it most.”

In addition to the grant announcement and student performance, ETM teachers were invited to attend the famous CMA Songwriters Workshop at Joe’s Pub on September 2nd. The workshop, which featured prolific songwriter Bob DiPiero, gave ETM teachers an in-depth look into the process of songwriting, as well as anecdotes and wisdom that they can learn from and pass on to their students in the classroom.

ETM now provides music education as a core subject to 20,000 students each year. The CMA Foundation’s support plays a vital role in expanding our programs and providing music education to even more students throughout NYC.

Emily H. Susskind Robert A. Weisstuch Vice-Chairs

Katherine D. Elliott Treasurer

Edmund R. Schroeder Chairman Emeritus

Aly Alibhai Joshua Bell Richard Bernstein Rick Dobbis Jennifer M. Goff Victor J. Goldberg Karen M. Karlsrud Andrew J. Malik Joseph F. McDonald Lori A. Murphy Amie Patel David E. Stiepleman Manoj Susarla Steven Williams advisory committee The 5 Browns Misha Dichter Marilyn Horne Jane Remer Thomas Sobol Harold Tanner

Students from ETM Partner Schools performed at the 2014 CMA Nomination Announcements held in New York City in Times Square on September 3, 2014, conducted

by ETM Field Supervisor David Wilson.

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Nord Family Foundation Sponsors 2014 Professional Development Retreat for ETM Teachers Week-long summer program augments year-round commitment to teacher training Nearly 50 teachers, guest lecturers, and ETM program staff gathered for the 2014 ETM Academy Retreat, which was held for the second year in a row on the beautiful campus of Oberlin College in Ohio, this year from August 9 to 14. The full week of almost 12-hour days was jampacked with everything from vocal technique and marketing methods to a ukulele jam session and a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The professional development retreat was made possible through a grant from the Nord Family Foundation. Of the partnership, executive director of Education Through Music Katherine Damkohler said, “We are committed to providing every child with highquality music education, and that starts with having qualified and welltrained music teachers. Through the generous support of the Nord Family Foundation, we are able to provide our teachers with the training and professional development they need to teach effectively and really make a difference in the lives of the many students they teach.”

Teachers from New York joined teachers from Cleveland, Los An-

geles, and as far away as Chile to collaborate and explore the many roles they will take on in a classroom and school. While these roles include nurse, custodian, lifesaver, artist, and cheerleader, just to name a few, the teachers were up to the task. “This is one of the most dedicated, enthusiastic, and talented groups of teachers we at ETM have ever had the pleasure to work with,” said ETM program staff member Catriona O’Dwyer. “We are so excited to send them into our partner schools this fall.” O’Dwyer joined Program Director Peter Pauliks and fellow program staff members Nicholas LaFleur, Meryl Cullom, and David Wilson to teach sessions on topics

“We are committed to providing every child with high-quality music education, and that starts with having qualified and well-trained music teachers.”

like lesson planning, learning rubrics and assessments, music literacy, band conducting, and general music strategies.

Almost an entire day was devoted to the study of music teaching methods, with four experts from the Cleveland area each giving a lecture on a different method. In-depth presentations on the Gordon, Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Orff methods had teachers using body percussion, hand signals, tone bells, puppets, movement, and chanting; after gaining an overview of all four methods, teachers formed groups to discuss how they could adapt what they had seen and experienced in the workshops into their own classrooms. New ETM teacher Gordon Green said of the retreat, “Not only was it an excellent chance for professional development, with very helpful and knowledgeable facilitators, it was also a wonderful opportunity for all of the teachers to create a network and tight bond amongst ourselves. I know that we are all here to support one another in the collective effort that is the ETM model.”

-Katherine Damkohler, ETM Executive Director

Above: ETM teachers and staff participated in a week-long professional development retreat August 9–14, in northeast Ohio.

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2014 Summer Music Academy For the second consecutive year, Education Through Music held its month-long Summer Music Academy for students in New York City.

ETM students from across the city looking to continue their music education participated in the summer day camp, which was held throughout the month of July. Students from a variety of ETM’s Partner School programs in grades 4 through 8 made their way to One World Middle School in the Bronx to expand their musical skills.

“The Summer Music Academy is a wonderful opportunity for ETM stu-

dents to maintain and build upon the skills they learned during the school year while having fun and gaining confidence by performing for their peers,” said Kathy Damkohler, Executive Director of Education Through Music.

The Summer Music Academy, which hosted an array of activities ranging from orchestra, band, or guitar sessions, to Broadway-style performance and world music, enriched the skills students acquired throughout the school year, while introducing students to new, exciting elements of music education.

Building on the success of the inaugural Summer Music Academy last year, there was a 27% increase in enrollment from 2013, with many students opting for the day-long sessions. The Music Academy saw many returning students, but for newcomers, the joys of the program were on display as the fast-growing summer camp continued to attract ETM students to keep learning during the summer.

In addition to the daily sessions, students were invited by New York City Council Speaker Melissa MarkViverito to attend and perform at the Bronx Youth Fair. The fair, attended by hundreds of children participating in various summer education programs throughout NYC, gave students a chance to meet and watch their peers and discover what they were up to during the summer months.

ETM teachers also benefited from the Academy, as the dedicated Partner School teachers guided their students to successful activity sessions, while also learning new teaching methods and brushing up on their own music skills.

Students experienced a fun-filled month of activities and learning that they can now carry into the new school year. ETM is very proud of all the students who participated in this year’s Summer Music Academy, and looks forward to seeing many of them, as well as many new faces, next summer.

Top: ETM students attended the Bronx Youth Fair, where they had the opportunity to perform for peers and the community.

Bottom: Guitar students performed at the end of the 2014 Summer Music Academy.

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Above, left: ETM students performed a scene from the musicial “The Music Man.” Above, right: Summer Music Academy students sang for family and friends.

Right: Orchestra students also performed at the Bronx Youth Fair.

ETM’s Bassline: A New

Monthly Giving Campaign

The bassline is the backbone of music: it helps keep time and define the key, while giving the melody and harmony a foundation on which to grow.

And at Education Through Music, the Bassline is a new community of monthly donors who keep ETM moving to a steady beat!

Monthly giving is a low-hassle, flexible way to make a difference for partner school students. $5 per month, for example, can provide recorders to an entire class of ETM students. $12.50 per month can support a full year of music education for one child.

Members will receive special recognition and field updates.

Visit www.ETMonline.org/bassline to join today!

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Education Through Music Expands with 12 New Partner Schools Education Through Music is significantly expanding its partnerships with schools to provide music as a core subject. In the 2014–15 school year, Education Through Music will partner with 37 schools total, serving 20,000 students. This is an increase from the 2013–14 school year, when ETM partnered with 28 schools, serving 15,000 students.

“ETM is thrilled to announce the addition of 12 new partner schools for 2014–15, and we welcome this opportunity to use music education as an avenue to help more students gain self-esteem and succeed in school. As we begin the school year, we look forward to building these new partnerships as well as continuing our partnerships with returning schools.”

The new partner schools will implement general music as a core subject for all children attending the school in the grades indicated. Additional ensemble activities are also included.

2014-15 ETM

PARTNER SCHOOLS

New schools are indicated in green

Bronx Schools PS 42; PreK–5 PS 43; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 48; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 68; K–5; string orchestra for grades 4–5 PS 72; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 76; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 87; K-5; string orchestra for grades 4-5 PS 91; K-6 PS 103; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 109; PreK-5 PS 169; K–5; string orchestra for grades 4–5 PS 179; PreK-5 PS 182; K–5 PS 294; K–3 PS 357; PreK–1 PS 359; PreK–3 PS 369; PreK-5 PS 531; PreK-5; band for grade 5 PS/IS 89; PreK-8

PS/MS 498; K–8 MS 180; 6–8; band and string

orchestra for grades 6–8 MS 529; 6–8; string orchestra

for grades 6–8 MS 566; 6–8; band for grades 6–8 St. Angela Merici; PreK-8 St. Anselm; K–8 St. Athanasius; K–8 Brooklyn Schools PS 84; PreK–6; string orchestra

for grades 4–6 PS 147; PreK-5 PS 325; PreK-5; string

orchestra for grades 4-5 Queens Schools PS 154; K–5; band for grade 5 PS 175; K–5 PS 244; PreK-3 PS 343; PreK-K St. Thomas the Apostle; K–8 Manhattan Schools PS/MS 007; K–8;

band for grades 5–8 St. Ann; K–8; string orchestra for

grades 4–8 St. Mark the Evangelist; PreK–8;

band for grades 5–8

New Companies Support ETM proceeds from each product sold to Education Through Music is excited to announce new partnerships with Mozarts and Einsteins and with Cords for Music. Mozarts and Einsteins is a preschool of integrated arts and academics located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. For each new registered student, the private preschool is donating $249 to ETM to help provide music education to all students.

Cords for Music is a socially motivated jewelry line that gives part of the

funding music education initiatives.

The jewelry line is donating $10 from each sale of its Pick Cord Bracelet to ETM. Inspired by the magic of Rock and Roll, the Pick Cord is shaped like a guitar pick and attached to the wrist using waxed cotton cord. Mozarts and Einsteins and Cords for Music are joining established partner Grain Audio in supporting music education by donating a portion of sales proceeds to ETM.

Cords for Music bracelets are available at www.cordsformusic.com.

For each one sold, ETM receives $10.

For each student enrolled at Mozarts and Einsteins through December 31, 2014, ETM will receive a donation of $249.

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Thank You, Summer “Match for Music” Supporters ETM sincerely thanks the following individuals and organizations for participating in “Match for Music” – ETM’s first-ever matching gift campaign – either by making a contribution or by referring a first-time donor between June 1 and August 31, 2014.

Thanks to these supporters and an anonymous benefactor, the campaign raised $82,145.50, helping ETM to expand programming this fall!

Dina Adimari Evan Anderson Josh Aronson Alice Avanian Brooke Berescik-Johns Carol Bilotti Ben Birnbaum Matthew Blumenfeld & Claudia Canale-Parola Sue Brennan Fred Cabral Donna Cappucio Nicole Carroll Jean Carucci Courtney Clark Steve Cohen Katherine Damkohler Leigh Damkohler Allan and Carol Deitz Dotopia Foundation Kyle Ebner Sherry Ellis Dr. Francis & Gina Elmi Chris Fiore / Limited Brands Roseann Fiore Barbara Fogel Jennifer Fowler Sylvia C. Fox Giving Fund Marc Friedman Howard & Rona Geiser

Chris & Rhonda Gething Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jennifer Goff Jessica Goff Steph Goldman Eric Gonzalez Camille Granato Edward Grebow Allan Gropper Sid Gupta & Christine Chang Hae-Soon Hahn Michael Hamer Beth Hammond Donald & Natalie Handelman Michael Harwayne & Alison Fried Katherine Heberling Sarah Heinemann Arielle Herzfeld Melanie Herzfeld Divya Jayachandran Anthery Jean JWHands Foundation Ethelle Katz Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Patrick Kosiek Douglas C. Lane & Associates Elyse Lazartic Herb & Ellen Lev John Levis Lewis Levy

Robert Lieber Christopher Linehan Janet Locher Edgar Lugo Melissa Magrath & Sophie Savryn Richard and Debra Mark Jeffrey Marlough Terrence Martell MBIA Foundation, Inc. Greg McGinnis William McKernan Anne McShane Kenneth Melo David Mercado Elissa Miller Anne Mininberg Alex Minkow Jack & Helen Morrow Lori Murphy New York Life Insurance Co. Carrie Odgers Jonathan Otero Kristen Pappas Jaclyn Patulo James Peck Joan Pellegrini Alexander M. Powell & Ju-Yi Yen Deborah Poznansky Jean Rabunski Denise Rempe

Steven Rosenbaum David Rosenthal William Schmidt Seevers Family Foundation Simple Actions Family Foundation Aaron & Martha Spital Alexis Stern Bente Strong Marilyn Susskind Nicki & Harold Tanner Chester & Kathy Urban Peter Von Der Ahe Rachel Walker & Kenneth Schwartz Roxanne Walker Linda Walkins David & Lorraine Watson Donald & Susan Weisstuch Todd Yellin & Cori Palladino Ann Zagoreos Arnold Zurcher Anonymous (15)

Foundation, Corporate & Government Supporters 2013-14 and 2014-15 Allied World Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Bettina Baruch Foundation Bay and Paul Foundations Edith C. Blum Foundation The Bodman Foundation CMA Foundation Colgate-Palmolive Company Con Edison D’Addario Music Foundation Dancing Tides Foundation Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation William and Muriel Elliott Foundation Fender Music Foundation Ford Foundation Sidney E. Frank Foundation Fundraising Day New York Gilder Foundation Foundation for Global Sports Development Goldman Sachs Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation William T. Grant Foundation

Jerome L. Greene Foundation Susan and Richard Hare Foundation Horne Family Foundation The Hyde and Watson Foundation Jockey Hollow Foundation Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Douglas C. Lane & Associates The Leir Charitable Foundations Manhattan Borough President’s Office M.B.I.A. Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York City Department of Education New York Community Trust New York State Council on the Arts New York State Education Department Henry E. Niles Foundation The Nord Family Foundation Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation RBC Wealth Management May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Scoob Trust

ETM’s programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Simple Actions Family Foundation Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Target Taubman Foundation TPG Capital Michael Tuch Foundation Harvey and Leslie Wagner Foundation Leo Walsh Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation WME Foundation

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