Save Music in our Schools! |
Thanks to pledges from local foundations led by the Sessions Family Foundation, we are $35,000  closer to our goal of raising the $150,000 needed to complete the video portion of our First Note curriculum for the first year. Every amount helps so help us keep music in our schools by donating to CMF!
Students learn the First Note music rules |
CMF Chosen to Present at Arts Time 2010!
The Children's Music Foundation has been selected to present our program at the 2010 ArtsTime Conference - "Transforming Classrooms, Education and Lives!"
"ArtsTime" is a biennial statewide arts education conference that will be held October 8 - 9, 2010, at Foster High School in Tukwila, Washington. Hundreds of artists, arts professionals, administrators, principals, and classroom teachers from every part of Washington State will come together for this gala two-day event filled with workshops, presentations, performances and a trade show.
ArtsTime gives Washington's educators tools to strengthen arts education. Participants will have the opportunity for professional development in a variety of areas that will further enhance their ability to help students reach the state's arts essential academic learning requirements.
ArtsTime is sponsored by the ArtsEd Washington, Creative Activities/VSA Arts of Washington (CA/VSAAW), Dance Educators Association of Washington (DEAW), Washington Art Education Association (WAEA), Washington Alliance for Theatre Education (WATE), Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) and the Washington State Thespians.
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Now that the year one First Note curriculum is written, we are busy making the music CDs that will accompany and mirror those songs included in the curriculum. We spent May auditioning kids and found 15 talented children who will sing the more than 30 songs for year one of our First Note program.
Rachel Conducts Auditions |
We start recording at Northwest University's music studio mid-June and finish at the end of the month. Rachel Teigen Brackett, a music teacher at Lakeview Elementary in LWSD, is our music director and head cheerleader!
Rehearsing with the Music Friends |
Thanks to The Gothard and Eriam Sisters!
On May 25th, the CMF Board of Directors held a "friend-raiser" at a patrons' home on Mercer Island, WA to showcase our program and give future donors a chance to meet those involved in creating the program. Both the Eriam Sisters and the Gothard Sisters showcased their talents and will be "visiting guests" on the classroom DVD.
Rourke and Paulette with The Eriam Sisters |
Greta, Willow and Solana Gothard Perform Irish Dance | |
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Kirkland, Washington 98033
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