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CMW OUTREACH TO
SCHOOLS
School Assembly Program to Premier in Spring
Thanks to The Winston-Salem Foundation, the Arts Council
of Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County, and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools, CMW will soon pilot a 40-minute show for
elementary school assemblies called
The Carolina Music Ways
Old Timey Radio Show.
The interactive show,
presented in an old-fashioned radio format, is a musical
tribute to music greats of the Yadkin Valley Region,
including John Coltrane, Doc
Watson, the Five Royales, Shirley
Caesar, Tommy Jarrell, Blind Boy Fuller,
and the Salem Band. It features a
variety of music styles, including traditional blues,
jazz, bluegrass, gospel,
Moravian, old-time stringband, and early
R&B. American classic songs written by people
from this region—such as
"Tom Dooley" and "Dedicated to the One I Love"—will
be performed.
Matt Kendrick,
jazz musician, educator and composer, is the show's
musical director. He has gathered some of the area’s
most versatile and talented musicians to perform with
him, including Joe Robinson on trumpet ,
Debbie Gitlin on fiddle, and Cle Thompson and
Diana Tuffin on vocals and narration.
The first-ever program of
its type, it will be performed at Old Richmond, Easton,
and Clemmons elementary schools in March 2010. The show
and related classroom materials meet specific learning
objectives for the North Carolina Standard Course of
Study for grades 3 - 5 in music, social studies,
and language arts.
Designed to inspire
students about the awesome musical legacy in their own
backyard, the program highlights the fact that the
variety of music styles in the Yadkin Valley region are
interconnected and share common African and European
musical roots. The program also encourages students
to become part the area's musical legacy by pursuing
music in middle and high school.
CMW’s communications
director, Elizabeth Carlson, wrote the script, with
assistance from CMW board members and local college
intern, Erin Hylton. Music teacher Cathy Moore
of Old Richmond
Elementary School in Tobaccoville assisted with creating
companion lesson plans. Ed Gambill of Anvil
Media in King created the companion CD for music class.
A local high school student helped create the companion
power point visuals.
The Winston-Salem
Foundation
awarded CMW $2,260 for this project from its Samuel A.
Harris and Roslyn S. Harris Fund. The Arts Council
of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County awarded CMW
$1,300. CMW is deeply grateful to both organizations
for their support.
CMW will soon begin
seeking funds to expand the program into more schools
next school year. CMW plans to seek funds from
businesses, individuals, as well as grant sources.
Proceeds from its CD,
All Roads Lead Home: A Music Heritage Sampler from North
Carolina’s Yadkin Valley Region, will also go toward the program.
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