2012-282 EDC -Arts Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School Foundation for Spring 2012 Grassroots Arts Awards $1,240

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PAGE I PROJECT DESCRIPTION If possible, answer the following in the spaces provided. Please use no more than two pages for this section of the proposal. 1. Describe the project to be undertaken: I will teach beginning guitar to groups of up to 6 children at a time. At Carrboro, we have clubs for the upper grades. Guitar class could become one of the options students have. 2. Describe the need the project will address: There are many children at this school who have musical talent and interests. I would like to offer small group guitar lessons to the children who would not otherwise have access to music outside of music class at school. Whenever I bring in my guitar or fiddle to play for the kids at Carrboro, there are ALWAYS kids who ask me to teach them. Very often, they are the very children who are not likely to have the opportunity for private music lessons. Learning to play an instrument provides children with a community to be part of. I believe that reading and singing lyrics could be a powerful way to spark children's interest in literacy. Music has added immeasurably to my own life and I would like to share this with students at Carrboro. 3. State your/your group's capability to undertake the project (experience with similar programs or other grants, instructional experience, etc.): I have been a reading specialist in this district for 21 years and a musician nearly all my life. 4. State the specific objectives you hope to accomplish. Use measurable terms, such as the number of students benefiting from the project. I will teach guitar to a group of 4-6 students one day after school for 8 week sessions throughout the school year. Each class will last for 40 minutes. Depending on interest, those students could continue to the next session or a new group could form. If student interest warrants it, and schedules allow, I will schedule a group during the school day as well.