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Wolf Trap Awards Six $2,500 Grants to Select Regional High School Teachers in Recognition of their

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Vienna, VA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is proud to honor the outstanding work of six high school performing arts teachers with grants of $ 2,500 as part of the organizations annual Wolf Trap Grants for High School Performing Arts Teachers, designed to enhance curriculum and enrich classroom learning. These grants recognize the instruction and performance achievements of public high school teachers within music, dance, and theatre disciplines throughout Fairfax, Arlington, and Loudoun Counties in Virginia; Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties in Maryland; and the District of Columbia. Wolf Trap has awarded 2012-2013 Grants to Sheryl Berlin of Gaithersburg High School, Jason V. Williams of Friendly High School, Andrea Heininge of Fairfax Academy of Communications and the Arts, Phillip San Gabriel of H.D. Woodson High School, Diana Haberstick of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, and Kenneth David Keller of Stone Bridge High School. These funds allow each teacher to explore projects that enhance their curriculum and connect to their students through the creation of new works and initiatives, culminating with final student performances.

We are delighted to award the Wolf Trap Grant for High School Performing Arts Teachers to these outstanding and dedicated educators in the greater Washington, D.C. area, says Akua Kouyate, Wolf Traps Senior Director, Education. Wolf Trap has a longtime commitment to supporting arts education in schools throughout communities in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia metropolitan region. These grants significantly impact students arts learning as each grantee is provided the opportunity to develop and produce expansive, meaningful arts experiences that deepen their students engagement in the creative process.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Sheryl Berlin Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg High School Womens Ensemble, Chamber Singers, Concert Chorus, and Barbershop Music students will research American, African-American, Hispanic-American and Native American folk songs and present their selections to Joe Liles, an accomplished a cappella vocal arranger. Liles will use the selections to create an original arrangement of an a cappella choral medley. In February, he will visit the group of 70 students to present his commissioned piece and share his vision of the medleys performance. As students learn the piece, periodic master classes on vocal technique, interpretation, and a cappella performance movement will be led by Bill Colosimo, a premier clinician and director of a cappella music. As a culmination of the creative process, American Mosaic will be performed as part of the Gaithersburg High School Annual Spring Concert and Awards Night.

PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Jason V. Williams Friendly High School In preparation for several band festivals held in spring 2013, 55 students in Friendly High Schools Basic Band, Intermediate Band, Advanced Band, and Percussion Classes will participate in master classes led by professional musicians. These master classes will provide individualized instruction specific to the students instruments; including flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, lower brass, and percussion. Following the master classes, students will come together as a full band for a guest conductor workshop led by Eleanor Roosevelt High School Director of Bands, Sally Wagner, who will guide demonstrations, techniques, and exercises to refine the performance of the festival pieces. Individualized instruction will continue in the classroom through the use of Smart Music, which will be installed on the five iMac computers in the band room. Smart Music allows students to play music into a microphone and receive immediate feedback and assessment of their pitch and rhythm in order to refine their individual performance.

FAIRFAX COUNTY

Andrea Heininge Fairfax Academy of Communications and the Arts Fairfax Academy of Communications and the Arts dance students will have the rare opportunity to study and perform the internationally recognized work of choreographer Paul Taylor. In preparation to learn Paul Taylors repertoire, three dance classes totaling 32 students will participate in modern dance master classes from September through May, taught by Fairfax Academy artist-in-residence Constance Dinapoli. Ms. Dinapoli is a former Paul Taylor Dance Company member and is also an adjunct dance professor at George Mason University. Master Classes will focus on Taylors technique, the history of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, his contribution to modern dance and video study of his work. Beginning and intermediate classes will learn Paul Taylors 3 Epitaphs and the advanced class will learn Paul Taylors Aureole. Students from these classes will then audition to perform these world-renowned pieces in May during their Spring Dance Concert at Fairfax High School.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Phillip San Gabriel H.D. Woodson High School In celebration of H.D. Woodson High Schools 40th Anniversary, the Music Department will commission Associate Director of University Bands at Howard University, Kelvin W. Washington, to create a piece to supplement the current school song. This new alma mater will be reflective of the pride of being a Woodson Warrior, and celebrate the completion of the new school building and student experience. Six classes totaling nearly 100 students, including General Music, Concert Choir, and Concert Band, will participate in master classes led by Washington to learn the commissioned piece. The new alma mater will premier in June during the Senior Class Recognition and Graduation ceremonies.

ARLINGTON COUNTY Diana Haberstick H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program is a non-traditional school model where performing arts programs are the core of the school community. This year the Theatre Program will move beyond the study of text-based, dialogue driven work to include a stronger focus on music, fine art, design, puppetry, lighting, sound, set design and costuming. From January through May nearly 200 students from the Theatre Program will participate in a series of workshops and residencies, led by three guest artists. Stephen Shelter, Technical Director of the Schlesinger Auditorium, will conduct twelve sound and lighting workshops; Anne Gorman, a Costumer who has worked in Theatre, TV and film, will offer a residency to the schools Conservatory students as well as ten afterschool workshops; and Baron Pugh, a Set Designer and recent graduate of George Mason University, will conduct 10 set design and application workshops for Conservatory students and Black Box show directors and designers. Students will use their training in the production of several plays that will take place in February March, April and June.

LOUDOUN COUNTY Kenneth David Keller Stone Bridge High School Nearly 200 students from the Jazz Ensemble, Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will work with professional musicians on two pieces in preparation for their Winter Concert at Stone Bridge High School as well as their performances in the United Kingdom at the London Gala Concert Series on December 30, 2012. The first piece is a commissioned work entitled London Calling. Local jazz artist and artist-in-residence Adrien Re will compose a piece based on the students upcoming trip to London. Students will discuss various places they plan to visit while in England and Re will incorporate these ideas into his composition. He will then demonstrate the creative process involved in writing music before rehearsing the piece with the students. The second piece students will study is Seal Lullaby, based on Rudyard Kiplings The White Seal. In preparation for this piece, students will first discuss the importance of environmental conservation. Several local musician

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