2015 Symposium on Music in Schools by Yale School of Music

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Music in Schools 2015

All Together Now: Music Partnerships

june 4–7, 2015 • Presented with an endowment created by the Yale College Class of 1957

Robert Blocker, Dean

All Together Now music partnerships

Welcome Dear Delegates and Friends of Music, It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to Yale, to the School of Music, and to our fifth biennial Symposium on Music in Schools. On this occasion we have the privilege of honoring thirty-eight of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest music partnerships. The 2015 Symposium addresses the role of music partnerships. This topic is especially relevant in the current education context. We hope that this time together will enlighten, inspire, and renew your extraordinary commitment to our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children. Robert Blocker Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music

For its fiftieth reunion, the Yale College Class of 1957 provided an endowment that supports music education in the New Haven Public Schools and this national symposium. The School of Music is deeply appreciative of this gift and welcomes those class members who join us for the Symposium. Best wishes for continued success in your professional pursuits. Sincerely yours,

Dear Symposium Participants, We are so pleased to welcome you to Yale for the fifth Symposium on Music in Schools, and the first in which we have invited partnerships. With great anticipation, I look forward to the broad conversation we will have and the unique opportunity for Yale to host such a distinguished group of music and education leaders.

Michael Yaffe Asssociate Dean and Symposium Director

The Symposium is designed to provide substantial time for you to exchange ideas about quality partnerships with all participants, and for all of us to learn from each other. It is with great pride that the Yale School of Music, thanks to the generosity of the Yale College Class of 1957, hosts this Symposium. I hope you have a great experience here, and congratulations on being selected for the Yale Distinguished Music Education Partnership Award. My very best wishes to all of you,

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Schedule thursday · june 4 1–6:30 pm 7–9 pm

Sprague Hall, lobby Graduate Club

Registration Welcome Dinner

Morse College, dining hall Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Sprague Hall, lobby Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Morse College, dining hall Sprague Hall, Leigh Hall & Stoeckel Hall, various classrooms Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Meet in Sprague Hall, lobby St. Thomas More Center Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall

Breakfast Opening Remarks Morning Session #1 Break Morning Session #2 Lunch Breakout Sessions

friday · june 5 8–8:45 am 9–9:30 am 9:30—10:30 am 10:30–10:45 am 10:45—11:45 am 12–1 pm 1:15–2:45 pm 3:00–4:00 pm 4:15–5:30 pm 6:00–7 pm 7:30 pm

Reports from Breakouts Yale Campus Tours Dinner Concert

saturday · june 6 8–8:45 am 9–10 am 10:15 am–11:15 am 11:30 am—12:00 pm 12:00–1:15 pm 1:30–3 pm 6–7 pm 7–9 pm

Morse College, dining hall Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Sprague Hall & Leigh Hall, various classrooms Sprague Hall, Morse Recital Hall Morse College, dining hall SOM Evans Hall, Room 2410 Silliman College, courtyard Silliman College, dining hall

Breakfast Morning Session Breakout Sessions

Morse College, dining hall

Breakfast Checkout

Reports from Breakouts Lunch Afternoon Session Reception Awards Dinner

sunday · june 7 8–8:45 am

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Friday · June 5 morning session #1

breakout sessions

9–10:30 am • Morse Recital Hall

1:15–2:45 pm • Various Rooms

Opening Remarks Dean Robert Blocker Associate Dean Michael Yaffe

The breakout sessions are an opportunity to further explore ideas from the morning sessions. Participants will be assigned to a group that will address a series of questions, led by a moderator. See the insert in your packet for the list of questions and the group assignments.

Workshop Music, Education, and Democracy: Possibilities for Our Shared World Sebastian Ruth, presenter Sebastian will share perspectives and questions from his work in music performance and education in a community context, including how we might view the micro-successes and challenges in our work as part of a larger agenda to effect positive change for young people. How can the musical moments, the teaching moments, become openings for young people to be more thoughtful, engaged, and awake participants in society? How might we begin to frame a broader argument for the value of music in our schools and in our society?

morning session #2

10:45—11:45 am • Morse Recital Hall Presentation A Musical Fix for American Schools Joanne Lipman, presenter A look at how music training translates into academic success, and how it prepares students for professional success in other fields. We’ll examine the latest research by neuroscientists, psychologists and economists to understand how music training affects brain development and academic achievement. We’ll discuss the role music education played in the careers of professionals as diverse as former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (clarinet), Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (violin and guitar) and Albert Einstein (violin). And we’ll see the powerful impact that a public-school music teacher (such as the one at the center of my musical memoir Strings Attached) can have on generations of students.

report back from breakout sessions

3:00–4:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall One or two representatives from each breakout session will present the proceedings of their group’s discussion to the full audience.

yale campus tours

4:15—5:30 pm • Start at Sprague Hall, lobby

dinner

6:00—7:00 pm • St. Thomas More Golden Center

concert

7:30 pm • Morse Recital Hall

Saturday · June 6 morning session

afternoon session

Discussion Common Core, Music Standards, and Assessment for Partnerships

Panel Paying it Forward: Ideas and Action Steps to Create Successful Community Partnerships

Dee Hansen and Thomas C. Duffy, presenters

Jaclyn Rudderow and Leah Wilson, panelists

This session will start with Professor Hansen and a focus on the original standards in music and the national evolution to the 2014 standards. This will lead to a discussion of artistic literacy and the role of the arts provider, 21st century skills, assessment and evaluation, and what partnerships can bring to music education in the schools. Then Professor Duffy will frame “reform” in ways that address the need for transformation rather than rededication. How do we build out of the achievements of the current moment; how do we respond to crises?

This culminating session of the Symposium has as its goal the creation of a document of next steps. It will begin with a review of what was said at the Symposium based on the observations of our speakers. It will then lead to an open discussion for all participants in which we set priorities for future action and reflect on the most important issues discussed during the previous sessions. This session will take place in a high-tech classroom that allows us to display notes and priorities as they are discussed.

9–10 am • Morse Recital Hall

There is huge attention on reforms that address the status quo of music education. Can music teachers be better teachers outside of the public school environment? Can music professionals (non-educators) come to understand more about the way that students learn? That is, are there factors in both jobs that impede the creation of the most effective learning environment?

breakout sessions 10:15–11:15 am • Various Rooms

report back from breakout sessions

1:30–3:00 pm • SOM Evans Hall 2410

reception & awards dinner 6–9 pm • Silliman College

Welcome: Introductions Dean Robert Blocker Associate Dean Michael Yaffe Performance All-City Honors Children’s Choir Stephanie Tubiolo ’16mm, Music Director Introduction of Keynote Speaker Michael Yaffe Keynote Speaker David Lang, Composer & YSM Faculty Member

11:30–12:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall Presentation of Distinguished Music Education Partnership Awards Robert Blocker and Michael Yaffe

Concert Program

Friday, June 5 • 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Steve Reich b. 1936

Clapping Music (1972) New Haven All-City Honors Percussion Group Jeff Jones ’07mm, director

Astor Piazzolla 1921—1992

Libertango (1974) New Haven All-City Honors String Orchestra Matheus Garcia Souza ’14mm, conductor

discussion Michael Yaffe & Matheus Garcia Souza

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906—1975

String Quartet No. 3 in F major (1946) Emanio Quartet: Brian Bak ’13ad, violin Matheus Garcia Souza ’14mm, violin Colin Brookes ’13mm ’14ad, viola So Sugiyama, cello

John Zorn b. 1953

Cat O’ Nine Tails (1988) Emanio Quartet

All-City Honors Ensembles

Among the ways that the Yale School of Music supports New Haven Public School students and music teachers is through the All-City Honors Ensembles. All programs under the Music in Schools Initiative at the Yale School of Music are made possible by an endowment created by the Yale College Class of ‘57.

by a combination of Yale Teaching Artists, NHPS music teachers, and special guests. The season features three public concerts in Sprague Hall at the Yale School of Music. Membership in the group comprises musicians from schools throughout New Haven, who are admitted based on auditions and teacher recommendations in October each year.

The All-City Honors Ensembles are designed to fill a gap between the home schools of the most talented New Haven music students and the regional ensembles of Neighborhood Music School and the Connecticut Music Educators Association. The Ensembles rehearse weekly from late October through May at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, led

For the 2013-2014 school year, All-City programs were expanded to begin in the fall and to include two levels for each ensemble: Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, String Orchestra, Camerata, Glee Club, Children’s Choir. For the 2014-15 season, a Guitar Ensemble, Percussion Group, and a variety of other chamber ensembles were added to the lineup.

Emanio Quartet Brian Bak received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School, and was awarded the Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music. Dedicated to community engagement, Mr. Bak has been a member of Lincoln Center’s Community Outreach Program and was a recipient of the Gluck Community Fellowship. As a member of Juilliard’s educational outreach program, Mr. Bak debuted the ongoing series “Juilliard @ the Korea Society.” He was also a Graduate Teaching Artist at Yale.

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, violist Colin Brookes works and performs with the ensembles A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, American Ballet Theater, New York Chamber Soloists, Cantata Profana, and Le Train Bleu. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Juilliard School along with a Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music. He is currently a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University under the guidance of Nicholas Cords and Larry Dutton.

Matheus Garcia Souza is a Brazilian teaching artist, violinist, and conductor with an eclectic musical background. His early interest in Brazilian popular music, also known as Choro, gave him tools to go beyond the strict classical training imposed in most violinists. His latest performances range from orchestral soloist in Brazil, with the Londrina State University Symphony Orchestra, to soundtrack recordings in the United States for franchises such as Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, and Kingdom Hearts.

Cellist So Sugiyama started his musical studies at the age of three. In 2012, So graduated from Columbia University as a John Jay National Scholar with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. So recently finished his studies with Fred Zlotkin at the Manhattan School of Music, and is currently a graduate scholarship student of Colin Carr at Stony Brook University.

Guest Speakers sebastian ruth

joanne lipman

Sebastian Ruth is the Founder & Artistic Director of Community MusicWorks, a nationallyrecognized organization that works to build civil society in the United States by creating new roles for musicians to positively influence American cities. Since 1997, Community MusicWorks has engaged musicians, youth and families, and audience members in education, performance, community-building and dialogue experiences aimed at individual and community transformation. Sebastian’s mentors have included American philosophers Maxine Greene, Ted Sizer, and Reginald Archambault, and musicians Eric Rosenblith, Rolfe Sokol, and Kim Kashkashian. As a violinist and violist, Sebastian has been a member of the Providence String Quartet, the Boston Philharmonic, and the Wild Ginger Philharmonic, and performs chamber music from Bach to twenty-first century composers as part of the Community MusicWorks Players. Recent musical collaborations have included concerts with Kronos, Orion, Miro, and Borromeo Quartets, pianists Jonathan Biss and Andrius Zlabys, and violinist Johnny Gandelsman. Sebastian has been honored with a visit to the White House to receive the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from First Lady Michele Obama, an honorary doctorate from Brown University, and the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for “creating rewarding musical experiences for often-forgotten populations and forging a new, multifaceted role beyond the concert hall for the twenty-first-century musician.” Since 2013, Sebastian has served as a visiting lecturer at the Yale School of Music.

Joanne Lipman is an award-winning journalist, author, and arts advocate. Her internationally acclaimed memoir Strings Attached, about the power of music and great teachers, was a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com in pedagogy and a New York Times Education bestseller. Joanne is also co-creator of the upcoming cable drama Broad Street, about women on Wall Street in the 1980s, which is based in part on her own experience. Joanne began her career as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, ultimately becoming Deputy Managing Editor - the paper’s highest-ranking woman - and supervising coverage that won three Pulitzer prizes. While at the Journal, she also created the paper’s Weekend Journal, Personal Journal and the Saturday edition. She subsequently became founding Editor-in-Chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, the business magazine sibling to Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Portfolio earned National Magazine and Loeb Awards. Joanne is a frequent television commentator, seen on networks including CNN, NBC, CBS, CNBC, and she serves as a strategic adviser to news organizations such as CNN, Yahoo and NYPR. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, Harvard Business Review, and Newsweek, and her journalism has been collected in multiple anthologies. She is a member of the Yale School of Music’s advisory board as well as the Yale University Council; Breastcancer.org’s advisory board; the boards of the Knights Orchestra, the Yale Daily News, and Yale Alumni Magazine (chairman); and the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a recipient of the Matrix Award, and has been a judge for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Magazine Awards and the Loeb Awards. A Yale graduate, Joanne lives in New York with her husband and two children.

» www.joannelipman.com

thomas c. duffy

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Thomas C. Duffy, composer and conductor, is professor (adjunct) of music and director of bands at Yale University. He served as acting dean of the School of Music in 2005–2006, having served as associate dean since 1996 and deputy dean since 1999. He has served as a member of the Fulbright National Selection Committee and a member of the Tanglewood II Symposium planning committee. He attended the Harvard University Institute for Management and Leadership in Education in 2005.

Dee Hansen (DMA Music Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, BME and MM Music History, Southern Methodist University), is a Professor of Music Education and Director of Graduate Studies at The Hartt School, University of Hartford, Connecticut. She served as Chair of Graduate Studies in Music Education and Director of The Hartt Summerterm graduate program from 2006-2014. She authored The Handbook for Music Supervisors, in 2002 (NAfME) after serving as Fine Arts Consultant for the Kansas State Department of Education from 1994-2002. Dee was president of the Kansas Music Educators Association from 2005-2006 and served on the executive board of the Connecticut Music Educators Association from 2006-2010. She is primary author of The Music and Literacy Connection, 2nd Edition (Rowan & Littlefield, 2014). Dee is a nationally active clinician specializing in curriculum and assessment development, music and literacy learning connections, and practical applications of learning theory. Dee is the 2006 recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award for Arts Advocacy in Kansas, the 2007 University of MissouriKansas City Conservatory of Music Alumnus of the Year, the 2010 Innovations in Teaching and Learning Award from the University of Hartford, and 2011 CMEA University Professor of the Year.

Professor Duffy has served as president of the New England College Band Directors Association and the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Eastern Division, editor of the CBDNA Journal, publicity chair for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, chair of the Connecticut Music Educators Association’s Professional Affairs and Government Relations committees, and he has represented music education in Yale’s Teacher Preparation Program. He is president elect of the College Band Directors National Association. He is a member of American Bandmasters Association, American Composers Alliance, Connecticut Composers Incorporated, and BMI. An active composer with a DMA in composition from Cornell University, where he was a student of Karel Husa and Steven Stucky, Duffy has accepted commissions from the American Composers Forum, the United States Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Army Field Band, and many bands, choruses, and orchestras. He joined the Yale faculty in 1982.

Guest Speakers · continued jaclyn rudderow

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Jaclyn Rudderow is the Program and Communications Manager for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to restoring music education in America’s public schools and to raising awareness about the benefits of music as part of a complete education. Jaclyn oversees Foundation programs across America, including all school district partnerships in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. She has presented at state and national educator conferences and regularly meets with district administrators and school boards to consult and provide grassroots advocacy support in rebuilding music education programs district wide.

Leah D. Wilson is an arts and culture professional specializing in leadership development, arts education, and strategic impact. As Director of Learning and Engagement at OPERA America, she oversees field learning at the annual conference and is the lead administrator for OPERA America’s Leadership Intensive program. Wilson coordinates Education/Community Engagement services for a network of more than 200 opera education practitioners, and stewards K-12 and adult opera education curriculum for the field. Wilson previously served as Program Associate for the Performing Arts Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she managed grantmaking to orchestras and opera companies. She holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts in arts administration from the University of Cincinnati. Her graduate work focused on entrepreneurship and comparative cultural policy. She studied music composition and German at the University of Redlands, where she composed and produced a German opera. Her previous professional experience includes opera stage management, production and development at such companies as The Santa Fe Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and Sarasota Opera.

Jaclyn received her Bachelors and Masters of Music in Music Education degrees from the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University with a concentration in French horn performance. Prior to her role at VH1 Save The Music, she was the Director of Music at El Camino High School in South San Francisco, California, where she taught a comprehensive high school music program including band, choral and general music classes. Her Symphonic and Jazz Bands traveled throughout California and the United States to perform and participate in music festivals.

michael yaffe Associate Dean of the Yale School of Music, Michael Yaffe is a national leader in the field of community arts education. Before arriving at Yale, he served as Director of the Hartt School Community Division at the University of Hartford. He has led workshops and classes on community engagement throughout the country and supervised the development of the Music in Schools Initiative at Yale since he arrived in 2006. Michael serves on the boards of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, New England Public Radio, and Full Force Dance Theatre and has been active in both the National Guild of Community Arts Education and the National Association of Schools of Music. He holds degrees in music from Clark University and the University of Toronto. In 2011, he was honored with a National Guild Service Award by the National Guild for Community Arts Education.

david lang David Lang is one of the most highly-esteemed and performed American composers writing today. His works have been performed around the world and in most of the great concert halls. Lang won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in music for the little match girl passion, based on a fable by Hans Christian Andersen and Lang’s own rewriting of the libretto to Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. The recording of the piece on Harmonia Mundi was awarded a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance. Lang has also been the recipient of the Rome Prize, Le Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and was Musical America’s 2013 Composer of the Year. Lang’s tenure as 2013-14 Debs Chair Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall saw his critically-acclaimed festival, collected stories, showcase different modes of storytelling in music. This season Lang sees the premieres of a string quartet for the 10th anniversary of Sage Gateshead, a choral piece for the 75th anniversary of Tanglewood Music Center, a new piece for musikFabrik, a new composition for the Bamberg Symphony, and just (after song of songs) for Trio Mediaeval and Saltarello. Lang’s music is used regularly for ballet and modern dance around the world by such choreographers as Twyla Tharp, Susan Marshall, Edouard Lock, and Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed a new piece by Lang for the LA Dance Project at BAM in 2014. Lang’s film work includes the score for Jonathan Parker’s (Untitled), the music for the award-winning documentary The Woodmans, and the string arrangements for Requiem for a Dream, performed by the Kronos Quartet. In addition to his work as a composer is Professor of Composition at the Yale School of Music. Lang is co-founder and co-artistic director of New York’s legendary music collective Bang on a Can. His music is published by Red Poppy Music (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Distinguished Music Education Partnerships african music ensemble Mounds View Public Schools Sowah Mensah, teaching artist Shoreview, MN

Katherine Crockett Kathy Crockett is the music specialist at Turtle Lake Elementary in Shoreview, Minnesota. In addition to teaching approximately 960 students at Turtle Lake, in the Mounds View School District, she also directs two choirs and co-directs the African Music Ensemble with Sowah Mensah. Crockett and Mensah have recently established an African Music Ensemble at Chippewa Middle School—also in the Mounds View District. Ms. Crockett received a BS in Music Education from the University of Minnesota and a M.A. in Music Education from the University of St. Thomas. Crockett has gained experience through studying, learning and teaching with Mensah since 2006. Their African Music Ensemble was invited to perform at the 2014 National Orff Schulwerk Conference in Denver, Colorado. Ms. Crockett currently resides in White Bear Lake, Minnesota with her two dogs and is very close with her two daughters, Courtney (25) and Carly (23).

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Rio Rancho Public Schools The Santa Fe Opera Rio Rancho, NM Mika Proctor With a total of eleven years in the Rio Rancho District, Mika Proctor has spent the last three years as the Choral Director at Lincoln Middle School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Lincoln provides many after school programs, including Student Produced Opera Club. Mrs. Proctor is a vital staff member of this program. She was the 2012 recipient of the John M. Batcheller Award for Excellence in Teaching Music. She has served as the New Mexico Music Educator’s Association State Vice President for General Music. Mrs. Proctor is the founding/current President of the New Mexico Kodaly Chapter, Enchanted Educators of Kodaly. She received her Bachelor’s of Music from Eastern New Mexico University and her Master’s in Education from Wayland Baptist University. Mika is a wife and mother of three daughters. She is highly involved in the community through choirs and her church worship band.

» lincoln.rrps.net Sowah Mensah Sowah Mensah is an ethnomusicologist, composer and a “Master Drummer” from Ghana. Director of African Music at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, he was James Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont from 2004 - 2010. Sowah has taught music in Ghana and Nigeria and played with Ghana’s National Symphony Orchestra. He enjoys an active performance career. In May 2000, he performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, as a soloist in David Fanshaw’s Africa Sanctus. He has performed extensively in the United States, Africa and also in Asia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean. As a composer, Sowah has written works for orchestra, symphonic band, choruses, traditional African ensembles and works that combine above ensembles. He also has three solo albums and three books, and presents a series of workshops for music teachers every summer as well as clinics, workshops and residencies at colleges, elementary and secondary schools.

Rebecca Shoenfeld Holmes Becca Holmes has been a Manager with Active Learning through Opera Program (ALTO) at The Santa Fe Opera since 2006, where she has guided over 40 groups of students in grades K-12 to create, develop, and produce their own operas. Ms. Holmes represents the Santa Fe Opera in the Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education program. Selected because of their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of education in and through the arts, Ms. Holmes and her team members from Santa Fe Public Schools and Rio Rancho Public Schools participate in collaborative efforts to make the arts integral to education by providing professional development in the arts for teachers. Ms. Holmes holds a BFA from The University of New Mexico and has served as Associate Artistic Director of The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle. Currently she is a freelance stage director and company member of the film production company, Siren 13 Media.

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Alexandria City Public Schools Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Alexandria, VA Asif Majid Asif Majid is the Director of ASO Sympatico, an intensive music education partnership between the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandria City Public Schools, where he teaches two of Sympatico’s percussion ensembles. He is also an active percussionist and regularly performs with numerous musical ensembles in the Baltimore/DC area, including the Capital City Symphony, the UMBC Community Symphony Orchestra, and Straight Up Tribal. Asif is completing his MA in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University, with a focus on the performing arts as peacebuilding and social justice practices. He received his selfdesigned BA in Global Peace Building and Conflict Management from UMBC in 2013. Lindsey Serrao Lindsey Serrao is the orchestra director at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 2011 from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. While a student there, she studied violin with John Lindsey and performed in the symphony and opera orchestras. She also toured and performed in Thailand with Mr. Lindsey and his wife Amornrat in the first Thailand Chamber Music Festival. She currently performs in various chamber ensembles in Northern Virginia, and is working towards completing her MME from Boston University. In 2013, Lindsey founded the Strings at Sunrise at John Adams, which is an ensemble comprised of third-fifth grade string students who meet every morning before school to perform and play in a variety of musical styles. This group is part of the ASO partnership. Lindsey lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband, Patrick, and her hedgehog, Hildegard.

astral artists classroom classics School District of Philadelphia Astral Artists Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth McAnally Elizabeth McAnally holds degrees from Nazareth College and Columbia University Teachers College. She is a general music teacher, departmental leader, and co-director of the 300-voice choir at Wilson Middle School in Philadelphia. Mrs. McAnally’s collaboration with Astral Artists spans ten years, and includes curriculum development, program evaluation, and hosting performances for students and teachers. Their current project explores the power of classical music for underserved student populations. Mrs. McAnally is Lead Teacher/ Contributing Editor for the Philadelphia Orchestra’s School Concert Collaborative Group, and an Editorial Board member for General Music Today. She has presented workshops for schools districts and professional conferences across the country. Her published work appears in Teaching Music, General Music Today, student workbooks for Astral Artists, and curriculum guides for the Philadelphia Orchestra. She is a contributing author of Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom, and author of Middle School General Music: The Best Part of Your Day.

» www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethannmcanally/en Bonnie Slobodien Bonnie Slobodien’s fourteen years as Director of Education & Community Engagement for Astral Artists have focused on bringing artists into classrooms for multiple visits, providing artistic and program development experiences for the musicians while presenting dynamic, relevant, and exciting classical music for the audiences. Slobodien’s leadership and experience have guided the integration of Astral’s community engagement programs into the formative career development of outstanding classical soloists. She received a Master of Educational Administration from Penn State University and Bachelor of Music Education from the Hartt School. She studied flute with John Krell and Jean-Pierre Rampal. During her career as a music educator, Ms. Slobodien has designed, developed, and implemented music programs in public and private schools.

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Emily Anastasi Emily Anastasi began her tenure at The Philadelphia Orchestra as Education and Community Partnerships Coordinator in 2011, shortly after receiving her degree in music education from West Chester University. After three years spent directing the production of various Orchestra programs for both adults and children as young as three, Emily was named Manager of Collaborative Learning. In this position she works with Orchestra members, teaching artists, community stakeholders and arts-related non-profit organizations in Greater Philadelphia to bring the Orchestra’s music and musicians to audiences of all ages, sizes and demographics in a meaningful way. When Emily isn’t dashing from program to program, she’s teaching violin, playing at weddings and other events, or performing at church. Frank Machos Mr. Machos serves as the Director of Music Education for the School District of Philadelphia, a position he has held since August of 2013. Prior to his current administrative role, Mr. Machos spent his career in education teaching in Philadelphia public schools, specializing in instrumental music, grades K-12. Mr. Machos, originally from Edison, New Jersey, moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of the Arts, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music composition and a master’s degree in music education. He also earned his MS in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Machos remains active in the Philadelphia music community, performing as a saxophonist with a variety of musicians and performing artists and covering a wide range of musical genres. Additionally, he is the founder and Executive Director of Limelight Arts, a community based performing arts organization.

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bpo west side connection Buffalo Public Schools Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Buffalo, NY

Robin Parkinson Robin Parkinson received her Masters from The Juilliard School in bassoon performance, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development from Tufts University, as well as a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory. Under her direction, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has reached an alltime high of over 40,000 students served throughout Western New York. She has led several new initiatives such as web-streams of youth concerts into the schools, the neighborhood outreach program West Side Connection, and an annual Side by Side concert with the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts. She has also piloted several new adult engagement programs such as the BPO Fantasy Camp and the multi-media Know the Score series. She gave the keynote speech for the 2011 New York State PTA Convention called, “Becoming an Effective Advocate for Arts Education”. In May 2012 Robin received BAVPA Foundation’s first Friend of the Arts Award. James Schwanz Mr. Schwanz is a music teacher for Buffalo Public Schools at the Math, Science, Technology Preparatory School. He received his M.Ed in Music Education at the University at Buffalo, a School Building Leader certification from St. Bonaventure University, and is currently pursuing an Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction at Walden University. Mr. Schwanz has been an integral member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Education Committee assisting with the creation of various curriculum materials connecting diverse music cultures and education programs for students throughout Western New York. He leads professional development opportunities for the Buffalo Public School’s music department and regularly serves his school as an acting administrator. Mr. Schwanz also volunteers for the Red Cross, enjoys riding his motorcycle, and is an avid Buffalo sports fan. He currently resides in Kenmore, NY with his wife Dawn, their two boys Avery and Carson, and their two dogs Remy and Camille.

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Lakewood City Schools The Cleveland Orchestra Lakewood, OH

District of Columbia Public Schools Washington Performing Arts Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Hankins Elizabeth Hankins is currently pursuing her PhD in Music Education at Case Western Reserve University. She has a BME from Oberlin Conservatory and a MAE from Baldwin Wallace College. She began teaching in the Lakewood City Schools in 1990. She has taught orchestra in grades 5-12, music theory, piano class, and music history. She currently directs five orchestras at Lakewood High School, which consistently receive the highest ratings in state adjudicated events. Additionally, Ms. Hankins is the founding director of “The Lakewood Project,” an innovative rock orchestra. Her most recent personal accomplishments include 2013 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award, the 2013 Oberlin Conservatory Distinguished Alum Award, and 2015 “Outstanding Educator Award” Baldwin Wallace University. In 2014 she was published in Research Studies in Music Education. She considers “The Cleveland Orchestra at Home in Lakewood” one of her most uplifting accomplishments and is grateful to Joan Katz for their friendship and partnership.

Benjamin Hall Ben Hall began his career at the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) as a music teacher at Bell Multicultural High School. There he worked with faculty to develop curriculum eventually leading to the creation of several music class offerings as well as a repertoire for the school band that included music from the Caribbean, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. In 2002 Ben joined the central office team and quickly became involved in developing curriculum and working to support teachers and administrators. During his time with DCPS, Hall has cultivated partnerships with both local and national organizations such as Washington Performing Arts (WPA), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Yamaha Corporation, and VH1-Save the Music. Hall has been instrumental in delivering high quality professional development to teachers, administrators, and various community organizations on DCPS initiatives and processes.

Rachel Novak Rachel Novak is the Manager of Learning Programs and Community Engagement for The Cleveland Orchestra. In this role, Ms. Novak serves as a teaching artist and primary administrator for a variety of school and community partnerships that promote learning through music for children of all ages. Previously, Ms. Novak served as the Assistant to the Manager of Choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra, Resident Director for the Cleveland Institute of Music, principal bassoonist for the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra in Youngstown, Ohio, and an instrumental music instructor in the greater Cleveland, Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. Ms. Novak holds a Master of Music in Bassoon Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Bassoon Performance from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

» dcps.dc.gov Michelle Hoffmann As Washington Performing Arts’ Director of Education, Michelle Hoffmann oversees a talented staff of four as well as 27 teaching artists/ensembles in the development and implementation of arts education programs for students of all ages and backgrounds in Washington, DC and surrounding communities. With a BM in Flute Performance from Duquesne University, she has over 15 years’ experience in arts programming & education with such nonprofits as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative & the Kennedy Center.

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Distinguished Partnerships · continued community opus project Chula Vista Elementary School District San Diego Youth Symphony Chula Vista, CA

Annette Fritzsche Annette Fritzsche is the Community Program Manager at the San Diego Youth Symphony. Annette has taught both high school and middle school instrumental music in Colorado, and has a School Administrator license and MS in Organizational Leadership. She manages and expands partnerships with local school districts and other organizations with the vision of providing accessible and affordable high quality music education for all students.The San Diego Youth Symphony’s largest community program is the Community Opus Project which is an El Sistema-inspired strings and wind program with the Chula Vista Elementary School District.

» www.sdys.org Lauren Shelton Lauren Shelton is the Visual and Performing Arts Resource Teacher for the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Mrs. Shelton has a strong background in arts education and arts management. She has taught fourth grade, where she began the school music program. Mrs. Shelton was a music director for the San Diego Children’s Choir and also led the Girl Scout Glee Chorus for the Centennial Celebration. Mrs. Shelton led the implementation of the Community Opus Project with the San Diego Youth Symphony in 2010. She has served on the California State Superintendent Task Force for the Blueprint of Creative Schools through CREATE CA. She is currently the Chairperson for the South Bay Arts Alliance in Education through the California Arts Alliance in Education.

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools Florida Grand Opera Miami, FL Bryan Petorak Bryan T. Petorak obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Performance and his Master of Arts in Music History from Long Island University. In addition, he received a Certificate of Vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech and his Doctorate in Education at Nova Southeastern University. Mr. Petorak has spent over a decade working for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in various visual & performing arts programs on the elementary and secondary levels. Currently, he is the District Supervisor for Performing Arts for MiamiDade County Public Schools, the fourth largest school district in the country. Mr. Petorak has sung with the National Lyric Opera and with the DiCapo Opera Theatre. He made his film debut in the The Secret Lives of Dentists, appearing as an opera singer. Currently, he is in his ninth season with Florida Grand Opera performing in the ensemble cast. Cerise Sutton Cerise Sutton is currently in her fifth season as Director of Education with Florida Grand Opera. For 10 years Ms. Sutton has provided access to quality arts education for students, teachers, and the broader community throughout the U.S and Western Canada. Prior to her appointment at FGO, Ms. Sutton worked as the Director of Community Engagement with New World Symphony and as the Associate Director of Education and Community Programs with Boston Symphony Orchestra. In the latter capacity she effectively increased audience participation by 30 percent within the African-American communities of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan. Her creation and implementation of the BSO Teen Council is currently being used as a model for other orchestras, arts organizations and education institutions. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Master in Music Performance from the University of British Columbia.

curriculum plus project Hampton City Public Schools Young Audiences of Virginia Hampton, VA

K. George Dee Mr. K. George Dee is currently the Fine Arts Teacher Specialist for Music Education for Hampton City Schools. He has a BA in Music Education and an MA in Educational Leadership from the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Mr. Dee is a creative problem solver and results oriented professional with twenty years of experience as an educator, administrator, and music education advocate. His music ensembles were consecutive year Virginia Honor Bands. Mr. Dee is an EAYA Music-National Board Certified Teacher and has trained scorers for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Under his administrative leadership, the Hampton City Schools Music Department was named a NAMM Best Community for Music Education in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Michael Williams Michael Kerry Williams served as the Artistic Director and Arts-In-Education Director for Young Audiences Arts For Learning Virginia for 14 years. He recently stepped into the Executive Director role over the past two years. Michael is a strong supporter of arts integration and has been pursuing excellence in the field for over 20 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance and Composition from Westminster Choir College at Princeton, with advanced studies, certificates and degrees from New York University, Juilliard School of Music and Non Profit Management certification from TCC. Michael maintains his career as a classical vocalist, composer, and poet.

education & community engagement New Brunswick Public Schools New Jersey Symphony Orchestra New Brunswick, NJ

Marshell Jones Kumahor Marshell Jones Kumahor’s tenure as the Vice President of Education & Community Engagement for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) began in July 2009. She has dedicated nearly 20 years to the field of arts education in various roles including administrator, grantmaker and educator, and now extends her expertise to the orchestra field. Prior to joining the NJSO, Mrs. Kumahor served nearly six years as Associate Program Director of Grantmaking at The Center for Arts Education in Manhattan. In this capacity, she oversaw the grantmaking division, which awarded nearly $10 million to hundreds of New York City public schools and nonprofit organizations to fund arts education partnership programs. Mrs. Kumahor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Lee Neamand Lee Neamand is the Supervisor of Fine, Visual and Performing Arts for the New Brunswick Public Schools in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She has been in public education for over 19 years and has maintained an active performance schedule. She holds a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and volunteers as an arts advocate in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has presented workshops at State and National music conferences as well as local professional development. She believes that all students should have access to high quality arts programs as part of their core academic instruction.

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from words to music Escambia County School District Pensacola Opera Pensacola, FL

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Central Unified School District Fresno Philharmonic Fresno, CA William McKee Mr. McKee graduated from Fresno State University in 1983 with a BA in Music and a mathematics minor, and immediately began his teaching career as a high school band director at a private school in Fresno. In 1987 he established a Parochial Elementary program and taught 5 elementary schools. He joined Central Unified in 1988 and taught middle school for 10 years. His experience includes students from K-12. He is now teaching grades 4 – 6 instrumental music and 3rd grade recorder. For the past two years he has participated in the partnership of the Fresno Philharmonic and Central Unified to begin using the LinkUp program for recorder students. Stephen Wilson Stephen Wilson was appointed Executive Director of the Fresno Philharmonic in July 2012. Prior to that he was Executive Director of the Binghamton Philharmonic in New York State for 12 years. In Fresno, he serves on the advisory board for Fresno Unified School District’s Any Given Child arts education initiative and is a board member of the Valley Cultural Coalition. Stephen is a professional member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras and the League of American Orchestras. He is a recipient of the Broome County Arts Council’s Heart of the Arts Award.

Amanda Cook Amanda Cook is currently in her fourth season as the Director of Education for Pensacola Opera in Pensacola, Florida where she oversees all of the community and outreach performances, including the Young Artist program. She received her BA in Music Education from the University of West Florida and immediately began teaching elementary and middle school music. After a seven-year teaching career, Amanda accepted her first position with Pensacola Opera as a teaching artist with the company’s From Words to Music program, which involves students composing an original opera based on a story they are reading in class. Amanda continued in that position until 2010 when she was hired as the Education Director. Prior to her employment there, Amanda spent ten years as a volunteer and performer for the company. Amanda spends much time on the beach with her three daughters and plans to pursue her master’s degree next fall. Mary Holway Mary holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of West Florida: Music Education/Voice and Psychology. She is Kodály Level 2 certified and teaches K-5 general music at Pensacola Beach Elementary School. She has partnered with Pensacola Opera Education Director, Amanda Cook for three years, implementing their From Words to Music program. She is a member of the opera chorus with the Pensacola Opera and has performed with them since 2008. Mary is the Children’s Choir Director at St. Paul Lutheran Church, where she also sings with the adult choir and plays in the handbell choir. She also sings with and is the past president of the Board of Directors for the Choral Society of Pensacola. Mary teaches private voice in her home at Mary’s Music Studio in Gulf Breeze.

Distinguished Partnerships · continued helendale/sound exchange residency

East Irondequoit Central School District Sound ExChange Project Rochester, NY Lynn Grossman Lynn Grossman specializes in elementary general music education. She has collaborated with arts organization, Sound ExChange, to create musical partnerships between professional musicians and primary school students. Ms. Grossman has a BM and MA from the Eastman School of Music. She has taught K-2 music in the East Irondequoit School District (Rochester, New York) for seven years. Ms. Grossman is also a lead teacher at the El-Sistemainspired after school music program, ROCmusic, and is president-elect for the New York Chapter of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. Ms. Grossman is co-author of a chapter in the forthcoming Envisioning Music Teacher Education (Rowman and Littlefield). She has also presented her work at the Society for Music Teacher Educators, the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting and the Research in Music Education Conference. Emily Wozniak Emily Wozniak is actively realizing a vision to make classical music vital and relevant to contemporary culture. Emily studied horn performance, music education and arts leadership at the Eastman School of Music and completed her master’s degree in 2013. As the founder and executive director of Sound ExChange, Emily leads a variety of projects to transform the way music is presented and experienced on stage and in the classroom. Sound ExChange has been recognized with awards from Eastman’s New Venture Challenge, the New York State Business Plan Competition and Digital Rochester. An advocate for music education, Emily taught extensively in Houston public schools and focused on designing partnerships between ensembles and school programs for her graduate research at Eastman. Most recently, her collaborative work was accepted into the 2015 Research in Music Education Conference at the University of Exeter, UK. Currently, Emily teaches in the Arts Leadership Program at Eastman.

» www.soundexchangeproject.com

jas in-schools local education initiatives Aspen School District Jazz Aspen Snowmass Aspen, CO

Christopher Bank Chris was the 5th of 10 children and all of them studied music from a young age. The schools had very strong programs and the community where he grew up was very supportive of the arts. When his two children were growing up they took lessons but the band programs were fading fast so they lost interest. That’s when Chris got involved, first with other parents and then the school administration. That led to his current position with JAS Aspen helping schools rebuild programs with assistance both in the classroom and with purchasing much needed equipment that was not in the budgets. He has overseen the education programs for the last 15 years along with 5 other staff in the schools. Steven Heldt Steve Heldt is currently the Instrumental Music Director and IB Music instructor for the Aspen School District in Aspen, Colorado. He hails originally from the Chicago suburbs, where he attended Northern Illinois University, earning bachelor’s degrees in music education and trumpet performance as well as a Master of Music degree studying with the likes of Mark Ponzo, Brett Mitchell, Ronnie Wooten and Ronald Carter. Before moving to Colorado, he was a member of the 6-time national champion Illinois Brass Band on solo cornet and soprano cornet. Since Steve moved to Aspen, the music program has quadrupled in size and continues to grow. Looking ahead, Mr. Heldt hopes, with the help of Jazz Aspen Snowmass, to develop the music program in the Aspen School District into one of the premier music programs in the state.

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Distinguished Partnerships · continued jps/mso strings in the schools long island philharmonic performance partners Jackson Public School District Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Jackson, MS Carla Briggs Carla Briggs hails from New Orleans, Louisiana and developed her music studies with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in the 9th through 12th grades. She earned her BME from The University of Southern Mississippi. From 1994-2003, Mrs. Briggs taught in the Tupelo, Mississippi, Public Schools, conducted the Tupelo Symphony Youth Orchestra and performed in the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the MSO, the University of Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra. She is a past conductor of the Premier Orchestra Institute and the Jackson Public Schools All City Orchestra. She is a Minister of Music at Christway Church, serves on the Mississippi Music Committee of the Church of God, teaches classes for the Church of God Ministerial Internship Program and volunteers at various community churches. She also leads music classes and choirs at Summer Youth camps. Marlynn Martin From Kentucky to other states and abroad, Dr. Marlynn Martin has been afforded vast experiences in education and particularly in the realms of the arts and arts education. Her degree accomplishments in the arts coupled with curriculum and gifted education have allowed her to be not only a musical performer, but also a teacher in K-12 music settings. Furthermore, the arts have presented opportunities for her to provide innovative instruction and curriculum writing for English as a Second Language and Gifted Education students. Her dedication and advocacy for the arts continues to be a vitally integral part of her professional and personal careers. Dr. Martin currently is the Principal and Arts Director of Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex, the only 4th-12th grade school of its type in Mississippi. Under her leadership, Power APAC was recognized as a 2011 John F. Kennedy School of Distinction in Arts Education, a 2014 Arts Schools Network Exemplary School of Distinction and has maintained “High Performing” academic status as recognized by the Mississippi Department of Education for seven years.

Uniondale Union Free School District Long Island Philharmonic Uniondale, NY

Beatrice Flipse Beatrice Flipse has served as the orchestra director of the Uniondale High School orchestra program since 2007. Her students participate in a diverse range of performances each year and have been recognized internationally in adjudications and competitions. She received an undergraduate degree in Music Education from Manhattanville College and a master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from Hofstra University. Miss Flipse serves on the board of the Long Island String Festival Association, most recently working as the Chamber Music Festival Vice President. She also performs regularly as a freelance violinist across Long Island and is a member of the Prima Quartet.

Jane Park Jane Park is the Arts-in-Education Coordinator for the Long Island Philharmonic. She works with numerous school districts, private schools, and homeschool groups across Long Island to bring a variety of music presentations to schools, libraries, and concert halls. Jane is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, where she was a member of the highly acclaimed Westminster Choir under the baton of Joseph Flummerfelt and performed with some of the finest orchestras and conductors in the world. She has appeared as a chorister at Spoleto Festival USA and has sung with the Long Island Philharmonic Chorus, Long Island Masterworks, and Frances C. Roberts & Company. Jane is currently a member of the eVoco Voice Collective and also serves as the pianist for the Men’s Choir at Arumdaun Presbyterian Church in Bethpage, New York.

mso and worcester county public schools Worcester County Public Schools Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Newark, MD

mercury/yes prep Yes Prep Public Schools Mercury Houston, TX

Andrés González Andrés González has performed as a solo violinist, chamber musician and orchestral player throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. His playing has earned him many opportunities to appear as a soloist with several distinguished ensembles. Andrés holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Miami and a Master in Music from Rice University. His teachers include Sergiu Luca, Thomas Moore and Tibor Varga. Andrés resides in Houston where he is a member of Mercury, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra and Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, among others. In addition, Andrés is a Violin Professor at Bridges Academy and the Education Manager at Mercury, where he leads the partnership between the orchestra and Yes Prep West. Timothy Maynard Tim Maynard is entering his third year as orchestra director at Yes Prep West. He is also an active percussionist and frequent clinician in the Houston area. Prior to his current position he served on the faculty at Lone Star College, Houston Community College, and Sam Houston State University.

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Lisa Adams Lisa Adams has taught in Worcester County, MD for 15 years. During her tenure she has had the opportunity to have her students perform on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She has also been instrumental in starting and maintaining the orchestral strings program in the county. Lisa is a freelance flutist in the Salisbury, Maryland area. She performs as principal flute with the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and with “Flutopia,” a flute duo. Lisa is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Salisbury University. She enjoys life with her husband, son and daughter on their farm. JoFran Falcon JoFran Falcon is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, and is Vice President of Education and Outreach. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was raised in Iowa. Coming from a musical family, she played the violin in school orchestras, the Cedar Rapids Symphony and spent two summers at the Interlochen High School Music Camp. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and Phi Beta Kappa. There she met her husband James Falcon. They have two children, William and Jenanne. She was a teacher and librarian/media specialist for over 25 years, mainly in the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system. In 1988 they retired to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. As a representative of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, she enjoys working with dedicated music teachers like Lisa Adams, our school partner for this Yale Symposium.

Distinguished Partnerships · continued music for youth residency and exchange program Bridgeport Public Schools Music for Youth Bridgeport, CT

Misty Beyer Misty Beyer received her BSN from University of Colorado. Her passion for the performing arts and music brought her back to school to continue her studies in music and early childhood education. She received her certificate in a number of early childhood music programs including Kindermusik® and Music for Young Children®, and in 2010, she completed the Montessori Teacher Certification Program. Serving as a volunteer for a number of Community Arts Organizations in Santa Cruz California, she helped launch chamber music and performance-based programs for youth. Beyer initiated the popular Musical Mondays program in Santa Cruz and started a successful after-school music program at her elementary school. After moving to Connecticut, Ms. Beyer opened a private piano studio in Fairfield and helped facilitate and organize a number of music series programs in her community. She took on the role of Executive Director of Music for Youth in 2014. Ivamary Bradham Ivamary Bradham is a music teacher in the Bridgeport Public Schools. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from University of Connecticut and her master’s degree from the CCSU in Music Education. She is also the founder of her company Ivamary Music LLC, where she self-publishes songs that are in the form of childrens’ musicals that she has composed over sixteen years for children pre-K through third grade. This new resource works with students in regular education as well as students will special needs. Currently, she is working on a musical about trains. Ivamary plays double bass in big bands and orchestras and gives private lessons and is working on becoming a certified Suzuki Violin teacher and is a NAfME state adjudicator and is a member of the Iva and JJ Duo with professional violinist and cellist Mr. Jen Jen Hsu.

» ivamarymusicllc.com

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Great Falls Public Schools Great Falls Symphony Great Falls, MT Megan Karls Violinist Megan Karls performs in the Cascade String Quartet, the ensemble-in-residence with the Great Falls Symphony. She also travels across the West as a member of the Billings, Bozeman, and Festival Amadeus orchestras and with the Yellowstone Chamber Players. A Wisconsin native, Megan has previously held positions with orchestras across the country, including the Des Moines Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, WaterlooCedar Falls Symphony and others. In addition to her duties in Great Falls, Megan maintains an active touring schedule premiering works by living composers, both as a soloist and as a founding member of the contemporary music ensemble, the Enid Trio. Megan holds degrees in Music Performance and Political Science with honors from Lawrence University, and master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Iowa. Dusty Molyneaux Dusty Molyneaux is the Music and Art Supervisor for the Great Falls Public Schools. Before taking on this position, he was the band director at Great Falls High School, where he taught for 15 years. The GFHS Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the NWNAfME festival twice during his time there. He also taught instrumental music in the Shepherd, Montana Public Schools for three years. He is a past-president of the Montana Music Educators Association, is a past president of the Montana Bandmasters Association, and is an active trumpet player in the region. In January of 2014, he was awarded the “National Federation of High Schools Outstanding Montana Music Educator of the Year” by the Montana High School Association. Dusty has earned degrees from the University of Montana (BME) and VanderCook College of Music (MME), and holds a supervisory license from the University of Montana.

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Asheville City School District Asheville Symphony Asheville, NC

musical awakenings

Fort Worth Independent School District The Cliburn Fort Worth, TX Shields-Collins Bray Shields-Collins Bray has been Principal Keyboardist in the Fort Worth Symphony since 1986, and has hosted its pre-concert discussions since 1993. He is Artistic Consultant at The Cliburn, where he developed its Musical Awakenings initiative with John Feierabend. The Cliburn produces 250 Musical Awakenings performances annually, and reaches 48,000 students. Christina Walk Christina Walk was named Executive Director of Visual and Performing Arts for Fort Worth ISD in July 2014. Starting in 1991, she served the district for 23 years as a teacher (band director), music specialist, and as the Director of Instrumental Music. Ms. Walk is an avid advocate for the arts, works closely with community partners and is active in professional learning for young teachers. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Northeast Louisiana University, and a master’s degree from the University of North Texas.

Melody McGarrahan Melody has shared her talents with students all over Asheville as a local TAPAS artist (Teaching Artist Presenter for the Asheville Schools). In her spare time Melody has sung at the Biltmore Estate, with the Asheville Symphony Chorus and with the Asheville Choral Society. Melody is currently the music specialist for Hall Fletcher School and the Site Administrator for MusicWorks, an El Sistema-inspired music enrichment program. Melody was voted, Teacher of the Year for Hall Fletcher School as well as DistrictWide Teacher of the Year first runner up winner. In 2013 Melody was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Scholarship, an Innovation grant and a two-time Forte grant winner. In 2014 Melody received a Fellows Grant to initiate STEAM learning opportunities. As a mentor/teacher she enjoys sharing best practice teaching strategies focused on integrating literacy with music at workshops throughout the East Coast.

» www.ashevillecityschools.net Emily Talley Emily Talley recently graduated from Western Carolina University with her Masters in Music Performance where she served as a graduate assistant and principal clarinetist of the WCU Wind Ensemble. In 2013, she was chosen as a winner of the 2013 Concerto Competition. Emily completed her Bachelor of Science in Education degree at Western Carolina University in 2004, and since then has performed with HART Theater, Asheville Community Theater, Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, and Spartanburg Philharmonic. She is currently the assistant band director at Asheville High School as well as a teaching artist at MusicWorks! at Hall Fletcher Elementary. Emily also teaches private clarinet lessons and has had numerous students selected for AllDistrict and All-State. Her clarinet choir at Asheville High School recently performed at the Vandoren Clarinet Choir Festival at the University of South Alabama. She resides in Candler, North Carolina, with her husband, Will, and two sons, Braeden and Billy.

» www.ashevillehighbands.com

opera aria network program

San Francisco Unified School District San Francisco Opera San Francisco, CA Charles Chip McNeal Charles Chip McNeal is the Curriculum & Program Specialist for San Francisco Opera, where he researches and writes curriculum and leads pedagogy and professional development endeavors. McNeal also serves as senior faculty and advisor for Alameda County Office of Education. Mc Neal is the awardwinning former Director of Education for the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education (CDE), which he established. CDE provided arts education experiences to over 30,000 children, youth, and families every year. His performing credits include dramatic stage work, film, television and live musical theater. He works as an actor, dancer, singer, director, lecturer, and educator - conducting artist/teacher training, and creating and evaluating arts and education programs throughout the U.S. and abroad. McNeal is an experienced administrator, arts educator and civic leader with undergraduate degrees in psychology and sociology. He earned his master’s degree in Education from Lesley University.

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Ra Price Ra is a 4th grade teacher in San Francisco, California. She has been involved with the San Francisco ARIA Network Program for the past three years. With this program, she collaborates with the San Francisco Aria’s teaching artists to bring the world of opera to her students. Additionally, she enjoys working with the San Francisco ARIA because it gives a chance for students to thrive musically, make connections, and reinforce curriculum through arts integration. Ra has a B.A. in Child and Adolescent Development and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from San Francisco State University. She is a California native who currently lives in San Francisco, California with her husband, Geoff.

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Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore Symphony Baltimore, MD Jared Perry Jared Perry has had the pleasure of working with students at Booker T. Washington Middle School for the Arts as the Band Director and General Music Teacher. During that time, he began working as an Assistant Conductor with OrchKids, an organization through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra that brings music to inner city youth. He received his BA in Music and his MAT from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Additionally, he has worked with Baltimore city youth for several years through various organizations and summer camps as a coordinator and music counselor. Currently, he plays the trumpet with the praise and worship team at Living Waters Ministries in Towson, Maryland. He has played with Gospel artists such as William McDowell, Daniel Johnson, and more.

Daniel Trahey Dan Trahey is a musician, educator, and innovator. He was instrumental in the creation of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s “OrchKids” where he is Artistic Director. Dan also founded the El Sistema inspired program “Tuned In” at the Peabody Conservatory where he teaches creative composition and community engagement. Dan plays tuba for the Archipelago Project, the Austria-based RET Brass Band, and the education troupe, Creative Connections, and has performed world wide for hundreds of thousands of children, specifically targeting impoverished areas with little access to live performance. Dan is a consultant for programs desiring to use music as a vehicle for social change. In addition to founding two El Sistema programs in Baltimore, Dan has helped start El Sistema inspired programs in Charlotte, Chicago, Fort Worth, Innsbruck, Allentown, Waterbury, Alexandria, Kalamazoo, and others. Baltimore City awarded Dan the Most Valuable Player in the Arts last year.

» http://archipelagoproject.org

Distinguished Partnerships · continued partnership for youth

pso musical explorers

Jennifer Himes Jennifer Himes is an Educational Specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), in Fairfax, Virginia. She oversees the county’s elementary and secondary summer arts enrichment programs, the Institute for the Arts and Elementary Institute for the Arts. In addition, she coordinates the annual FCPS field trip to the National Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts at the Kennedy Center which are attended by 12,000 4th grade students from 139 elementary schools. Ms. Himes also works on K-12 cross-curricular projects and helps support over 1,000 FCPS fine and performing arts teachers. Ms. Himes received a BA in Violin Performance at The University of Kansas, a Diploma of Merit from The University of London, National Centre for Orchestra Studies and an MA in Arts Management from The American University. She maintains an active freelance career in the Washington, D.C area. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia with her two rescue cats Raz and Gibbs.

Alyson Ciechomski Alyson Ciechomski is an elementary music specialist in the Portland Public Schools, Maine. She received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire. She also received the Orff Schulwerk certification Level I-III from the University of Massachusetts. Alyson has maintained an active playing career with various orchestras in Maine and New England as a double bassist. Recently, Ms. Ciechomski was a guest lecturer at the Northern New England Collegiate Symposium on Music Education at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. She was also selected to teach English in Shinagawa Tokyo during the summer of 2012. Currently, Alyson is partnering with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and kindergarten teachers to expand the math and literacy curriculum with a variety of music-based programs and is part of a team working with Side by Side, an arts integration program.

Fairfax County Public Schools National Symphony Orchestra Falls Church, VA

» www.fcps.edu/is/finearts/index.shtml Carole Wysocki Since 1981, Carole has led the NSO Education Program and built it into what it is today – a multifaceted program focusing on performances for young audiences (offering a continuum of performances starting with age 3 to grade 12) and training opportunities for aspiring professional musicians using the resource of the NSO. She created the Teddy Bear and Kinderclassic concerts for small children, and expanded training opportunities for young artists with such programs as the In-School Ensembles. Carole led the education efforts in all NSO American Residencies from 1992-2011. She created and directs the NSO Summer Music Institute, now in its 22nd year. She holds a bachelor’s from Smith College and a master’s from the University of Illinois, and she also studied at the University of Hamburg and Hochschüle für Musik in Hamburg, Germany. In 2007 she served as a consultant to the Ural Philharmonic in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Portland Public Schools Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland, ME

Norman Huynh Now in his second season as Assistant Conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra in Maine, Norman Huynh is responsible for conducting and programming numerous concerts, as well as supporting the work of Music Director Robert Moody. One of Norman’s greatest passions is educating the next generation of musicians and music lovers. With an extensive background in music education, Norman scripts and develops the PSO’s education programs to provide a deep and meaningful experience for Maine residents of all ages. Norman received his Master’s Degree in orchestral conducting at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Edward Polochick and Marin Alsop. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Alabama and studied euphonium with Demondrae Thurman.

» www.portlandsymphony.org

roanoke city public schools & roanoke symphony orchestra partnership program Roanoke City Public Schools Roanoke Symphony Roanoke, VA

David Stewart Wiley David Stewart Wiley is an acclaimed and energetic conductor, educational collaborator, concert pianist, film composer, and recording artist. Wiley is Music Director and Conductor of Virginia’s Roanoke Symphony, Long Island Philharmonic (NY), and was Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony. Among his diverse and creative activities, Wiley conceived and now leads a program with business executives and musicians together titled “Conducting Change.” Other innovative events include “RSO Rocks” and the new “Destination” series. The RSO just produced its first live TV/Web broadcast. Winner of the Aspen Conducting Prize, Assistant Conductor for the Aspen Music Festival, Conducting Fellow at Tanglewood. DM & MM in Conducting from Indiana University, BM in Piano from the New England Conservatory, BA in Religion, summa cum laude, Tufts University. Perry F. Kendig Prize, Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International, NAACP “Citizen of the Year”.

» www.davidstewartwiley.com Cari Gates Cari Gates has served as the Fine and Performing Arts Supervisor for Roanoke City Public Schools since July, 2012. In partnership with the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, Cari has facilitated nine grants leading to the complete rebuild of elementary instrumental music programs. The NAMM Foundation has since recognized Roanoke City Public Schools as a Best Community for Music Education in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Cari has also served as music teacher and band director in Virginia and New Mexico. Cari holds a Master of Education in educational leadership from The College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Music in music education from Ashland University. Cari serves on various committees including the Roanoke Arts Commission and the Roanoke Symphony Education committee.

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san diego opera residency program San Diego Unified School District San Diego Opera San Diego, CA

John Gabriel John Gabriel holds a BA degree in Music from UC Santa Cruz and an MA degree in Musicology from San Diego State University, where he also served as Lecturer in Music. He has conducted ethnomusicological fieldwork in Mexico, Ghana, and Indonesia, and has served on the board of Resounding Joy, a San Diego-based music therapy organization. Active in arts administration since 2008, he is currently Director of Education for School Programs at San Diego Opera, where he is assessing and designing the organization’s educational programming. Christopher Mena Christopher Mena is Director of Bands at Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, California. He holds both a BM in Music Education and a teaching credential from San Diego State University, where he graduated cum laude with distinction. He is also a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society. His academic interests include musical transmission practices of indigenous cultures and the effects of culturally responsive curriculum on the selfefficacy of urban students. Mr. Mena also performs in the son jarocho group Son de San Diego who recently finished a year-long collaboration with the pipa virtuoso Wu Man. Mr. Mena was also recently accepted into the University of Washington for graduate study in Music Education. » www.sandi.net/Domain/11042

Distinguished Partnerships · continued sarasota orchestra outreach sonido musica in support of the school district Springfield Public Schools of manatee county Community Music School of Springfield School District of Manatee County Sarasota Orchestra Bradenton, FL

David Pope David Pope currently serves as the Director of Orchestras at Manatee High School, the Associate Conductor for the Sarasota Youth Orchestras, and the co-director of Florida State University’s String Orchestra Camp. As an active adjudicator and clinician, he has conducted numerous all-state and regional orchestras and served as a guest clinician for various orchestra programs. Previously, Dr. Pope taught for Maryville City Schools and served as the Executive Director of the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras. Dr. Pope has presented pedagogy clinics and his research at state, regional, and national conferences. His research has also been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, String Research Journal, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, and Florida Music Director. Dr. Pope currently serves on the Florida Orchestra Association’s Executive Board. In 2009, he was the recipient of Tennessee’s Outstanding Young Music Educator award. Alyson Rozier Alyson Rozier is the Director of Education for the Sarasota Orchestra in Sarasota, Florida. In this position, she manages the Sarasota Youth Orchestras, the Summer Music Camp, Young Persons’ Concerts and all outreach activities to the schools. During her tenure, she has increased participation in the Sarasota Youth Orchestras by 65% and the Summer Music Camp by 53%. The Young Person’s Concerts annually reach 10,000 local 4th and 5th grade students. Ms. Rozier’s children’s programming and curriculum materials have been praised consistently by donors and state grantors as “some of the best materials they have ever seen.” Proud of the ongoing relationship they have with the local schools, the Sarasota Orchestra provides professional musicians to coach and perform in the schools as part of the numerous outreach activities. She is a member of the Sarasota Arts Task Force and Sarasota County’s Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts Steering Committee.

Springfield, MA

Eileen McCaffery Eileen has served as Executive Director of Community Music School of Springfield since 2014, and served as Interim Executive Director from 2012-14. Prior to serving in nonprofit management, Eileen was a partner in San Francisco-based Montgomery Asset Management, where she was responsible for marketing and client services for Emerging Markets and global investments. She is married, the parent of twins, and lives in Massachusetts.

» www.communitymusicschool.com Julie Jaron Julie Jaron, BME, MME, CAGS, is the Director of Visual and Performing Arts for the Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Massachusetts. For over thirty years, Ms. Jaron has dedicated herself to a full spectrum of music and arts programming that enhances the academic achievements of students PreK–12. Among her many current duties, she provides professional support to arts teachers, advocates for and manages resources for arts programming, serves as an arts-focused liaison between the school district and the Springfield community, writes and implements grants benefitting students’ arts education, and facilitates professional development that enhances or develops arts instruction, curricula and assessment. At the core of all her work is the desire to inspire and create arts education opportunities, and to empower educators to instill in children the love of learning both in and through the arts.

»www.sps.springfield.ma.us/deptsites/finearts.asp

special music school

tps/tso partnership

New York City Public Schools Kaufman Music Center New York, NY

Toledo Public Schools Toledo Symphony Toledo, OH

Katherine Banucci-Smith Katherine Banucci-Smith is currently the Principal of the Special Music School, a public school in New York City for musically gifted students. The school currently serves kindergarten through tenth grade students, but will expand to grade twelve in the next two years. Katherine attended Oberlin Conservatory and graduated with a double major in voice and music education. She taught for several years in the White Plains School District and also directed several choirs for the Children’s Aid Society. After receiving her ME from Teachers College she worked in several New York City public schools programs.

Felecia Kanney Felecia Kanney, Event Sales Manager at the Toledo Symphony, obtained her Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Master of Business Administration degrees from Bowling Green State University. She currently serves as the coordinator for the Young People’s Concerts, Neighborhood and Regional Concerts, and Ensemble Performances. Felecia previously managed patron loyalty initiatives in the marketing department of the Toledo Symphony and taught elementary music and strings at Fremont City Schools in Fremont, Ohio.

Sandra Noreen Pianist Sandra Noreen debuted with orchestra at age 14. She studied at the University of British Columbia, Yale University, the California Institute of the Arts, and UC San Diego. While completing her PhD, she performed with the SONOR and Sirius ensembles, and premiered of over 200 new works, many of them written for her. Coaches include Harvey Sollberger, Gilbert Kalish, Gyorgy Sebok, Pierre Boulez, Vinko Globokar, and The Arditti Quartet. On faculty at Diller-Quaile for eight years, teaching piano and theory as well as leading adult chamber music courses, faculty concerts, and “Explorations” concerts—an interactive series which explored connections between music, art, architecture and culture. Having taught private piano lessons for many years to all ages, Ms. Noreen is currently Dean of Music for Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School, New York’s only K–12 public school that teaches classical music as part of the academic school day.

» www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/sms/about/

Melissa Mason Melissa Mason, Music Educator at Toledo Public Schools (TPS), Toledo, Ohio, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio University and a Master of Music from Bowling Green State University. She has worked for TPS for 30 years and is currently on a 3-year assignment as Intern Consultant, overseeing first year teachers. She is a certified evaluator for the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System. Melissa has served TPS as an assistant band director and elementary music specialist. Melissa coordinates programs with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and The Toledo Ballet for TPS. She is also the site coordinator for Artist-In-Residence programs through grants from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). She facilitated OAC grant writing workshops and recently served on its grant review board for Artist in Residency grants. Melissa is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Ohio Music Educators Association, and the Toledo Federation of Teachers.

Distinguished Partnerships · continued umkc conservatory in the schools Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance Kansas City, Kansas

Mara Gibson Composer Mara Gibson is originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, graduated from Bennington College, and completed her PhD at SUNY Buffalo. She has received grants and honors from the American Composer’s Forum, the Banff Center, Louisiana Division of the Arts, ArtsKC, Meet the Composer, the Kansas Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the International Bass Society, ASCAP, and the John Hendrick Memorial Commission. Internationally-renowned ensembles and soloists have performed her music throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe. Dr. Gibson teaches at the UMKC Conservatory while leading the Conservatory’s Community Music and Dance Academy as director, where she is founder of the UMKC Composition Workshop and co-director/ founder of ArtSounds.

» www.maragibson.com Jodie Lin Jodie Lin graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in instrumental conducting. Ms. Lin was a band director in the the public schools for 11 years, served three years as a middle school assistant principal and currently holds the position of Fine Arts Coordinator in the Kansas City Public Schools. She is an avid bassoon teacher and has enjoyed performing with various artists and groups including the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Harry Connick, Jr., Mannheim Steamroller and the Moody Blues. Ms. Lin is also the conductor of the Midwest Winds, a civic wind ensemble based in the greater Kansas City metro area.

» www.kckps.org » www.midwestwinds.org

wake county public school system/north carolina symphony music education Wake County Public School System North Carolina Symphony Cary, NC

Sarah Gilpin Sarah Gilpin is Director of Education for the North Carolina Symphony, which conducts one of the most extensive education programs of any U.S. orchestra. Her duties include planning and administering 40 plus education concerts around the state each year and working with North Carolina music educators to provide orchestral experiences for students from preschool through high school. She pursued degrees in music education and clarinet performance at the University of Northern Iowa and had the unique experience of student teaching at Millais School in England and the American School of The Hague in the Netherlands. Her interest in arts management was sparked after working at the Interlochen Arts Camp and Bowdoin International Music Festival. After graduation, she began with Orchestra Iowa playing a key role in the expansion of the Music in the Schools program and enhanced youth concerts with multi-media visual presentations to engage students on a deeper level.

» www.ncsymphony.org/educationprograms Anita Hynus Mrs. Anita Hynus is celebrating her 16th year of teaching music in the Wake County Public School System with a total of 34 years teaching. She graduated with a BA and MA in Music Education from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Mrs. Hynus is presently teaching strings at Martin GT Magnet Middle School in Raleigh, NC. She has a wide variety of teaching experiences in music education and is accomplished in the field of literacy in the arts. An energetic, dedicated teacher-leader who is well respected by her colleagues, she was a finalist for the Maxine Swalin Award for Outstanding Music Educator. Her students create and perform a wide range of music, complete interdisciplinary projects, and integrate literacy strategies in their daily music instruction. Recently, her students performed in a pre-Concert for the North Carolina Symphony and at the Pieces of Gold Performance for the Wake County Public School System.

Distinguished Partnerships · continued what’s the score? Lakeland Central School District Copland House Shrub Oak, NY

Paul Mesches Paul Mesches began his formal music education at Berklee College of Music. For the past seven years, he has been the Band Director at Lakeland High School, Shrub Oak, New York, where he directs the Concert Band, Honors Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. As Band Director he developed the Copland House Music Workshops, connecting professional musicians with students to study and perform the music of Aaron Copland and his contemporaries. Paul recently helped create, “What’s the Score?” a Copland House program that commissions American composers to write original compositions for student ensembles. Prior to his high school tenure, he taught band at Lakeland Elementary and Middle School. For over thirty years Paul has worked as a composer/arranger for film, commercials and musical theater. He is also a jazz guitarist and private instructor. Paul continues to be committed to his exploration of music education through an interdisciplinary approach. Rebecca Sayles Rebecca A. Sayles has a distinguished career in arts management. Currently Director of Development for Copland House (Cortlandt Manor, New York), she served for many years as Director of Development at Hoff-Barthelson Music School and at the Emelin Theater for the Performing Arts, and as Grants Officer at ArtsWestchester. Earlier in her career, she held positions as Arts Program Officer at the Institute of International Education, Executive Director of Bang on a Can, and Operations Manager at Young Concert Artists. She holds a BA with honors in Sociology from Harvard College and an MA in International and Comparative Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. An accomplished flutist, she plays in community orchestras throughout the New York metropolitan area and is a player-participant and board member of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East.

the willard daetsch youth outreach program Ithaca City School District Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Ithaca, NY

Sarah Cummings Sarah Cummings is a violinist and teacher from Ithaca, New York. As a violinist with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, she is actively involved in the Willard Daetsch Youth Outreach program which brings music into the lives of over 800 second graders in the greater Ithaca area. Sarah is a passionate Suzuki teacher and performs regularly as a freelance musician. Samantha Hecht Samantha Hecht currently directs the string, symphony, and chamber orchestras at Ithaca High School in Ithaca, New York, where she also teaches music theory and string lessons. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, Samantha holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Ithaca College. She taught grades 5-12 strings in Ilion, New York before returning to Ithaca. She will complete her graduate studies in music education at Ithaca College this summer. She serves as concertmaster of the Ithaca Community Orchestra and teaches private violin and viola lessons. Samantha is also an avid fiddler and seeks to incorporate a variety of traditional music into her teaching.

» www.ithacacityschools.org

music in schools initiative New Haven Public Schools Yale School of Music New Haven, CT

Ellen Maust Ellen Maust is Supervisor of Performing and Visual Arts for the New Haven Public Schools, which includes 77 music teachers at 42 schools and collaborations with Yale School of Music and several other community partners. Together they are making strides in bridging the achievement gap in urban music education. She has devoted her entire professional life to the children of New Haven. Prior to becoming Supervisor, she taught music in the district for 29 years. Ellen holds a BM from Ohio Wesleyan University, and an MS and 6th Year Professional Certificate from Southern Cconnecticut State University. In the community, Ellen is the President of Alliance Theatre, Inc. and has served as the organization’s Youth Coordinator for 18 years. She has been part of her parish youth ministry committee for over 20 years and has been the recipient of the Archdiocese of Hartford Youth Formation, Commitment to God and Youth, and Light of the World awards.

Rubén Rodríguez Rubén Rodríguez is the Lead Teacher of the Music in Schools Initiative, which includes serving as Director of the All-City Honors Ensembles, Morse Summer Music Academy, and the Winter/Spring Festival. Through this partnership between the Yale School of Music and the New Haven Public Schools, these city-wide programs serve more than 600 NHPS students every week. As a trombonist, Mr. Rodríguez has performed with the New World Symphony, Orchestre International de Paris, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, and the Yale Trombone Quartet, among others. From 2004 to 2009 he was a Yamaha Endorsement Artist, in which role he created and developed the program “Vientos, Cámara y Acción” — a non-traditional music program with the aim of having a positive social and cultural impact on the well-being of disadvantaged youth through instruction on musical instruments. For this program he coached and trained professional musicians, band directors, school music teachers, and music educators throughout Guatemala, Panamá and Colombia, and helped them to establish stronger music programs in their communities. Mr. Rodríguez has studied in Colombia (Universidad Nacional), France (Conservatoire National de Region in Paris and Conservatoire National Superieur the Musique in Lyon), and at the Yale School of Music.

Symposium on Music in Schools The Symposium on Music in Schools is held once every two years at the Yale School of Music. With support from an endowment created by the Yale College Class of 1957, the Symposium honors music teachers in public schools from around the country for their outstanding accomplishments teaching music. For four days in June, distinguished music educators convene in New Haven to participate in a variety of workshops, discussions, and other events, culminating with the presentation of the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Awards at the closing banquet. The first Symposium in 2007 brought together fortyfive educators from nineteen states. The theme, Music: A Child’s Birthright, included curricular workshops, panel discussions with international music school and conservatory administrators, lectures by leading pedagogues in the field, and a recital by the renowned pianist Emanuel Ax. Roberta Guaspari, founder of the Opus 118 School of Music and the subject of the film Music of the Heart, gave an impassioned keynote address. The 2009 Symposium hosted fifty Yale Distinguished Music Educators as well as the New Haven Public School music teachers. The Symposium focused on El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education system, and explored ways in which it could be incorporated

into American music education. Attendees discussed the role of the music teacher in the general classroom, using a New Haven collaboration as a case study. For the keynote address, Lucia Brawley, ’02MFA and blogger for the Huffington Post, spoke about the value of arts education in American culture. The third Symposium in 2011 focused on two main themes: integrating music into the general classroom, and the relationship between visiting teaching artists and public school music teachers. Attendees were chosen from a pool of 330 nominees from forty-five states. Workshops included a demonstration of distance learning technology, and a talk by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in conjunction with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. The keynote speech was given by John Merrow, Education Correspondent for PBS NewsHour and President of Learning Matters. The fourth Symposium in 2013, titled “The Role of Music in School Reform,” featured historical and contemporary conversations about how music could be “front and center” in national discussions about school reform. Presentations included a concert and talk by Decoda, a chamber music ensemble founded by teaching artists, and a keynote address by Anne Midgette, classical music critic for the Washington Post.

» music.yale.edu/community/symposium

Yale School of Music Established in 1894, the Yale School of Music continues a position of international leadership in the training of performers, composers, and teachers. A professional graduate school and the only school of music in the Ivy League, the Yale School of Music maintains a highly selective admissions process, admitting approximately 200 students who come from the finest American and international conservatories and universities to study with a distinguished faculty. The School has one of the highest international profiles at Yale, engaging globally in cooperative partnerships with leading conservatories, schools, orchestras, and opera companies. Alumni of the Yale School of Music hold major positions throughout the music world. In addition to performing with and conducting preeminent American and international orchestras, many graduates have founded or joined prominent chamber music ensembles. Yale School of Music graduates also provide strong leadership at numerous academic and cultural institutions. The Yale School of Music awards the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the Artist Diploma and the Certificate in Performance.

» music.yale.edu

Robert Blocker The Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music Melvin Chen Deputy Dean Michael Yaffe Associate Dean Rubén Rodríguez Lead Teacher, Music in Schools Initiative Kate Gonzales Assistant to the Associate Dean

Communications Dana Astmann, Manager Monica Ong Reed, Designer Austin Kase, Video Producer Concert Office Krista Johnson, Manager Donna Yoo, Box Office Manager Operations Tara Deming, Manager Christopher Melillo, Assistant Manager Stephanie Tubiolo, Symposium Assistant Recording Studio Eugene Kimball, Director Information Technology Greg Johnson, Technology Professional Photography Dana Astmann Matthew Fried Harold Shapiro

Presented with support from the Yale College Class of 1957

Robert Blocker, Dean