February 2012
7 posts
Kimbra
today’s chalkboard
Feb 29th
Feb 20th
Gamelan 101
check out this amazing course Musicworks collaborator Noah Jarrett has designed for some of his elementary school students! STUDENT WINTER PERFORMANCE Friday, February 24 @ 7pm @ SOLEBURY SCHOOL’S Performing Arts Building 6832 Phillips Mill Rd. New Hope, PA 18938   STARRING: Carder, Adrienne, Dakota, Liz, Loria, Gabrielle, & Clover aka GAMELAN LIGHTNING FLASH HEART...
Feb 13th
How musicians make money (in other words, how... →
This will shock you, and settles the debate once and for all over how much musicians benefit from the increasingly easy ways to buy, stream, and steal music.  PLEASE consider this when making [or not] your purchases: Just because you CAN listen to something for free (or close to it) does NOT mean that you should.  Musicians are real people with rent and doctors bills and children, and they deserve...
Feb 10th
what we think
“Someone who has nothing can be humble, happy, and confident. Nina Simone’s family might not have much, but she was her parents’ inspiration and she was going to keep going and move on no matter what.” -Rebecca (grade 7) “I think that if you are an artist you could also be a Black power activist, or a Korean power, Hindu power, or Dominican power activist.  I don’t think It matters what kind...
Feb 9th
Saxophonist/Educator Pete Robbins Releases New...
Composer/saxophonist Pete Robbins is also a fantastic educator.  He developed the music curriculum for grades K-12 at Claremont Prep/Leman Manhattan, and is currently the Dean of Programs at the Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music. Pete has been a long time collaborator with Musicworks (we will be presenting a summer intensive this August at BQCM), and his bassist Simon Jermyn currently teaches...
Feb 8th
Omayra awarded Respira/Luz Dance Scholarship
Omayra, a 7th grader at the Connelly Middle School has been awarded the Respira/Luz Scholarship for Dance, Spring 2012.  Thanks to the generosity of Martha Tornay at the East Village Dance Project’s Ave. C Studio, she will participate in both Ballet and Modern dance classes twice a week.  Omayra is an outstanding student, confident, and articulate.  She hopes to attend LaGuardia High School...
Feb 1st