Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Copper Street Brass Residency
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Agnes Alsgaard Lien, visual art, education; Cindy Demers, visual art, education; Georgette Jones, theater, education, SMAC Board; Stephen Kingsbury, music, education; Shawn Kinsinger, Theater, SMAC Board; Andrew Nordin, visual art, education; Janine Teske, music, theater, SMAC Board.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Education
The residency will challenge the students to be active listeners. The students will be able to discuss what they heard, how music works, and how it felt to be in the presence of live professional musicians. This residency will help showcase that music is and can be a life-long journey for all. Before leaving their instructional sessions during the day, the Music teacher will have the students use a graphic organizer (Exit Ticket) to see what the students took away from the presentation. The Exit Ticket will ask: 1) Name three things you learned today, 2) List two things you can do in our band rehearsal to improve our sound, and 3) Ask one question about today's presentation. The Music teacher will do evaluations with the band students as we rehearse music in the future. We will discuss and practice what good musicianship/performance will sound like in our practices/performances.
Both of the outcomes were beautifully met! This certainly allowed the students access to a pretty big-named brass band from the Twin Cities. Not only did they have access, but they had to opportunity to interact with the professional musicians who were really able to connect with the students. The students knowledge and appreciation of music was greatly deepened. There prevails a lasting excitement among them for music performance. The students' love of music grew so much that it is truly immeasurable! The evening concert for the public was a huge success.
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