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Project Director Title Director of Choirs, Chapel Hill High School <br />Project Director <br />Street Address <br />9217 Seawell School Road <br />Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br />Project Director <br />Phone <br />919-929-2106 <br />Project Director <br />Email <br />jbenton@chccs.k12.nc.us <br />W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />A specific program or project <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />This project will bring the choirs of Chapel Hill High School (CHHS), <br />Carrboro High School, and East Chapel Hill High School together to <br />perform in a combined concert in the Spring of 2023. The concert, <br />entitled A Celebration of Black Excellence, will be a choral concert <br />conducted by an African American conductor. W e plan to inv ite Rollo <br />Dilworth, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activ ities and <br />Music Education at the North Park Univ ersity School of Music in <br />Chicago, Illinois to serv e as the conductor. All 9-12th graders who are <br />inv olv ed in choir in the school District will participate in this concert. <br />All performed music will be works composed by Black musicians and <br />will center around the ov erall African experience. This concert will be <br />open to the public, liv e-streamed and recorded. Dr. Dilworth will also <br />conduct a v ocal workshop rehearsal and clinic for CHHS students the <br />day before the choral concert. <br />This concert is a call for social change and progress within our <br />community. W e hope this program opens doors to celebrate Black <br />culture through choral music, especially among our high school <br />students. The goal is that these concerts become a v oice for a <br />historically marginalized group of students and families to let them <br />know that they are heard within CHCCS. W e want our students of <br />color to be celebrated and honored for their contributions to our <br />community. <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2022) <br />February 1, 2023 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2023) <br />March 30, 2023 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: D2F5FFB3-C1A8-4347-B58C-8B3894E886F2