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Project Goals -Bring in an accomplished Black conductor to work with high school <br />choral students, through workshops and choral concerts <br />-Bring the choral groups of the three Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School <br />High Schools together for a combined concert that celebrates Black <br />music and culture <br />-Open doors to celebrate Black culture through choral music, <br />especially among our high school students <br />Audience Description The audience for the workshops with Dr. Dilworth will be high school <br />students (Grades 9-12) who take chorus as an electiv e. W e anticipate <br />that the audience for the choral concert will be students, staff, <br />families, and other community members from across the District. <br />Location Description The workshops and concerts will take place at Chapel Hill High <br />School. CHHS has its own auditorium and ample parking for the <br />performances. <br />Artist Description Rollo A. Dilworth is Professor of Music and Director of Choral <br />Activ ities and Music Education at the North Park Univ ersity School of <br />Music in Chicago, Illinois. He also serv es as director of the Music <br />Institute of Chicago Children's Choir. In 2003, the Univ ersity awarded <br />Dilworth with the prestigious Zenos Hawkinson Award for Teaching <br />Excellence and Campus Leadership. He holds a Bachelor of Science <br />degree in Music Education from Case W estern Reserv e Univ ersity, <br />and a Master of Education Degree in Secondary Education from the <br />Univ ersity of Missouri-St. Louis, where he studied composition and <br />choral music with Robert Ray. He receiv ed the Doctor of Music <br />degree in conducting performance at Northwestern Univ ersity where <br />he studied conducting and composition with Robert A. Harris. <br />Are you hiring <br />multicultural artists <br />with the requested <br />funds from this <br />grant? <br />Yes <br />For each multicultural <br />artist you intend to <br />hire, please list their <br />name, race, and how <br />much you plan to pay <br />them. <br />Rollo Dilworth <br />Black <br />$2,000 <br />How will the <br />project/program be <br />publicized and <br />promoted to reach <br />intended <br />participants? <br />The concerts will be promoted within the community through <br />flyers/posters, school email, Peach Jar (CHCCS community email), <br />and newsletters to parents (teacher, PTA, principal) will all hav e <br />information about the choral concert. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: D2F5FFB3-C1A8-4347-B58C-8B3894E886F2