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Arts Program Application Narrative
<br /> North Carolina Symphony
<br /> develop the Symphony's music education curriculum for the upcoming school year. Our current
<br /> curriculum is based on the question, "What makes music, music?" Students are led through the six
<br /> components of music: rhythm, dynamics,texture,tempo,form,and melody through interactive lesson
<br /> plans(included in the teacher's workbook), fun music games and puzzles, and introductions to great
<br /> composers and their works illustrating those concepts. For the 2011/12 school year, our selections
<br /> included Prologue and Gallop from The Comedians(D. Kabelevsky), Symphony No. 101 in D Major, "The
<br /> Clock," Mvt. II:Andante(F.J. Haydn),Overture to The Magic Flute(W.A. Mozart),The Montagues and
<br /> the Capulets from Romeo and Juliet(S. Prokofiev),Accelerations Waltz(J.Strauss,Jr.),The Entertainer
<br /> (S.Joplin), "Ode to Joy" (L. Beethoven),and Russian Sailors' Dance from The Red Poppy(R. Gliere).
<br /> Each August,teachers from across the state come to Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh to
<br /> attend the five-hour workshop featuring presentations by the authors of the student and teacher
<br /> handbooks for that year.Teachers see and hear each activity and lesson plan from the workbooks
<br /> presented by the authors,their students,and other participating educators.To assist with covering our
<br /> cost,we keep the registration fee to a low$30 per teacher;this includes copies of the teacher
<br /> workbook,student guide,a CD of the concert program, printouts of all presentations, lunch, and special
<br /> door prizes for all attendees.Teachers can receive 0.5 CEU credits from their district for attending. NEW
<br /> THIS YEAR: In order to accommodate teachers in rural communities and those in distant counties with
<br /> no travel budget,we now provide the entire five-hour training course online.The online course is also
<br /> eligible for the 0.5 CEU credits.
<br /> The Symphony's music education concerts are a significant contribution to the arts education curriculum
<br /> in public schools.The Symphony provides teachers with detailed curriculum guides and students receive
<br /> handbooks that include biographies of the featured composers, background on their compositions,and
<br /> general information about the orchestra (see enclosed student handbook). In addition,all of the
<br /> Symphony's educational materials are available forfree on our website (www.ncsymphony.org).The
<br /> education concert program and corresponding curriculum are developed each year by a focus group of
<br /> educators from across the state,including members of the NC Department of Public Instruction,to
<br /> support the NC Standard Course of Study.
<br /> The concert is the culminating piece of the curriculum students have been working on with their
<br /> teachers during the school year.The full symphony performs each of the eight selections chosen for that
<br /> year and the conductor spends time between each song discussing the musical concept(rhythm,
<br /> dynamics,texture,tempo,form,and melody)demonstrated by each piece and introducing each section
<br /> of the orchestra (strings,woodwinds, brass,and percussion).This is often the first time many of the
<br /> students will hear a live classical music performance,an experience they might not have otherwise.We
<br /> break down the barriers of transportation,cost, and elitism often found in the performance art world by
<br /> bringing the music to them,free of charge, all while making classical music accessible and fun.
<br /> Committed to making music education widely accessible,the Symphony offers all of its education
<br /> concerts at no cost to students.As a result,the education concerts serve a diverse student population.
<br /> The Fall 2012 concerts will serve approximately 1,800 3rd-5th graders (ages 8-11)from Orange County
<br /> Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.The demographics of the students served are as follows:
<br /> 61%Caucasian,20%African-American, 10% Hispanic,and 9%Asian.The students in attendance at the
<br /> concert will be 49%female and 51%male.Approximately 30% percent of the students served are
<br /> eligible for free or reduced lunch. * I I .
<br /> * Demographic information is based on data from the NC Department of Education.
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