Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Grappelli-Django Camp
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Paula Gudmundson: Music professor at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Kayla Schubert: arts administrator, curatorial assistant; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Pamela Davis: artist, weaver, instructor.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My goals for this project are 1) to create an advanced curriculum that blends my extensive knowledge of gypsy jazz music and guitar techniques with my study of modern jazz; 2) to work with students at the Grappelli-Django Camp to refine my curriculum and improve my teaching methods; and 3) apply the learning from that experience to become more competent and marketable as a teaching artist so I can take advantage of career opportunities beyond the performance realm such as leading workshops, tutorials, and camps. I will gauge my success in reaching my curriculum goals by receiving feedback from students throughout the camp. In addition to the evaluation done by the camp administrators, I will be deliberate about soliciting feedback from students about my curriculum and teaching methods. My success in reaching my long term goals will become evident if I am able to create additional workshop or educational opportunities in communities where I am performing.
I attended and taught at Grappelli-Django Camp from August 24 - 27, 2017. There were 55 students’ enrolled and 7 instructors who all participated in instruction and performance throughout the camp. As a result of the camp, I was able to create an advanced curriculum that blends my extensive knowledge of gypsy jazz music and guitar techniques with my study of modern jazz and to work with students at the Grappelli-Django Camp to refine my curriculum and improve my teaching methods.
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