Virtual Irish Traditional Music Concert & Workshop
I need virtual Irish traditional music and workshop for my music students.
$394 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
High School of Language and Innovation is a Title I, high poverty, urban, public high school in the North Bronx, where 99% of students receive free or reduced price lunch. Due to the diverse student body residing in a cosmopolitan Bronx neighborhood, I teach a world music percussion curriculum that introduces students to various cultures as a means of fostering student understanding and appreciation. A significant portion of my curriculum focuses upon different musical cultures from around the globe. All students involved with the percussion program learn to play different percussion instruments while performing percussion music from West Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. The percussion ensemble is student-led, where we collectively choose different student music to perform from Ghanaian Gahu to Brazilian Samba to Dominican Bachata. Our students typically come from low-income households in high poverty neighborhoods in the Bronx. The students at this high school attend a Title I school (99% of students participate in the free lunch program). The recent development of the percussion program has increased student attendance and increased student grades and scholastic participation.
My Project
The music students have never experienced Irish traditional music and dance at our school. It is time for them to experience, learn and perform Irish traditional music as they will be virtually performing in the St Patrick's day parade this year. Students are evaluated on their musical competency through weekly rehearsal, performance assessments, in-class discussions and written responses concerning a specific music tradition. Rehearsals culminate in an end-of-the-month, in-class performance, where students from other classes and staff can observe their performances. Students give three formal concerts (winter, spring, and graduation), which are open and free to the public and community performances (e.g. International Jazz Festival). Students, family members, staff and other community members are encouraged to attend the student musical performances.
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