2015-255-E Arts - Max Puhala Arts Grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID:684BD205-E201-4917-A887-C6D2D5CC92C7 Narrative Proposed Project The proposed project is to host six 1-hour participatory recorded music workshops for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by The Arc of the Triangle. These recorded music workshops will result in a full-length free album available to the public, composed entirely of music generated by the participants from The Arc. The music workshops will be held at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, who has tentatively agreed to host the six 1-hour workshops at a rate of$70 per workshop, for a total of$420. The workshops will take place weekly on Monday from 4:30pm—5:30pm beginning July 13th, 2015 and ending August 171h, 2015. The full-length free album will be made available on Monday,August 31St The six 1-hour participatory recorded music workshops will be led by myself, Max Puhala, a Chapel Hill musician and former AmeriCorps member who has been musically volunteering and serving people with developmental disabilities for over one year at organizations in the Triangle including Residential Services Inc.,the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities, and Dynamic Community Charter School. I will provide my own transportation to the designated weekly location, Binkley Baptist Church, and will additionally set up and provide a group of easily accessible electronic and acoustic instruments that can be freely played by all participants. Instruments include electronic keyboards, MIDI drum pads, synthesizer touch pads, acoustic guitars, hand drums, shakers, and chimes. I will facilitate and encourage group playing among the participants, and record all audio generated by the participants through the use of handheld acoustic field recorders and computer software. After the final 1-hour participatory music workshop on Monday, August 17th, 2015, all of the recorded audio will be compiled and organized into short 1-minute compositions composed entirely of music played by the participants. These short pieces will be person-specific, meaning that each song will contain audio by only one participant, and each song will be labeled accordingly to be then shared with friends and family of the new Arc artist.All songs created from the six workshops then will be compiled and sequenced into a full-length CD format. This final CD project will be publicly displayed online at my two websites: www.pushplaysing.org and www.bandcamp.com/pushplaysing. By accessing these websites, friends, family and the local community will be able to stream and download the songs for free. In addition to the $420 required to rent the space, $180 will be used to hire a weekly photographer/videographer to visually document the project at a rate of$30 per workshop. Preparations for the weekly music workshops have already begun. Currently, I have a tentative agreement with Binkley Baptist Church to host the 6 weekly workshops beginning on Monday, July 13th and concluding on Monday,August 17th from 4:30pm—5:30pm each week(see "Space Rental Application"). We will confirm this agreement upon notification of the receipt of sufficient funds. The agreement will be canceled if funds are not provided. I also have a tentative agreement with The Arc of the Triangle to carry out the workshops (see "Letter of Intent"). The Arc has agreed to provide transportation for their participants and to have at least four participants per workshop. The agreement will be canceled if funds are not provided. I will search for and hire a photographer/videographer upon notification of the receipt of sufficient funds. A list of organizational partners is below: • The Arc of the Triangle • Push Play Sing! • Binkley Baptist Church