Leadership:
- Education Director of Virginia, Richmond, Spokane and Stockton Symphonies - Education Director of statewide chapter of Young Audiences in Virginia - American Symphony Orchestra League Education Leadership Committee (1999-2001) - American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Development Committee (1992-97) - Ass't Director, Hampton Roads Chamber Players, Norfolk VA (1997-2006) - Ass't Director, Strings in the Mountains Chamber Music, Steamboat Springs CO |
Education Director:
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...examples of student and family events, from Musical Petting Zoos to Symphony concerts for families celebrating community organizations and Symphony concerts in schools with student participation.
Testimonials:
"Thank you for your collaborative model...this is the first time in 22 years teaching at this school that
all the arts classes worked together on a project, much less coordinated with our colleagues
at the feeder elementary and middle schools." HS Art Teacher, Richmond VA
"Just thought you'd like to know, in planning next year's school concerts, we're using
the format you brought us of including all the arts classes in the program...in the lobby and onstage."
HS Vice-Principal, Spokane WA
...examples of student and family events, from Musical Petting Zoos to Symphony concerts for families celebrating community organizations and Symphony concerts in schools with student participation.
Testimonials:
"Thank you for your collaborative model...this is the first time in 22 years teaching at this school that
all the arts classes worked together on a project, much less coordinated with our colleagues
at the feeder elementary and middle schools." HS Art Teacher, Richmond VA
"Just thought you'd like to know, in planning next year's school concerts, we're using
the format you brought us of including all the arts classes in the program...in the lobby and onstage."
HS Vice-Principal, Spokane WA
= Curriculum-based Symphony & Ensemble Concert Formats =
(created and funded for Virginia, Richmond and/or Spokane Symphonies)
1. Symphony: Family Concerts Celebrating Civic Institutions
"Of Heroes & Human Rights"
... Annual concert in celebration of Black History Month in Virginia featured class projects and
student writing on the concert's theme onstage with the Virginia Symphony and in pre-concert
lobby presentations in collaboration with exhibiting community organizations.
Daytime repeat of concert for schools drew attendance from elementary grades through College students.
"Music & Machines"
... Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel led a concert in celebration of Nat'l Science Month that featured classroom projects on the science of historic local industries along with writing and dance both onstage with
the orchestra and in pre-concert lobby presentations together with exhibits of community organizations
and museums serving the concert's theme. Can you name the Six Simple Machines?!
[Over 250 students from five elementary schools in three school districts participated]
2. Symphony: Neighborhood Arts Collaboration Concert Series
"Arts Alive!"
... Art and music classes of feeder middle and elementary schools join high school students from theatre, art and dance plus instrumental and vocal ensembles for pre-concert presentations and onstage participation with professional Symphony musicians.
[Participation ranged from 200-400 students in 8-15 classes at 4-6 neighborhood schools, elementary thru H.S.]
"An Elegant Commerce"
... A restoration project on America's first canal in Richmond VA inspired classroom projects in
middle school and feeder elementary grades, presented onstage with a professional symphony and
in pre-concert lobby exhibits along with displays of local canal, railroad and nautical industries.
Partnership with Read Aloud Virginia and Virginia Reads, Va Canal Society, RR Museum & Model RR Club.
[Over 100 students from 3 schools participated onstage - elementary, middle & H.S.]
3. Small Ensemble: In-School Presentations
"Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?"
...A history of U.S. immigration from the first census in 1791 through the peak before WWI (when 1 in 5 Americans were foreign-born) to the decline and selective immigration that lasted until non-European immigration became legal in 1965 with the Hart-Cellar Act.
Do you know the largest immigrant community in your city ?!
^^^
"Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?"
...A history of U.S. immigration from the first census in 1791 through the peak before WWI (when 1 in 5 Americans were foreign-born) to the decline and selective immigration that lasted until non-European immigration became legal in 1965 with the Hart-Cellar Act.
Do you know the largest immigrant community in your city ?!
^^^