2017-467-E Arts - Phillips Middle School PTSA - 2017-18 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 324CD765-DCA3-42C5-B339-89CADOBBF40E program introduced a weekly After School *and Academy, which gave Phillips students an opportunity for reinforcement and acceleration by working in small groups with band students from East Ch;pel Hill High School. Phillips also offered an opportunity for students to join an after-school Jazz Band. Band students were also able to join smaller ensembles within the classroom, and those ensembles performed in the final band concert of the year. It is the goal of the band director to provide instil, ents for all students with the desire to learn that might not be able to afford an instrument. Students receive 47 minutes of instruction daily and as with orchestra, the retention rate fro grade to grade is very high. *Some examples of art-related FIT (Falcons In Training) sessions: Music Composition 101 Have you ever wanted to write your own music but did not know hew? Together, we will explore the building blocks of music composition: melody, rhythm and harmony. As a culminating project, we will write a song for chorus, band or orchestra, in Tune with Music In Tune with Music has students read articles from In Tune magazine giving young musicians essential insights into a wide variety of musical genres, instruments and technology. It explores the music they are passionate about and explains in the simplest terms how it is made, learned, performed, recorded, and distributed. Crystal Clear Shlkespe.re Students will read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the original Elizabetha English and analyze the plot and characters, as well as the Bard's poetry. Students will read the play aloud with each reader assigned a part from the play. The film version of the play will accompany our reading and we'll cap the project with a field trip to Playmaker's Theater on the campus of UNC to see a live production of this uproarious cornedy. Let the Lyrics Lead Us! Poetry is the language of the soul and the pulse of the movement. Learn how to project your present inner voice through an analysis of how historical lyrics have reflected and impacted our society. Proposed Uses of Grant Funds The Phillips PTSA Cultural Enrichment Committee plans to use the grant to pay a portion of the artists' fees for three performances during the 2017-2018 calendar year. These performances include: til September 25-29, 2017 (specific date TBD): Soul Street Dance Company (6' , 7 and 8th graders): $900. Attendance population approximately 651 students.